Husband Is Suspect in Disappearance

Case of missing Chicago woman embroiled fired TV anchor

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 13, 2007 9:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police named a suburban Chicago man a “person of interest” yesterday in the disappearance of his estranged wife, citing his lack of cooperation and their fears of foul play. Craig Stebic, who reported last seeing his wife on April 30, twice refused to let investigators talk to their children and “offered only minimal assistance to detectives,” a police chief said.

The case gained nationwide attention after a TV anchor was fired by the local NBC station for going to a pool party at Stebic's house in a bikini, with her kids in tow; the reporter, Amy Jacobson, said she was taking advantage of an offer for an interview. In divorce proceedings, Stebic's wife accused her husband of being “unnecessarily relentless, cruel, inconsiderate, domineering, and verbally abusive.”

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Craig Stebic is shown in an image from a video posted Tuesday, July 10, 2007, on WBBM-TV's Web site. Stebic is seen in the video captured Friday, July 6, 2007, near a pool at his Plainfield, Ill., home... (Associated Press)

A March 23, 2007, family photo shows Lisa Stebic, of Plainfield, Ill. Stebic, 37, disappeared April 30, 2007, and her estranged husband has said he last saw her when she left her house that evening. On... (Associated Press)

Veteran WMAQ-TV reporter Amy Jacobson, wearing a halter bikini top and towel, appears in an image from video posted Tuesday, July 10, 2007, on WBBM-TV's Web site. Jacobson, her two young children and... (Associated Press)

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