Senior year in high school is typically the time most students look forward to. A year of memories and special events caps off with graduation. Most newly-minted graduates throw and attend parties with those with whom they grew up, one of the last hurrahs before college begins in the fall. During the summer of 1992, however, Missourians would wake up to a story that would become a decades-long mystery in Missouri.
Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall did what most new graduates do after graduating high school on June 6, 1992. They celebrated the milestone with their friends before heading back to Suzie’s house in the early morning hours of June 7.
What happened after they arrived at Streeter’s home, which she shared with her mom Sherrill Levitt, remains a mystery to this day. The three were never seen alive again, and plenty of people have their own theories as to what happened to them.
Friends, who Streeter and McCall were supposed to join at a waterpark on June 7, arrived at the Levitt home to discover the front door unlocked and a porch light fixture broken. The women’s purses were found inside; the family dog was visibly agitated, and their cars were parked outside.
Stacy’s mom, Janis, became worried after not being able to reach her daughter, so she headed over to the Levitt home, too. She listened to a strange message left on the answering machine and called the police.
While that message may have provided a vital clue to the women’s disappearance, it was somehow erased. Townspeople gathered to search for Suzie, Stacy, and Sherrill, who became known as the Springfield Three, and the media covered the disappearance.
Few clues surfaced, although one of the most popular theories was the women had been murdered and buried under a parking garage at Cox South Hospital. An independent investigator used radar on the parking garage and said it hit upon three objects.
Local police, however, found the lead wasn’t credible. A prisoner in Texas, who had been in Springfield at the time of the disappearance, would later tell a reporter that he knew the women were dead. At the same time, he claimed he had been at home asleep at the time they were believed to have disappeared.
Decades later the search for the Springfield Three continues, although both Suzie and Sherrill have been legally declared dead. A $42,000 reward remains in the hopes that the women’s families will get the answer they’ve searched for for years – what happened to Suzie, Stacy, and Sherrill?
Stop by the official website of The Springfield Police Department to learn more.
What do you think happened to the Springfield Three? Do you think this long-time mystery in Missouri will ever be solved? Join the conversation in the comments! Then check out the stories behind these other unsolved mysteries in Missouri.
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