SEARCHING FOR JOHN SPIRA

Last month I traveled back to Chicago for one more search before the snow fall. It started out as just me wanting to go back and have a look around by myself, but after I spoke with Sean Henady of Aerial Image, Inc., the search grew to include Sean, a team of searchers who’ve been diligently involved in the Stacy Peterson search, a dog team and their hardworking handlers, the County of Dupage Sheriff’s Department, the Forest Preserve police and a group of die hard friends. The Stacy Peterson team, and specifically Roy Taylor, generously allowed us the use of and assistance with their boat, the Stacy Anne, to search various waterways. We were able to do some underwater sonar searching and have definitively been able to cross some areas off our list of areas to be searched thanks to the technology and resources we were able to utilize.

Since our search, Sean, County of Dupage, and others have continued to search professionally and the group has grown to include 2 additional dog teams. Seems like John’s case finally has some momentum of its own and the investigation has a renewed vigor. I can’t say it enough, but I and my family are eternally grateful for the renewed interest and all the help John is finally receiving. The guy who is responsible for John’s murder (and yes, that’s the ONLY possible explanation), and those that know what happened but aren’t talking, should be very nervous because it’s just a matter of time before we find you, convict you and put you away. It will happen.

To all who’ve supported our efforts, thank you again. Stephanie

Here’s a link to a great story about the search:
Click Here for Story.

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Thank you to Sean Henady of Aerial Image for talking with the police about John’s case,talking to private property owners to get search permissions, and most of all just for being here today to begin this search for my brother John. Many thanks to Melanie Greenberg of FindLisaStebic.com for coming to lend her support. Thank you to Fox News for helping get the word out. Thank you to FindStacyPeterson.com for lending us the “Stacy Ann” for this weekend’s search! A special thank you to John Klein for filming for the future special about John’s case. Great weather is predicted and I hope to see searchers tomorrow and Sunday at 10 a.m. at Brian’s Charhouse in West Chicago. Volunteer searchers, please bring your own bug repellent, sunscreen and water. Please wear boots with ankle protection if you have them.
Your safety is very important to me!

Thanks for your help!

Stephanie

As you know from my previous email we will be conducting a search this weekend.
Sean Henady from Aerial Image Inc., will be doing underwater sonar searching and
the Stacy Peterson group has been kind enough to allow us the use of their boat,
the Stacy Anne. A few of their crew will be helping out as well. Leigh Harris
from the Lisa Stebic group has graciously offered to post a press release on
Lisa’s website. We’re so incredibly grateful for everyone’s continued
willigness to help.

We will be meeting at our usual spot, the parking lot of Brian’s Charhouse
located at 27W371 North Avenue in West Chicago at 10:00 am, Friday, Saturday and
possibly Sunday. Brian’s is located just north of John’s office. I’d like to
focus on wooded, public areas south of the office and parts of Pratts
Wayne Forest Preserve. If anyone is good with google maps and wouldn’t mind
printing off a few please let me know. Also, because the Scarecrow Fest is
being held in St. Charles this weekend, and St. Charles is where John lived, I
would like to put up flyers in the downtown area.

If anyone has any questions, ideas, suggestions please email me at spirawebsite@johnspira.com. Thanks so much to those who’ve replied and offered to help. Hopefully we’ll have perfect weather for this one!

If anything changes I will send out an email and post on John’s
website-www.johnspira.com.

I’m looking forward to seeing you this weekend. Thanks again!!!! Stephanie

Hi Everyone-We’re doing another search this upcoming weekend. Sean Henady of Aerial Image Inc., will be doing much needed and long awaited sonar searching in a few of the area ponds near John’s office. There’s not alot of organizing going on for this search. I’m renting a metal detector and I’d like to focus on areas near John’s office in West Chicago and a few others. Again, if you’re interested please send an email to spirawebsite@johnspira.com for more details. We’re not giving up!!!! Stephanie

During the weekend of October 10th 2008, I’m planning on doing a very unorganized search for John and if anyone is interested in joining me please send an email to spirawebsite@johnspira.com for more details. Hopefully this time the weather will be good. There’s some sort of festival going on in St. Charles that weekend so that would be a great time to put up missing posters as well. If anyone has a metal detector they’d like to donate for the weekend please email me. Thanks-Stephanie

It’ll be one year exactly on September 16th, 2008, since the building which housed Universal Cable Construction Company burned down. It still sits there, yellow caution tape around it, black char marks showing where the flames had been, no roof and uninhabitable as if the fire just happened. Around the same time the building burned, the large missing sign with John’s pictures and information was dismantled and we don’t know where it is. Maybe it burned with the building. To my knowledge absolutely NOTHING is happening in the fire “investigation”. The building is owned by John’s wife, Suzanne Spira and Dave Stubben’s wife, Donna Stubben. As far as I know noone has made a claim on the property damage which early on was estimated to be around $750,000.00. I’m not sure why DuPage County allows a building to stand like that for such a long period of time. It should be condemned. Stephanie

John was on AMW tonight. We’ve been waiting a long time for this and though it was just a short statement about him we’re so grateful to AMW for airing anything at all. Most missing men never receive any national media attention so again, we’re happy they aired his picture. We’d also like to thank Fox News Chicago for the spot they did on John and for their continued interest in his story. Thanks for watching! Stephanie