In the summer of 1996, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a 16-year-old girl named Angela Stevens vanished, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for decades. On the morning of July 2nd, at approximately 6:46 AM, Angela was seen for the last time by a staff member at the CHINS-UP facility, from which she then ran away. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a fuchsia hat, a fuchsia shirt, black shorts, and black sandals.
Angela was an African American teenager with black hair and brown eyes. She had a scar and a tattoo on her right leg. The day after she was last seen, on July 3rd, Angela made a phone call, stating she was at Memorial Hospital and that a friend was going to pick her up. This was the last known communication from her.
The initial report of Angela's disappearance was filed on the same day she was last seen, July 2, 1996. The Colorado Springs Police Department opened an investigation into her whereabouts. Her case was classified as an endangered runaway. Despite the immediate reporting and subsequent investigation, details about what happened to Angela after her phone call from the hospital remain scarce. The friend she mentioned was never publicly identified, and it is unknown if she ever met up with them. The circumstances surrounding her decision to run away from the CHINS-UP facility have not been made public, leaving her state of mind and intentions at the time a matter of speculation.
Years turned into decades, and Angela's case grew cold. The Colorado Springs Police Department's Cold Case detectives continue to have her case open and are actively seeking answers. Her case is listed in national databases for missing persons, including the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System under case number MP7250. The lack of new leads or information has left her family and the community without closure. The overview of Angela's case is one of a sudden and perplexing disappearance of a teenager. She was a young girl who, for reasons unknown, fled a youth facility, made one final contact with a cryptic message, and then was never heard from again, leaving a void of information and a family waiting for answers.Last Seen: Jul 2, 1996
