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The parents, Stephen & Monica are some missing, on with their young children Aiden & Nicholas. There has been nary eyes connected immoderate of them, oregon immoderate interaction since they were past seen February 10, 2023, astatine their residence successful Newton, Illinois. That afternoon, a U-Haul was seen astatine the residence, attached to the pick-up motortruck Stephen drives. None of the family, neighbors oregon friends were told by immoderate of them that they were leaving, wherever they were going, oregon erstwhile they would return. The energy astatine the residence was unopen disconnected soon after.
The father, Stephen Lutz was required to enactment distant from his woman during a enslaved merchandise requirement, caused by home unit issues wrong the household January 2023. During this incident, the children were successful the residence. The Newton Police Department failed to interaction the Department of Children & Family Services.
Stephen had had incidents with instrumentality enforcement with Meth since 2006.
No 1 has heard oregon seen the children since February 10, 2023. Steven & Monica person some not answered their phones. The telephone was pinged February 11, 2023 successful Indianapolis, Indiana, and again February 14, 2023 successful Richmond, Indiana. The phones were disconnected connected the 14th.
Regardless of the property merchandise Newton Police released successful April, determination was nary authoritative missing persons study until Sunday, April 2nd, 2023, implicit 7 weeks aft their disappearance. They had not been listed into the LEADS database until astatine slightest that date. Stephen's big girl was told they were not missing. She was told they were connected vacation. Regardless of the Federal law, the Newton Police Department believed they had their enactment of filing the report, and the enactment of adding the disappearance to the LEADS database. Additionally, erstwhile I spoke to Corporal Greg Coker connected April 2, 2023, helium besides told maine that determination was nary missing persons report, they weren't missing, they were not successful the LEADS database, they were connected abrogation and determination was nary grounds to suggest otherwise. He confirmed that helium had not interaction the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He confirmed that helium had not called the Illinois State Police for the Amber Alert. He said the FBI was called and the State Police and they had some 'closed their case'.
On 4/3/2023 The Missing Persons Awareness Network went to the show wherever the household lived successful Newton, Illinois. The windows were each covered with sheets, making it intolerable to spot wrong the residence. The Newton Police Department entered the residence successful our presences, and recovered determination was nary 1 inside. We wanted to beryllium clear, that the household was not seen getting into that pick-up motortruck erstwhile the pick-up motortruck near with the U-Haul attached to the backmost of the pick-up truck. As of 4/8/2023, determination has been nary visual, physics oregon dependable interaction successful immoderate mode from anyone successful that household of 4 since 2/10/2023 that has been made alert with our organization, the contiguous household and instrumentality enforcement. We each conscionable privation to cognize that they are live and safe.
Since our archetypal sojourn to Newton connected 4/3/2023, we person learned more.
Inside the residence, everything was near behind. The furnishings remains astatine the residence. While their residence has ever been cleaned / 'immaculate' according to DCFS and the family, it was present arsenic though a tornado struck done each inch of the house. The kids apparel were inactive successful their drawers and closets, a suitcase was unfastened connected the parents furniture arsenic though idiosyncratic was packing some big clothes, and near it behind, a barroom fractional eaten successful the kitchen, etc. It seems arsenic though thing had been taken.
Additionally, immoderate of Stephens household and friends person contacted america and told america that Stephen had intelligence wellness issues each of his life, similar his father, which includes paranoia, and signs of divided property disorder, though it is chartless and unconfirmed that helium was ever diagnosed.
One of the children had not been seen by a doc since 2020, portion the different had not been seen since aboriginal 2022. Both children had been seen for complaints of backpain.
Both children were taken retired of schoolhouse and 'homeschooled' since 2019. There were requests for the children to beryllium homeschool successful 2019 & 2020, but nary further requests were made by the parents to proceed homeschooling, and they were not successful schools.
No 1 has ever reported maltreatment of the children to DCFS. Any carnal maltreatment betwixt Stephen and Monica were halted successful the courts by Monica, signs of an abused pistillate who stays with the abuser.
One of the neighbors confirmed with america that Stephens cause maltreatment with meth has ne'er stopped,
Days earlier the disappearance, 11-year-old Aiden notified his grandmother, and his big sister, connected 2 abstracted occasions, that helium walked successful connected Stephen facing the partition successful Stephen's bedroom, talking to a clown tapestry that was connected the partition adjacent to the bed. He heard his dada talking to the clown, saying the pursuing (verbatim). 'I cognize what I person to do. I person to termination 3 people. I person to termination my woman first, past Aiden, past Nicholas.' It is unimaginable however Aiden was feeling, oregon what helium was going thru. This connection however, was not reported to DCFS earlier the household disappeared.
We tin accidental with certainty that the motortruck has been seen successful aggregate states crossed the nation.
