A Mother’s Nightmare

Candice C. Cusic

The Chicago Tribune

Stefany Welzien lost her family. After losing her husband to a heart attack, she lost her only child in Chicago on New Year’s Eve. Strangers in the city that swallowed Brian, 21, overnight spent an exhausting 77 days searching for him. Most were parents who understood a mother’s nightmare. Private Investigator Don Johnson helps spread the word of Brian’s vanishing while handing out posters at the Greyhound Bus Station.

Candice C. Cusic, "A Mother’s Nightmare," in POYi Archive, Item #30611, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/30611 (accessed June 8, 2025).