NE NE - John Steven Conaway, 36, Omaha, 9 Feb 1998

[TheArtfulDetective]

John Steven Conaway



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 09, 1998
Location Last Seen: Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Missing From: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Description:

• Date of Birth: September 15, 1961
• Age: 36 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5' 10" (70 inches)
• Weight: 160 lbs
• Hair Color: Brown/Mustache/Goatee
• Eye Color: Blue
• Nickname/Alias: Steve
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears eyeglasses.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Collared, vertically-striped, white long-sleeved button-down shirt; tan pants; usually wears a baseball cap. Eyeglasses.
• Associated Vehicle: Gold four-door 1989 Ford Taurus, Iowa license plate number 977-CLN.
• Identifiers: Unknown
• Other: Medical - He is a diabetic and insulin-dependent

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Conaway, a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was last seen in Omaha, Nebraska on February 9, 1998. Around 10:00-10:30 PM, he left Buffalo Joe's Food & Spirits where he'd gone with friends to have a few beers, located in downtown Omaha near Rosenblatt Stadium. On his way out he told the bartender he was going home. He was seen leaving in his gold 1989 Ford Taurus. He has never been heard from since.

Conaway was reported missing to the Council Bluffs Police Department after he failed to appear for work for several days. Family members stated it was uncharacteristic for him to leave without any warning and that they are baffled by his disappearance. His parents found nothing missing from his residence that would suggest he went on a trip. His twice-daily insulin injection medicine was found at his home, but the clothes he was wearing the night he disappeared, work computer, and car were nowhere to be found, indicating that he never made it home that night. His vehicle has not been located.

Few details are available regarding Conaway's disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Council Bluffs Police Department: (712) 328-5737; (712) 890-5400
  Reference Case Number: 98-008374

NCIC Case Number: Not available
NamUs Case Number: MP37101
NCMEC Number: Not available

3360DMIA - John Steven Conaway
John Steven Conaway
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[LouLou74]

Could he be in the Missouri River, which runs between Omaha and Council Bluffs?

 

[fridaybaker]

Could he be in the Missouri River, which runs between Omaha and Council Bluffs?
View attachment 427469

Likely. My first thought was a body of water.

 

[Pennysmom1]

John Steven Conaway​

Missing Person​

Age at Report: 36
DOB: September 15, 1961
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5′ 10″
Race: White
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Incident Type: Disability – physical / mental
Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing From: Council Bluffs, IA
Pottawattamie County
Case # 98-008374
Missing Since: February 9, 1998

Case summary compiled by Jody Ewing​

Pottawattamie County in Iowa
John Steven “Steve” Conaway, 36, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, went missing sometime on Monday night, February 9, 1998. He was reported missing to the Council Bluffs Police Department on February 11, 1998.

Conaway was last seen between 10 and 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at Buffalo Joe’s Food & Spirits, located near Rosenblatt Stadium in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Conaway had gone there with a friend and had a few beers, and seemed to be in good spirits at the time.

He departed Buffalo Joe’s driving his gold four-door 1989 Ford Taurus, which has Iowa license plate number 977-CLN. He has not been seen since then, and his vehicle also remains missing.

Farnerbocken, a distributing company where Conaway worked as a sales representative, reported him missing after he failed to appear for work for several days.

When Conaway’s parents went to check his home, nothing suggested he’d taken anything and gone on a trip. They found his twice-daily insulin injection medicine at the residence, but missing were the clothes he’d worn the night he disappeared, his work computer and vehicle.

Everything pointed to Conaway never having made it home that night.

At the time of his disappearance, Conaway was described as a 5’10” white male weighing about 160 pounds. He has blue eyes, brown hair, and had a mustache and goatee.

John Conaway was last seen driving a gold 4-door 1989 Ford Taurus similar to this vehicle.
He was last seen wearing a collared vertically-striped white long-sleeved button-down shirt and tan pants.

Family members said it was uncharacteristic for him to leave without any warning and that they are baffled by his disappearance.

Council Bluffs police initially issued an attempt-to-locate on Conaway before later changing his classification to Endangered Missing; Conaway is a diabetic and insulin-dependent.

John Steven Conaway

John Steven Conaway, 36, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was last seen alive Feb. 9, 1998, after visiting with friends at Buffalo Joe's Food & Spirits in Omaha.

iowacoldcases.org

 

[Teamir]

Does Adventures With Purpose have a membership here that we can tag them on this one? Missing people with vehicles and water searches are their specialty.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Adam Brown Adventures (Youtube)

Apparently a year ago, they did search the waters for John Conway. Not successful, but they did find 7 other cars.

April 14, 1988 newspaper article

John Steven Conaway 14 April 1998 Des Moines Register

Clipping found in The Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on 4/14/1998. John Steven Conaway 14 April 1998 Des Moines Register

desmoinesregister.newspapers.com