Along the lines of thinking about other cases and what lessons can be learned and applied to Brian’s case...today there was a sad breakthrough in the case of Ebby Steppach. I feel like there are a lot of aspects of this case that closely relate to Brian’s case.
In a nutshell, Ebby’s car was found abandoned in a park shortly after her disappearance. It had been left running to the point that it ran out of gas. All of her belongings were still inside of it. There was no trace of her. The park was searched—it turned up nothing.
Years pass. There were alleged sighting, rumors of human trafficking, or running away from her life.
Today, 2.5 years later, skeletal remains found in a drainage pipe in the park were sadly identified as hers. Mere feet away from where her car was found. Mere feet away from where a memorial in her honor was placed. There the whole time.
Here is a link to one of many articles you can read about Ebby:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/people.com/crime/ebby-steppach-remains-arkansas-possibly-found/amp/
My main take aways from this case:
-it looked like she vanished at that exact place, and as it turns out, whatever happened to her did indeed happen right there
-failure to locate remains in the initial search does not mean one can conclude with certainty that the remains aren’t there
I think both of these lessons have obvious parallels to Brian’s case. It makes me so angry when people say “they searched the construction area, and he wasn’t there.” This recent case of Ebby Steppach isn’t the first or the only case like this. We’ve seen it many times, and we will see it again.
Search the former construction site again in 2018.