Steven Kraft - 12 - missing since 2/15/2001

[Doyle]

Police are hoping an offer of a cash reward will jog someone's memory and lead to the discovery of a boy who vanished from his Benton Heights neighborhood more than three years ago.

Benton Township police announced Wednesday that a California-based foundation is offering $5,000 for information leading to the safe return of Steven Kraft, who was last seen on Feb. 15, 2001.
Steven was 12 at the time he disappeared and a sixth-grader at Hull Elementary School. He would now be 15.

Detective Tom Vaught, speaking at an afternoon news conference, said police continue to get tips on the case and follow up every lead.

He said the reward might cause somebody to recall a bit of information that could provide police with a needed break in the case.

"It's my belief that somebody in this community has some idea about what happened to Stevie Kraft," Vaught said. "We have a lot of hope that we can resolve this case."

http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news2.txt

[Jenn]

**Bumping for Steven

[Usher737]

This is such a hard case.

Here is link with more info:

http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/kidnap/kraft.htm

[CaliKid]

Anything more? It's been four years.

[nvfc]

Bumping for Steven.

He is our child of the day today and his information can be e-mailed out.

As child of the day he will also be archived, meaning people can look up previous children of the day and it has an ongoing effect.

http://nvfc.us/content/view/243/34/

[missacorah]

I know Steven was a role model child at school but had this one incident which caused him to be suspended. Was there any mention of the trouble perhaps following him home from school? Perhaps threats from the boy or his family that he had been in trouble for fighting with?

[bykerladi]

Age progression:


http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLanguage=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=905507&seqNum=1

[laini]

I just read on AMW's site that they think Devlin may be connected with Steven's disappearance.

[Rle7]

Investigators uncovered no link between a man charged with kidnapping two boys in Missouri and the disappearance of Steven Kraft.

Kraft was 12 when he disappeared near his Benton Township home in 2001. He went outside to play with his two dogs and never returned.

The FBI was looking into whether his disappearance is connected to suspected kidnapper Michael Devlin.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/8336627.html