Kristopher Charles Loesch was 10 when he was last seen on May 16, 2001, in Post Falls, Idaho, in the company of his mother, Tina Rose Loesch, and her partner, Skye Marie Hanson. At the time he was reportedly living with an acquaintance of his mother, Steven Cassell, in Spokane Valley, Washington, and had been enrolled at Shiloh Hills Elementary School under the alias Christopher Robinson; his school attendance stopped abruptly and no requests were made to forward his records. Reports indicate he may have been homeschooled by his mother and Hanson for a period in 2000–2001, and acquaintances said Tina and Skye told people they sent Kristopher to live with his father about 2000 because of behavioral issues.

The disappearance is tied to a violent family history: Tina’s parents, Gary and Barbara Loesch, were killed in the 1990s, and in 2004 Bradley Steckman confessed to killing Barbara, saying he did so at Tina and Skye’s direction. Arrest warrants for Tina Loesch and Skye Hanson in Barbara’s death were issued in October 2008; less than two hours after an November 2008 television feature, Tina and Skye were found dead near Tucson, Arizona, in an apparent murder-suicide. There was no trace of Kristopher at that scene and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Anyone with information about Kristopher’s location, where he lived or who cared for him after May 16, 2001, is asked to come forward.