In 1993, the O'Brien family of Iona experienced something no family member ever wants to know. Their son, Steven, then just a few weeks away from his 19th birthday, disappeared without a trace.

Steven, a student at Holland College, studying to be a chef at the Culinary Institute had been out for the evening with his friends and was expected to be home at the end of the night. Unfortunately, that was not the case and the family still has many questions as to what happened to Steven and the circumstances of the evening after he was last seen on Queen Street in Charlottetown.

National Missing Children's Day has been commemorated on May 25th of each year since 1983, when it was first proclaimed by then U.S. President, Ronald Reagan and later declared in Canada in 1986 by then Solicitor-General Perrin Beatty. Today, on Prince Edward Island, the day brings us pause to reflect on the still unsolved case about Steven which remains open with the hopes that someone will come forward to provide any information at all about his fate.

Canadasmissing.ca is a website intended to spread awareness and try to obtain new information from the public to help bring missing children home. The site is Canada's first national publicly-accessible website designed to solicit tips and information from the public for our Missing Children/Persons, allowing any new information to be supplied to investigators. The National Centre for Missing Persons of the RCMP is a national centre that works with municipal, regional, provincial and national law enforcement agencies, and when applicable, other government agencies.

If you feel you have something to contribute, please visit Canadasmissing.ca and provide any information about Steven and his disappearance that you have. There is nothing that would be considered unimportant nor too long ago to matter – every piece of information is important.

If you would rather, anyone who has information about this case that might assist RCMP in this investigation can provide it anonymously via P.E.I. Crime Stoppers by:

Phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) and follow the instructions, or

Text "TIP162" plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES) or click www.peicrimestoppers.com

If your tip leads to a conviction, you could be eligible for a cash reward and potentially bring some closure to a family that has been wondering about their son for 23 years.