Steven Meylan Missing Person Case

Oct 02, 2019

Feb 05, 2021

Steven

Meylan

46

39

68 inches

165 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

In the late winter of 2019, a sense of transition surrounded 39-year-old Steven Richard Meylan. Having recently moved back to his home state of Michigan from Washington, he found himself needing to return to the Pacific Northwest to finalize some personal matters. On March 1, 2019, the male from Bay City, Michigan, set out with the intention of traveling back to Washington, a trip his family understood to be temporary. The expectation was that he would be back in Michigan the following month, in April 2019. However, from the day he left Bay City, a profound silence began, and his family has not seen or heard from him since. As the weeks turned into months, the initial hope for his return in April faded into a deep and unsettling concern. The family's worry was compounded by a critical uncertainty: it was never confirmed if Steven had even boarded his scheduled flight to Washington. This ambiguity created a painful challenge for his loved ones and for the investigation that would eventually be launched. A formal report was filed with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office in Washington on August 20, 2019, but the question of where he went missing from remained unanswered. He could be missing in Michigan, where he was last seen, or in Washington, his intended destination. This has left his family grappling with a search that spans two states, separated by thousands of miles. For years, Steven's sister has been at the forefront of the search, navigating a life without answers about the brother she describes as her only remaining immediate family, as their parents have previously passed away. The emotional toll of this long-term ambiguity has been devastating. In an effort to generate new leads, she has organized a fundraiser to hire a private investigator to work alongside law enforcement, hoping to uncover new information in either Michigan or Washington. The investigation into Steven's disappearance, handled by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office under case number K19-008493, remains open. The overview of the case is a heart-wrenching story of a man who vanished while in transit between two lives, one he was returning to and one he was supposed to come back to. The lack of concrete evidence of his journey's start or end has left a painful void for his family, who continue to hold out hope for answers.

Mar 01, 2019

Bay City

Michigan

Bay County

48708

No

64579

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Port Orchard

Washington

Kitsap County

98366

Krista Kleinfelder

Detective

614 Division Street MS-37, Washington

3603377101

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.kitsapgov.com/sheriff/Pages/default.aspx

K19-008493

2019-08-20

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

9211

Black

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026