Disappeared (TV Series) Secrets of a Son (2011) User Reviews

Steve apparently had a secret

[mhubbard-54657 · 8/10 · 3 August 2019]

This is the true story of Steve Koecher, a straight laced young Mormon man who was down on his luck in 2009. One or more jobs had not worked out, and he couldn't make the rent, but he didn't want help from his family. Unfortunately, he only used the Internet at the public library, making it difficult to trace his actions and motives. Just a few days before going missing, and although he was broke, he inexplicably got up in the middle of the night, and drove around Utah and Nevada for many hours, covering some 1100 miles. He stopped at an old girlfriend's house, telling her parents he was on his way to meet family. This was a lie. On the day he went missing, several church members called him that morning, asking for help with various church duties. He told them he could not help because he was in Las Vegas, but he did not tell anyone why he was there, which I find odd. He is last seen on home video surveillance at noon, walking with a folder in his hand, as if he had an appointment. Many people have suggested he ran away to start new life. I think this is extremely unlikely. I believe that, in his desperation to find work, he accidentally got involved with something illegal. He lied to his old girlfriend's parents, suggesting he was not proud of what he was doing. I believe he stumbled on some illegal activity, and was in all likelihood, murdered. Unfortunately we do not have access to his Internet use or email, which would probably tell the story.

Missing

[IdgeE · 3/10 · 29 October 2023]

I hope Steven took off and found a life away from what he had! I hope nothing bad happened to him and he has a new identity. Sad that his parents have to go through his disappearance, and even sadder that his dad didn't live to find an answer.

But seriously, with the condescending way his cousin talked about him and how the rest of the cousins apparently looked down on him, who could blame Steven if he got the heck out of that family? Even looking at pictures of them all together shows how he was treated as an outcast by them. If I saw him in person, I wouldn't turn him in. He deserves to be treated better. I hope he's alive and living well!!!