Counter Evidence He was seen at the beach afterward and was on the 2nd Zodiac trip to the Kahana.
Once he realized the mercenaries were gone, Steve went back to the beach with the red-haired woman that was on Team Locke.
Steve is alive and he along with the others on the raft will return to the Island.
Steve was killed in the flaming arrow attack on the survivors.
Steves character is bigger then to kill off without saying anything. Like Frogurt,he wasn't in it much, but everyone knew who he was, and everyone knows who Steve (or Scott?) is because he is always confused with Scott (or Steve). As like Frogurt, had they killed him off, we would know by now.
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