The Disappearance of the Springfield Three
June 6, 1992 – Graduation Night
On the evening of June 6, 1992, friends Suzie Streeter (19) and Stacy McCall (18) graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri. They planned to spend the night together celebrating, then go to a water park the next day.
Originally, the two girls were going to stay at a hotel with friends. But those plans changed, and instead, they decided to sleep over at Suzie’s house, where she lived with her mother, Sherrill Levitt (47), a cosmetologist.
They arrived at Suzie and Sherrill's home on 1717 E. Delmar Street sometime around 2:00 a.m. on June 7. Sherrill had been home earlier, and her car was in the driveway.
No one ever saw them again.
Morning Comes — But They’re Gone
At 9:00 a.m., a friend who was supposed to go to the water park with the girls came by to pick them up. She found the front door unlocked, the porch light’s globe shattered, and all three women’s purses sitting inside.
The house was strangely quiet. Their cars were parked outside. Sherrill’s cigarettes — which she never left behind — were untouched. The beds appeared to have been slept in.
Nothing was stolen.
No signs of a break-in.
No blood. No notes. No calls.
Just three women — vanished from a suburban home.
The Investigation
The police were not called immediately — the friend had even cleaned up glass from the broken porch light, unintentionally disturbing a potential crime scene. When officers were finally contacted that evening, they treated the house as a possible abduction site.
But there was no evidence of a struggle, no forced entry, and no known enemies.
Authorities tried everything:
- Canine searches
- Ground and aerial sweeps
- Interviews with hundreds of people
- Tracking thousands of tips
Nothing.
Years passed — and not a single credible lead emerged.
Suspects and Theories
1. Robert Craig Cox
A convicted kidnapper and suspect in another woman’s murder, Cox claimed in 1997 that he knew the women were dead and that their bodies would “never be found.” But he never gave details and later recanted. Police consider him a strong suspect but have no evidence to charge him.
2. Random abduction gone right (for the perpetrator)
Could someone have broken in while the girls slept, forced them out at gunpoint, and left no trace? It’s possible — but it would have had to be incredibly fast, quiet, and clean.
3. Someone they knew
There was no sign of forced entry. Did someone they trusted come to the door? Was it someone they let in voluntarily — and then something went terribly wrong?
4. Multiple perpetrators
Many believe it would take more than one person to subdue three adults silently. Did a group break in, perhaps with military or law enforcement training?
A Decades-Long Silence
For over 30 years, no remains have ever been found. No fingerprints, no crime scene, no confession, no ransom. The Springfield Police Department still lists it as an open case.
In 2007, a tip led to ground-penetrating radar scans of a nearby hospital parking garage. Three anomalies were found under the concrete — shaped like bodies. But police couldn’t justify the cost or disruption of tearing up the garage without stronger evidence.
They’re still there.
What Makes This So Strange
- Three women disappeared from a locked house in a safe neighborhood.
- All their belongings were untouched — even the mother’s cigarettes and the teens' makeup.
- No neighbors saw or heard anything.
- No ransom, no suspects, no leads.
Three lives erased in one night.
No answers. No signs.
And no peace.