Thank you to those who have emailed with questions, concern and support and those that have left blogs. As far as what is currently happening, unfortunately we have no leads yet. Our family does have its theories and hope they are being considered and investigated. The County of DuPage Sheriff’s Department has assured us that they are continuing to investigate John’s case. Regarding the media coverage issue, we were lucky in the beginning to get a lot of press and throughout there have been stories but nowhere near the scale of a Lisa Stebic case. We are happy Lisa is getting the press she needs and hope it leads to a resolution for her family. At the same time, we are perplexed by the fact that national news has no interest in John’s story, and all of you who know John, know how unique and special he is. Unfortunately, it seems that missing men don’t make good news stories. I wish I had more news to share and hope to have some news very soon. In the meantime keep emailing and blogging-it helps tremendously to have your support. Also, if you’d like to get involved, there is a bill laying on your governor’s desk waiting for his signature. It’s housebill 0194 – The Missing Persons Act. It serves to allow anyone, not just family members, to report missing persons cases, allows the police to categorize certain cases as “high risk”, and establishes protocol for DNA collection immediately, amongst other things. You can contact Governor Blagojevich’s office at 312-814-2121 or 217-782-0244, 207 State House, Springfield, IL 62706. This legislation is an important step in changing the way missing persons cases are handled. Please call the governor’s office and ask that he sign the bill. Thanks for your efforts, Stephanie