On the night of June 6, 1992, Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter, 19, and Stacy McCall, 18, celebrated their graduation from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, attending several parties. Sherrill Levitt, 47, Streeter's mother, attended the graduation ceremony but did not join the girls' evening plans. After a final party was broken up by police around 1:50 a.m., Streeter and McCall returned to Levitt's home at 1717 East Delmar for the night rather than staying at a friend's crowded house. Levitt had last been heard from around 11:15 p.m. on June 6 in a phone call with a friend.
The following morning, when Streeter and McCall failed to arrive at a friend's house for a planned trip to a water park, friends went to check on them at the Delmar residence. They found the front door unlocked, the porch light's glass globe shattered (though the bulb was intact), and no sign of the three women. All personal belongings — including purses, cash, cigarettes, jewelry, keys, and vehicles — were left inside the home, along with the family dog, described as agitated. There were no other signs of a struggle. An answering machine message, described by police as possibly containing a clue, was inadvertently erased before it could be reviewed. Family members did not contact police until more than sixteen hours after the women were last seen, and the scene was subsequently visited and inadvertently disturbed by an estimated ten to twenty concerned friends and relatives before officers arrived.
Levitt and Streeter were legally declared dead in 1997, though their case files remain officially classified as missing. Investigators have pursued numerous leads over the years, including a 2007 ground-penetrating radar scan of a hospital parking garage based on a tip; Springfield police later stated the tip lacked credible evidence and that the garage's construction date made the theory implausible.
Named individuals have been discussed publicly as persons of interest, though none have been charged in connection with the disappearances. In 1997, Robert Craig Cox, then imprisoned in Texas as a convicted kidnapper and robber, told journalists he knew the women had been murdered, though his earlier alibi for the period had been corroborated by family and, initially, his girlfriend (who later said Cox asked her to lie). Authorities have stated they do not consider Cox credible. Other individuals have been named in media coverage as suspects, including a convicted rapist and murderer connected to the case through an unrelated 1985 murder conviction, but no one has been charged specifically in the Springfield Three disappearances.
The case remains unsolved as of the most recent published reporting, despite thousands of tips received by investigators. A memorial bench dedicated to the three women was placed in Springfield's Phelps Grove Park in 1997, and the case has been the subject of television coverage and a podcast.
Suzanne Elizabeth Streeter, Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt, Stacy Kathleen McCall
Date
1992
Location
1717 East Delmar Street, Springfield, Missouri
Case status
unsolved
Case timeline
1992-06-06
Suzanne Streeter and Stacy McCall graduate from Kickapoo High School; Sherrill Levitt attends the ceremony. The two graduates attend several parties that evening.
1992-06-07
Streeter and McCall are last seen around 2:00 a.m. leaving a party and returning to Levitt's home at 1717 East Delmar. Levitt is last heard from around 11:15 p.m. the previous night. By morning, friends find the home unlocked, the porch light globe shattered, and all three women missing with belongings left behind.
1992-12-31
A man calls the America's Most Wanted tip hotline claiming knowledge of the disappearances, but the call is disconnected before he can be connected to Springfield investigators.
1997
Levitt and Streeter are legally declared dead; Robert Craig Cox, imprisoned in Texas, claims to journalists that he knows the women were murdered.
1997-06
A memorial bench dedicated to the three women is placed in the Victim's Memorial Garden in Springfield's Phelps Grove Park.
2007
Ground-penetrating radar scan is conducted at a Cox Hospital parking garage based on a tip; Springfield Police later state the tip is not credible.
2021
Journalist Anne Roderique-Jones launches a podcast on the case, 'The Springfield Three: A Small-Town Disappearance.'
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People
Gerald Carnahan
CONVICTED
Convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of Jackie Johns; discussed as a suspect in the Springfield Three case but not charged in it.
Suzanne Elizabeth Streeter
VICTIM
Daughter of Sherrill Levitt; disappeared from Levitt's home on June 7, 1992, legally declared dead in 1997.
Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt
VICTIM
Mother of Suzanne Streeter; disappeared from her Springfield home on June 7, 1992, legally declared dead in 1997.
Robert Craig Cox
CHARGED
Convicted kidnapper and robber, and suspect in an unrelated Florida murder; claimed in 1997 to know the women had been murdered, but not charged in this case and considered not credible by investigators.
Steven Garrison
CONVICTED
Convicted rapist reportedly with ties to a motorcycle gang connected to the case; police said he gave information described as credible, but he has not been charged in this case.
Stacy Kathleen McCall
VICTIM
Friend of Suzanne Streeter; disappeared from Levitt's home on June 7, 1992.
Roles reflect public records and court outcomes at the time of writing — supporting citations are on file under Sources.
Three women — Sherrill Levitt, her daughter Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter, and Streeter's friend Stacy McCall — vanished from Levitt's Springfield, Missouri home overnight on June 6-7, 1992, leaving behind cars, purses, and other belongings. None have ever been found and the case remains unsolved.
Where did the crime happen?
1717 East Delmar Street, Springfield, Missouri.
Who was convicted?
Gerald Carnahan (Convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of Jackie Johns; discussed as a suspect in the Springfield Three case but not charged in it.) and Steven Garrison (Convicted rapist reportedly with ties to a motorcycle gang connected to the case; police said he gave information described as credible, but he has not been charged in this case.).
