Search continues for Lisa Stebic
MISSING WOMAN'S FAMILY HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE; INFORMATION REMAINS LIMITED
PLAINFIELD -- Mark Greenberg looked around the missing woman's neighborhood Friday afternoon.
"It's strange how everything is so normal," the Naperville man said.
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As if to underscore his point, a man crossed the yard behind him and stuck a flier for a lawn care company in the front door of 13244 Red Star Drive, the last place Lisa Stebic was reportedly seen Monday.
Greenberg and his wife, Melanie, met with the media to speak for the family and announce a Web site created to find her.
"The family is in anguish," said Stebic's cousin Mark Greenberg. "We're very concerned. This isn't like Lisa. She would never leave her children."
Mark and Melanie held a picture of Lisa as they spoke across the street from the house.
Stebic, 37, was reported missing by a neighbor to Plainfield police on Tuesday. Stebic's husband, Craig, said he last saw his wife around 6 p.m. Monday when she left the house on foot with her purse and cell phone. The couple, married 14 years with a 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son, is divorcing.
Melanie Greenberg brought www.findlisastebic.com online Thursday night.
Craig Stebic did not attend Friday's announcement. Melanie Greenberg said her husband spoke with Stebic earlier that day.
"He said he wouldn't be able to be here. He's supportive of the Web site and very concerned about what happened," she said.
The Greenbergs said they'd prefer not to address rumors about the Stebics' upcoming divorce.
"We don't want to speculate. Our principal goal is to find out what happened to Lisa," Mark Greenberg said.
Mark and Melanie Greenberg said they had last seen her at a family gathering in December and they were not aware of any depression or medical issues with her.
After the Greenbergs spoke with the media, Craig Stebic's father answered the door at 13244 Red Star Drive. He said he was watching one of his grandchildren but had no new information.
Greenberg said he was speaking for the family because her parents and sisters were too distraught by her disappearance.
Greenberg also had a message for his cousin.
"You are enormously loved and missed. The family is broken-hearted. Please come home," he said.
In addition to the Web site, the family is asking for volunteers to distribute fliers with information to meet at noon Sunday at Walker's Grove Elementary School, 24810 W. 135th St.
