Case Background
Stephanie Michele Smith was born on January 3, 1967, and her disappearance has remained one of Salt Lake City’s most perplexing unsolved cases. Classified as a missing person, Stephanie vanished in early 2003 from the Salt Lake City area. Her sister, who had not heard from her since 2001, officially reported her disappearance to law enforcement. The Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake, under Detective Ben Pender, oversees the case.
Physical Description & Personal Traits
At the time of her disappearance, Stephanie was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing between 150 and 170 pounds, with brown hair and gray eyes. A distinctive birthmark on her right knee aids in visual identification, along with the possibility that she wore eyeglasses or contact lenses. These details have been routinely reiterated across multiple missing-persons registries....Read More
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