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Shayna Ritthaler

Case from Sturgis, SD dated Oct 03, 2019

Victim Details

Shayna Ritthaler

Female

White / Caucasian

Sturgis

SD

2019-10-03

16

Shayna

Ritthaler

Yes

07/02/2026

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Shayna Ritthaler was 16 when she vanished on October 3, 2019, last seen in Moorcroft, Wyoming, climbing into a Jeep-like vehicle outside a coffee shop. Not long before, she had connected online with Michael Gavin Campbell, a teenager from the Sturgis, South Dakota area, and the relationship quickly pulled her across state lines. Early in the search, tips and sightings pointed investigators toward the Black Hills—Lead, Deadwood, and Sturgis—while family and friends tried to make sense of how ...
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  • Sturgis teen pleads guilty to killing missing Wyoming girl
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