As of 4/8/2023, DCFS lawsuit was closed with nary contact. A warrant was enactment retired for Stephen's apprehension due to the fact that helium missed court. No 1 is astatine the residence but it is being watched closely. The feline they near extracurricular unsocial was rescued the time we visited the residence. There is inactive nary verbal oregon ocular sighting confirmation oregon interaction by immoderate of them. There is nary known bureau assisting to look for this family. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children were not contacted. They person not been listed successful NAMUS, nary DNA, fingerprints oregon dentals were submitted to NAMUS. The property merchandise that was enactment retired was each untrue, and we inquire that determination beryllium grounds shown that an authoritative missing persons study was made connected 2/10/2023 with the family's signature and lawsuit fig made connected that date. We inquire that determination beryllium grounds of the day the study was added successful to the LEADS database. We inquire that determination beryllium a written connection of mentation arsenic to wherefore the residence was not entered connected a good being cheque for the family's information and good being, until the time we showed up connected the scene.
We impulse everyone to get the connection retired everywhere. They tin beryllium anyplace successful the United States. It whitethorn adjacent beryllium imaginable they crossed the US border, though determination is nary cognition of that either way. If you person immoderate accusation connected the Lutz household disappearance, delight interaction our bureau during the time clip astatine (312) 620-0788.
Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, the household notified america that determination was an mistake made. While determination was a ample tapestry of a clown connected the partition adjacent to the parents bed, that was not what the begetter was 'talking to' erstwhile Aiden heard him saying that helium knew helium had to 'kill his woman and sons'. It was successful information a clown mask, with reddish hairsbreadth connected each broadside of the mask.
We visited the country again connected Monday April 10, 2023, and met with the household anterior to entering the residence. While the energy was out, the household lifted the blankets distant from the windows, and opened the shades to let airy into the residence. Our extremity was to find immoderate motion of wherever they whitethorn person gone, oregon what whitethorn person happened to the family. That disguise seems to beryllium missing from the residence. We were successful hopes that this was incorrect, and that we would find the disguise determination successful the residence, but that didn't happen. The residence was successful shambles arsenic though a tornado struck the full residence. A firearm was located, with a silencer and a scope. Because the residence was abandoned, and the begetter Stephen is simply a 3x felon, we contacted instrumentality enforcement close distant for them to retrieve the weapon. Nothing seemed to beryllium taken.
All the videos we person accumulated are connected Facebook connected our leafage www.facebook.com/missingpersonsawarenessnetworknfp but we person besides added those videos present connected this article, beneath the missing persons poster.
$20,000 REWARD TO LOCATE NICHOLAS AND AIDEN
We are raising wealth of up to $20,000 for a reward for immoderate person(s) oregon agency/agencies that straight pb america to Nathan and Aiden. (If a instrumentality enforcement bureau straight locates the children, that bureau volition person the wealth we accumulated of up to 20K). Every dollar counts. Please click the nexus present (you tin spot however galore contributors and however overmuch wealth is being raised for the determination of Aiden and Nicholas.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=197770679633332
April 3, 2023 6:40 p.m. Central Time astatine the family's abandoned residence:
Our archetypal video for the Lutz family.
April 3, 2023 7:20 p.m. Central Time extracurricular of the family's abandoned residence, gathering Stephens mother.
April 4, 2023 p.m. 6"18 p.m. Central Time the time aft the archetypal visit, a clarification of immoderate of the things we had heard that whitethorn person either not been clarified, oregon radical simply did not person the afloat accusation arsenic we did.
Monday, April 10, 2023 5:00 p.m. we met with the household astatine Grandma Mary Jane's property, wherever Stephen stayed for a abbreviated clip aft helium was arrested for the Battery complaint connected Monica, and was released connected bond. He stayed successful this store earlier helium went backmost successful the residence with Monica and the children.
Monday April 10, 2023 5:30 p.m. was our 2nd sojourn a week later. By this clip we are 8 weeks of their disappearance. We entered the location to hunt for signs, but besides to alert you guys connected the seriousness of the matter.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 our Board Members agreed to rise a reward of up to $20,000 for the person(s) oregon bureau that gives accusation connected the absorption determination of Aiden and Nicholas' whereabouts, successful the hopes that much radical volition diligently beryllium looking retired for the Lutz boys. While we attraction the aforesaid for Stephen and Monica, it is wide that they are adults and person made their decisions (whatever these decisions were) that brought them wherever they are today. We privation to cognize the children are live and safe, and volition bash what it takes to marque definite of it.
4/14/2023 - Exactly 9 weeks since the household disappeared. No ocular sightings of immoderate 1 of the household that is missing. No 1 has seen oregon heard from them. The media truly begins bringing retired the attraction for the Lutz family, arsenic we each hold to perceive immoderate news; immoderate motion of this family.
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