Did Her Boyfriend Have Something To Do With Her Disappearance?

Jan Marie Stavros

She was 42 years old when she went missing on Wednesday, January 4th, 2001, from her home 2910 E. 3215 South, in Millcreek, Utah.

She left her truck, new puppy and cell phone at the house and didn't tell anyone she was going away.

Investigators took a desk planner, a computer, bank statements, a canister with marijuana residue, knives and guns from her house and pickup truck.

Blood and blood-stained items were also found, but it wasn't specified where they were found. 

Cleaning products were found in the pickup.

She was living with her boyfriend Robert Brent Butcher Jr.
Butcher had been in Salt Lake County Jail since Jan. 9 for an alleged parole violation of possession of a firearm.

Janis told her daughter, Meghan Laudie, the two had been having problems.

Janis, Butcher and her daughter, had dinner at Jan's ex-husband's, home during the evening hours of January 2, 2001.
Janis and Butcher departed the her ex's home at approximately 10:00 p.m.

Butcher said that he departed from their home at approximately 6:00 a.m. on January 3 for his shift at a construction site. 

He claimed that Janis was asleep when he left their residence. Laudie attempted to call her mother during the afternoon hours, but Butcher told her that Janis was not at home.

At the time of her disappearance Janis was 5'2" tall, 110 lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

She was known to wear glasses.

Foul play is suspected in disappearance.