The Aaron Cody Step case is a huge one, because it has been going on for at least ten years. Detectives are even speculating whether or not his aunt and grandmother waited a year between the time he went missing to the time they called the police.
It seems, from everything I have read, that Aaron usually went by the name Cody, so I will refer to him as such throughout the rest of my post.
Cody is missing from Columbus, Ohio. He lived with his grandmother after his mother was arrested and held on theft convictions. He was reported missing on March 11, 1997, and nobody had been paying attention to him.
When police searched the scene from where Cody went missing, they did not find any clues. There were no signs that Cody had even ever been to the house. Neighbors said they hadn’t seen the boy in at least 6 months, and relatives had not seen the child for almost a year. Cody’s mother had not been able to speak to him from prison either.
Cody’s grandmother had a child die on her watch before, and police now believe that she is the murderer of that child, back in the 1960s. His grandmother is also thought to be a “pimp”, using her daughters to make money.
Police also believe that the only reason the aunt and grandmother called the police to report him missing was the fact that his mother was getting out of prison the very next day.
There is even some wondering if poor Cody was sold into some shady business, possibly not dead. At this point, I don’t know which would be a better fate for Cody.
There is still hope though.