The Missing - A Weekly Exposé of Lost Souls - Issue #11
May 01, 2008
In this week's edition of "The Missing," we revisit the mysterious disappearance of Robert Stephen Brown, a 49-year-old resident of Fort Worth, Texas, who went missing in March 2007.
"It has been a long year since his disappearance," Robert's sister, Deborah Lohr, wrote in a recent e-mail, adding, "Our mother is very ill, and her heart is broken."
According to Deborah, Robert suffers from diabetes, a chronic disease that has severely damaged his eyesight. As a result, he was on a state funded program that helped him pay his utility bills and household expenses.
In the days leading up to his disappearance, an acquaintance of Robert's allegedly stole his state assistance card and made several purchases with it.
"On March 10, 2007, Robert left on a city bus for River Oaks, to confront the people who had taken his card," Deborah said. "He arrived at the friends house, but no one knows what happened after he arrived. His friends say they took him back to the bus stop, but there is no indication he took the return bus trip home. His 14-year-old daughter was at the house when he left and waited all day into the evening for his return but he never came back."
When Fort Worth Police questioned Robert's friend, he told them someone else had the card and that he had not seen Robert. He then volunteered to take a polygraph test, which police say he passed.
The mystery surrounding Robert's disappearance deepened on March 19, 2007, when someone...
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David:
I can't thank you enough for the article on my brother. It has been a very difficult year and hopefully Steve's remains will be found soon.
Posted by: Debi Lohr | May 01, 2008 at 09:10 AM