Aaron Cody Stepp

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Case File 1829DMOH

Police do suspect foul play in Aaron’s case. It has been reported that Aaron had not been seen by family members for many months prior to his reported disappearance in March 1997. It is alleged that his aunt and his maternal grandmother, allowed Aaron to be removed from their home to collect illegal welfare.
The aunt was Aaron’s legal guardian at the time of his disappearance. Aaron’s mother, Robin, was released from prison the day after Aaron was reported missing. While still in prison, Robin’s sister and mother would not allow her to speak to her son when she called.
Police were unable to compile evidence that Aaron even lived in the home. After his disappearance was reported, an investigation of the home had no clothing, toys, or pictures of the boy.

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In the years since the boy vanished, there have been interviews and polygraphs, accusations and excavations, even a court hearing when his mother unsuccessfully sought to have him declared dead.

Yet there remains no sign of Cody. No one has been charged in his disappearance.

"Cody could have been given away. He could have literally been sold," McCoskey said. "Do I know definitely, is he dead? No, I don?t."

Cody was reported missing on March 11, 1997, by his aunt Mickey Stepp.

His disappearance outside the family home at 214 Hosack St. came the day before his mother, Robyn Stepp, was to be released after 17 months in jail.

Mickey Stepp, who died in 2004 at age 31, had legal custody of the boy from when he was 4 months old because of Robyn Stepp?s long history of drug use and prostitution.

www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/03/11/20070311-C1-03.html

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According to police, investigators searched the area after receiving a credible tip. Police said they received the tip in the spring, but waited until now to begin digging because of how wet it gets in the area, 10TV's Andy Hirsch reported.

"Sometimes people talk," said Columbus police Det. Jim McCoskey, who has worked the case since Stepp was reported missing.

The search was suspended at about 1 p.m. after police were unable to recover any remains. Investigators said there were no plans to return to the area that was searched, Hirsch reported.

Since Stepp's disappearance, investigators have dug in other areas of the city to no avail.

www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/09/17/story_cody_stepp.html?sid=102