Illinois couple and their 2 children are missing after husband is ordered to stay away over domestic violence case

An Illinois couple and their two children have been missing for over two months, police said, revealing that the husband had been previously ordered to stay away from the family home over a domestic violence incident.

Stephen Lutz, 44, Monica Lutz, 34, and their children Nicholas, 9, and Aiden, 11, were reported missing by a relative on Feb. 10. A U-Haul attached to a vehicle was seen leaving the family’s home in Newton in the middle of the night, according to a flyer by the Missing Persons Awareness Network.