By the FBI
With his wife beside him at the kitchen table in their home on the Crow Reservation in Montana—and many of his children, grandchildren, and extended family members nearby—Robert Garrett Stewart, Sr., talks about his son, who disappeared four years ago.
“I miss him every day,” Stewart said.
“Every morning I give him a little prayer in my bedroom. Every day I think about him and wonder where he’s at. Is he hungry? Does he need money? Every day is a question mark.”
Named after his father, Robert Garrett Stewart, Jr.—affectionately known to family and friends as “Baby Garrett”—went missing in October 2013.
Since then, the FBI has been working to provide answers for the Stewart family.
“We don’t know exactly what happened to him or if he came into some kind of harm,” said Special Agent Steve Lowe, who has been investigating the disappearance from the FBI’s office in Billings, Montana.
“But we have not forgotten Baby Garrett. This case is still active; it’s still open. We are pursuing all available leads.”
Baby Garrett, 25 years old when he went missing, was last seen in Billings with acquaintances.
He never returned to his family’s home on the reservation and hasn’t been heard from since.
(The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information in the case of Robert Garrett Stewart, Jr., known locally as Baby Garrett, who disappeared in October 2013. If you have any information, please contact the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office, Billings, Montana, Resident Agency at (406) 248-8487. Courtesy of Kurt Elliott and YouTube. Posted on Nov 16, 2017)
The FBI became involved with the case because Stewart, an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe, had been living on the reservation.
On many reservations throughout the United States, the FBI is responsible for investigating major crimes that occur on federal lands such as murder, violent assaults, and the sexual exploitation of children.
Agents work closely with local and tribal law enforcement personnel as well as with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.
“Knowing that we had a missing person, which sometimes turns into a death investigation,” Lowe said, the FBI began assisting local law enforcement after the disappearance and became the primary investigative agency on the case in late 2013.
Since then, despite promising leads, the case has gone cold.
Law enforcement authorities are seeking information in the disappearance of Robert Garrett Stewart, Jr., from Montana in October of 2013.
Description:
- Alias: “Baby Garrett”
- Date(s) of Birth Used: December 1, 1987
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: Brown
- Height: 6’0″
- Weight: 130 pounds
- Sex: Male
- Race: Native American
REWARD The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the resolution of this case.
“We still do not know exactly what happened to Baby Garrett,” Lowe said.
More than a year ago, seeking additional help from the community, the FBI launched a publicity campaign about the case and offered a $10,000 reward for information.
“We feel that there are people in the area who know something about what happened to Baby Garrett,” Lowe said.
“We want them to come forward, even if they remain anonymous.”
“I want somebody to step up and let us know, help us at least to understand what happened to him,” said Baby Garrett’s father.
“Where is he? That’s always my question every day. What happened?”
In addition to Lowe’s efforts, an FBI victim specialist has kept in contact with the family to let them know of any developments in the case and to ease their concerns when rumors or news accounts surface about unidentified bodies being found in the region.
“I have been on this case for several years,” Lowe said.
“Agents before me have worked it as well with our local partners, our victim specialist, and other support people.”
“To meet the family, to see how much they miss their son, their brother, their uncle, it just tears at your heart.”
And although the case is several years old, Lowe explained, it remains “extremely important to the FBI and to me, because we’re talking about a person’s life.”
“We’re talking about a person’s family who loves him, who misses him dearly, whose lives are not the same since he disappeared.”
Sitting with his family in the home that he and his son built together from the foundation up, Baby Garrett’s father said he is not sure what the future will bring.
“My hope is to see him back,” he said.
“In my dreams, he always comes up, and I’m the only one that’s talking to him, trying to get him caught up, you know.”
“This happened to this one, this happened to her. This happened to one of the kids.”
“I’m always talking to him about getting him caught up, and all the things that happened in the last four years. That always happens in my dream, and I want it to be real.”
Submit a Tip:
If you have any information concerning the disappearance of Robert Garrett Stewart, Jr., please contact the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Division, Billings, Montana office at (406) 248-8487 or toll free at (877) 569-7449.
You can also contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
Tipsters can remain anonymous, and there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of the case.
