Real Name: Steven Paul Oliver
Aliases: None Known
Wanted For: Kidnapping, Rape
Missing Since: September 16, 1995
Case[]
Details: Thirty-eight-year-old Steven Oliver first met eight-year-old Jessyca Mullenberg when he was an aid at her school. He soon became obsessed with her. He followed her and her father as they moved to two different locations in Wisconsin and eventually moved across the street from them in Eau Claire.
On September 16, 1995, Oliver told Jessyca that a publisher was interested in a story that she wrote. She went over to his house, where he then abducted her. They have not been seen since. He may be driving a 1986 Oldsmobile Calais, medium-blue in color with Wisconsin plate number NJG-726.
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired as a part of a Special Bulletin on the December 1, 1995 episode.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the series.
- It was also profiled on America's Most Wanted during the investigation and documented on I Survived after it was resolved.
Results: Captured - On December 28, 1995, three and a half months after Jessyca and Oliver vanished, they were discovered at a motel in Houston after the manager, who was suspicious of Oliver, saw him on America's Most Wanted. He was arrested and Jessyca was reunited with her family.
In September 1996, Oliver was convicted of raping and kidnapping Jessyca and sentenced to forty years in federal prison. To this day, she continues to tell her story of her abduction and tries to help people with similar experiences.
Links:
- FBI Joins Hunt for Wisconsin Girl - September 21, 1995
- Wanted man a "computer geek" who likes children - October 3, 1995
- Missing girl, 13, found with neighbor, 36 - December 30, 1995
- TV show leads to discovery of missing girl - December 30, 1995
- Girl's Letter Doubted - January 22, 1996
- Sex Assault Suspect Charged - February 14, 1996
- Not Guilty Plea in Teen's Disappearance - February 21, 1996
- Girl says accused kidnapper abused her - June 25, 1996
- Girl's rapist gets 40-year term - June 25, 1996
- United States vs. Oliver (1997)
- Horrific abduction haunts 20 years on - November 25, 2015