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stretch to still think that. For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson. You're listening to The Daily Crime.

32-year-old, Moline, Illinois native Steve Aspland was last seen on January 9th, 1994. Steve was the person that would

give you this shirt off his back. Tim Miner is the last person known to have seen his friend Steve

Aspland alive. Steve had stopped by Tim's house in Moline just before he disappeared.

He just wanted to borrow a cocking gun, you know, and there was nothing different about him.

It was just the same old Steve, you know, and then all of a sudden, boom, he's gone.

For the past 28 years, Steve's family and friends have been looking for answers.

It'd be nice to find out that, you know, Steve had been out there living a good life for the last 20 years but if that's not the case and I I

think that justice needs to be served I miss him you know I want more than anything

to closure for myself but more for his mother and his twin sister and his

brother more importantly for them because they're wonderful people.

And I don't like the pain they have to live with every day.

In January 2014, police announced a break in the case, calling it the most promising lead in two decades.

We're gaining speed here, and we believe after 20 years that something could break in this case shortly.

A recent review of old and new tips have led police back to this.

This is the best recreation that we have this picture.

This sketch circulated years ago of a man potentially seen with Steve.

Police now say they know who he is and are closing in on one or more persons of

interest. We actually feel now confident that we can go forward and hopefully present something to the

state's attorney's office. Despite the news at the time, no arrest were made, and the disappearance

Steve Aspland remained a missing person's case.

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