John Steven Steve Conaway was 36 when he vanished after a routine evening in Omaha on Monday, February 9, 1998. He was a Council Bluffs, Iowa, resident described as a white male, brown hair, blue eyes, about 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds, with glasses, a mustache and goatee. That night he was at Buffalo Joe’s Food & Spirits near Rosenblatt Stadium with a friend and was last seen between about 10:00 and 10:30 p.m., appearing to be in good spirits.
When Steve left, he was driving his gold four-door 1989 Ford Taurus, Iowa plate 977-CLN. Neither he nor the vehicle has been located. He failed to appear for work as a sales representative for Farner-Bocken and was reported missing to the Council Bluffs Police Department on February 11, 1998. His parents later filed in Iowa to establish a presumption of death, stating they had had no contact with him since about February 9, 1998.
The disappearance centers on that narrow window after he left Buffalo Joe’s and the fact that both man and car vanished. If anyone who lived near Rosenblatt Stadium or saw a gold 1989 Ford Taurus in the area on the night of February 9, 1998, has information, please share it with the Council Bluffs authorities.