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October 1986. It's a warm Halloween night in San Francisco, California, and it's a Friday.

The city is preparing for a Halloween weekend with parties and revelers in costumes filling the city streets.

We don't know exactly what 23-year-old Stephen Allen Davis's plans were for that weekend. He was known for his striking good looks and with a wide network

of friends it doesn't seem like he would be sitting at home alone on such a social holiday.

But all that's left now in the nearly 31 years since that Halloween weekend when Stephen disappeared

are secondhand versions of places he might have mentioned going or things he may have been doing.

This is where the challenge of today's episode begins.

Time has distorted the facts in his case. Phone numbers and names have

changed and with little media coverage or serious investigation at the time.

The story of Stephen's disappearance now serious investigation at the time.

The story of Stephen's disappearance now lives in the memories of his family.

For them, every Halloween brings back memories of the son and brother who is no longer there.

I'm Norman Davis and the missing person is my son Stephen Davis.

I'm C.C. Davis and I'm Steve's older sister. I'm four years older.

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