Can you find out an age on the step-father?
I also wondered how old the stepfather is. I haven’t seen anything but I would guess he is similarly aged to the mom, who has to be close to 45 ish. She has several other kids, aged up to 25 years old.
I HAVE your age on the stepdad, and a good deal more.
Full name: DAVID W SPEARS
AGE: If the court records are correct (and they appear to be, as the same date shows up in zabasearch), SPEARS TURNS 25 NEXT WEEK.
Born in 1982.
So the mom, who's probably between 40 and 45, married a guy about the same age as her oldest child.
Really bad judgment on her part. But hindsight, as they say, is 20/20.
He previously lived in Rocky Comfort, MO, another little town just about 5 miles from Stella. (source: zabasearch)
Someone from Rocky Comfort posted in this thread the following:
I think you should put David Spears at the top of the list. He drinks heavily. So of course he sleeps heavy. I pray that the little girl is found safe. IF my daugter or son was missing I would of reported him or her missing immediately.
So it sounds as if someone from the same town as Spears has personal knowledge that he's a heavy drinker. This is also confirmed by his February DWI (see below).
Spears has a child by someone else (a NICCOLE SMITH), as a Missouri court case resulted in a judgment for "child support ordered in the amount of $209.00 per month beginning 01-15-05 on behalf of the minor child."
He also has a DWI from February of this year, and was court-ordered to pay about $4,500 to the hospital in Neosho in 2003. (I'm wondering whether this might have been childbirth expenses?)
Source: name search on David Spears at the following URL
http://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/searchCases.do?searchType=name
Note: The above info is confirmed to be the SAME David Spears who is Rowan's "stepfather," as the address is given in each court record, and in each case it matches the Stella, Missouri address 100%.