Nancy Strohmeyer was 66 years old when she disappeared from Germantown, Maryland, in early February 2016. Official missing-person records identify her as Nancy Eileen Strohmeyer, a White woman with blonde or sandy hair, blue eyes, glasses, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds. She lived in the 13100 block of Millhaven Place in Germantown, and Montgomery County police have said she was last in contact with a family member by phone on the evening of February 3, 2016.
She was reported missing the following day, February 4, after her family could not reach her and realized something was wrong.
The hours before Nancy vanished appear to have been ordinary but deeply concerning in hindsight. According to reporting and missing-person case summaries, family members were keeping close watch over her because of health concerns, including Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Her daughter reportedly checked on her around 7:00 p.m., and Nancy later spoke with her son by phone for about fifteen minutes. Neighbors reportedly saw her walking back and forth outside her apartment building later that night, something she had done before to clear her head. By the next morning, however, she could not be reached. Her daughter went to the home and found Nancy gone, with her car still there.
The details inside the home made Nancy’s disappearance especially alarming. Police and case records indicate that her purse, money, credit cards, identification, and cell phone were left behind inside the residence. Her morning medication had not been taken, and her bed appeared not to have been slept in, leading investigators to believe she may have left sometime during the evening hours of February 3. Reports also note that she did not use her car, and one account states that she may have taken only her house keys. There were no public indications in the available sources that she had prepared to be away from home, which added urgency to the search and deepened the concern for her safety.
At the time she was last seen, Nancy may have been wearing a light blue or turquoise sweater or sweatshirt, a beige or tan jacket, black sneakers, glasses, and jewelry including a ring and watch. Montgomery County police later released renewed public appeals, including an age-progressed image, as the case reached the ten-year mark. The department’s Major Crimes Division Cold Case Unit said detectives were continuing to investigate and were seeking new information from the public, asking anyone with knowledge of Nancy’s disappearance to contact the Montgomery County Police Department Cold Case Unit.
Years after Nancy Strohmeyer disappeared, the heart of the case remains the same: a 66-year-old Germantown woman with serious memory-related health concerns vanished after an evening phone call with family, leaving behind the possessions most people would take if they intended to travel. Her loved ones quickly recognized that her absence was out of character, and investigators have continued to treat the case as unresolved. The available public record tells the story of a vulnerable woman last connected to her family on February 3, 2016, a home left behind with medication and personal belongings inside, and a search that has continued for answers in Montgomery County nearly a decade later.Last Seen: Feb 3, 2016
