On a warm summer night in Springfield, Missouri, 19-year-old Suzanne 'Suzie' Streeter vanished along with her mother, Sherrill Levitt, and her friend, Stacy McCall. The evening of June 6, 1992, had been one of celebration for Streeter and McCall, who had just graduated from high school. After attending a few graduation parties, their plans to stay at a friend's house changed due to it being too crowded.
Instead, they decided to go to Streeter's home at 1717 East Delmar Street, where her mother, Sherrill, was. They were last seen at approximately 2:15 a.m. on June 7, as they left a party to head to the Levitt and Streeter residence. Earlier that night, around 11:15 p.m., Sherrill had spoken to a friend on the phone, mentioning she was painting a chest of drawers and giving no indication that anything was wrong. By the time the sun rose, all three women were gone, leaving behind a scene that continues to baffle investigators decades later.
The following day, friends and family grew concerned when the women couldn't be reached. Friends of the two teenagers were supposed to meet them to go to a water park, and when they didn't show up, they went to the house. There, they discovered the front door was unlocked. Inside, all of the women's personal belongings—including their purses, keys, cigarettes, and cars—were left behind. Sherrill's bed appeared to have been slept in, her eyeglasses and a book left by her bedside. The family's Yorkshire Terrier was also found inside the house, seemingly anxious. The only sign of anything amiss was a broken glass globe on the front porch light. There were no clear signs of a struggle or forced entry. Tragically, a potentially crucial clue, a strange message on the answering machine, was accidentally erased by a friend before police could hear it.
Over the years, the investigation into the disappearance of the 'Springfield Three,' as they came to be known, has generated thousands of tips but no concrete answers. Law enforcement, with assistance from the FBI, conducted an extensive investigation, but no definitive leads surfaced to explain what happened or where the women could be. In 1997, a convicted kidnapper and robber named Robert Craig Cox claimed he knew the women were murdered and that their bodies would never be found, but investigators have never been able to verify his statements or find evidence to charge him in connection with the case. Other leads, including a tip that the bodies were buried under the parking lot of a local hospital, have been explored without yielding any conclusive results. The case remains an open and haunting mystery, a story of three women who seemingly vanished from their lives overnight, leaving a community with lingering questions and a family with unending grief.Last Seen: Jun 7, 1992
