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ONE MISSING LINK WILL HOLD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR THE THREE MISSING WOMEN TONIGHT @ 8:30 p.m. IN THE VICTIMS MEMORIAL GARDEN AT PHELPS GROVE PARK. IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, PLEASE LIGHT A CANDLE AND SAY A PRAYER FOR SHERILL LEVITT, SUZIE STREETER AND STACY McCALL THEN.
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Stacy McCall (l.) Sherrill Levitt (m.) and Suzie Streeter (r.)
I very seldom write about The Springfield Three, aka The Three Missing Women. I find that I can't be objective when I get to the police and the prosecutors office in this case. For those of you who don't know, I have been receiving tips and conducting my own investigation into what happened to Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall on June 7, 1992.
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The SPD and the prosecutors office have pretty much stonewalled me and the evidence I have brought them regarding the women. They are in possession of two rings that were found in a house on W. Walnut Street in Springfield. The rings were found in a shoebox full of articles about the women along with two other rings.
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Those rings still have not had any DNA testing conducted on them "because we feel the were handled by too many people," according to Lt. Allen Neal of the SPD. Touch DNA could be crucial in this case for analysis on the rings. Until people start DEMANDING answers, we will be at the same place we are now in another 19 years....still seeking justice for Sherrill, Suzie and Stacy.
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David Lohr, a nationally recognized author and missing persons advocate, wrote an article in 2009 about Sherrill, Suzie, Stacy and my quest to have the parking garage at Cox South cored.
Please read his article below and let me know what you think. Should the garage be cored, or just forgotten?
Sleuth Won't Give Up on Women Missing for 17 Years:
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(April 10) -- Two teens and a mother disappeared in Springfield, Mo., almost 18 years ago. Their bodies have not been found, the case has not been solved. Police say there is no evidence to determine what happened to Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall, the "Springfield Three," as the case has been called.
But the former lead investigator and a local journalist refuse to let it go. They believe that finding the answers has been hindered by a mismanaged investigation and the refusal to follow leads provided by new technologies that indicate where the remains of the women might be buried.
"I had never worked a case like it before then and have not worked one like it since," former Springfield police Sgt. Mark Webb told AOL News. At the time of the women's disappearance, Webb worked as the lead investigator in the case. He is no longer with the Springfield Police Department but remains in law enforcement as the chief of police in nearby Marionville.
Local reporter and independent investigator Kathee Baird, who has been following the case since 2005, is also critical of the investigation.
"We have evidence suggesting where these women could be, and they are ignoring it," Baird told AOL News. "It makes no sense. I don't know what's wrong with this department.
'Disappearance of the 'Springfield Three'
On June 6, 1992, McCall, 18, and Streeter, 19, attended a party after their graduation from Kickapoo High School, according to Webb. The women originally intended to stay at a hotel, but throughout the night their plans changed several times. They finally decided to spend the night at Streeter's house with her mother, 47-year-old Levitt. The teens arrived at Levitt's East Delmar Street home at about 2:15 a.m.
Levitt-Streeter House 1717 E. Delmar
McCall and Streeter had planned a trip to an amusement park on the afternoon of June 7, Webb says, but when their friends arrived to meet them at Streeter's house, no one was home.
The women's vehicles were parked in the driveway. The friends also observed a broken porch light. They cleaned up the broken glass and went inside the unlocked house, thinking the women might have gone for a walk. When they still didn't show up, the friends called the police, Webb says.
He got the case the next day.
Webb says all of the women's personal belongings, including their purses and clothing, were discovered inside the house. Levitt's Yorkshire terrier, Cinnamon, was also there. Investigators found no sign of a struggle or evidence of foul play, other than the broken porch light.
One of the few leads investigators had was the sighting of a green Dodge van in the area at the time the women went missing, but they had no way of knowing who owned it.
"We interviewed friends, ex-boyfriends, relatives and people that were at the parties," Webb said.
The police conducted several searches in the area but found nothing of interest.
By September 1992, Fox's "America's Most Wanted," NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" and CBS's "48 Hours" all had run feature stories on the case.
One of the tips authorities received as a result of the publicity indicated the women's bodies were on a farm in Webster County. A search warrant was obtained, but authorities found no evidence of value.
Leads continued to trickle in, but Webb says there were other things going on that hindered the investigation.
Investigator: Case Was an 'Emotional Ride'
Former Police Chief Terry Knowles micromanaged the case and questioned possible suspects himself. Information obtained was not properly shared among the investigators, Webb says.
"The whole case was so unusual in the way it was conducted," he said. "It became a very politically charged environment, and people started taking sides. [It] was not only an emotional ride for the family but [also] for the investigators. It was also a career-ender for some of the officers, and I was one.
"I didn't quit or get fired, [but] I ended up getting reassigned because of disagreements over the way the case was going."
Webb is not the only person connected to the case who has spoken about problems in the investigation. In 2002, George Larbey, former president of the Springfield Police Officers Association, told the Springfield News-Leader that detectives did not think Knowles had confidence in them.
"If your highest command tells you how it's going to be, simply put, that's how it's going to be," Larbey said. "Detectives felt powerless. ... The newer guys wouldn't have any idea what was going on, that this wasn't normally the way we did business.
"Knowles, who is retired, could not be reached for comment. But he gave an interview to the same reporter for a story about the 10th anniversary of the disappearance. He acknowledged being heavily involved in the case.
"I don't recall that being an issue back then," he said then about the criticism. "What anyone wants to say 10 years later -- I can't control that. It's certainly disappointing, and it's frustrating at the time to be doing everything you possibly can.
''Despite all the in-fighting, the case went to a federal grand jury in August 1994. At the time, authorities allegedly had three suspects on their radar. One of them was Robert Craig Cox.
Suspect Robert Cox
The women's vehicles were parked in the driveway. The friends also observed a broken porch light. They cleaned up the broken glass and went inside the unlocked house, thinking the women might have gone for a walk. When they still didn't show up, the friends called the police, Webb says.
He got the case the next day.
Webb says all of the women's personal belongings, including their purses and clothing, were discovered inside the house. Levitt's Yorkshire terrier, Cinnamon, was also there. Investigators found no sign of a struggle or evidence of foul play, other than the broken porch light.
One of the few leads investigators had was the sighting of a green Dodge van in the area at the time the women went missing, but they had no way of knowing who owned it.
"We interviewed friends, ex-boyfriends, relatives and people that were at the parties," Webb said.
The police conducted several searches in the area but found nothing of interest.
By September 1992, Fox's "America's Most Wanted," NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries" and CBS's "48 Hours" all had run feature stories on the case.
One of the tips authorities received as a result of the publicity indicated the women's bodies were on a farm in Webster County. A search warrant was obtained, but authorities found no evidence of value.
Leads continued to trickle in, but Webb says there were other things going on that hindered the investigation.
Investigator: Case Was an 'Emotional Ride'
Former Police Chief Terry Knowles micromanaged the case and questioned possible suspects himself. Information obtained was not properly shared among the investigators, Webb says.
"The whole case was so unusual in the way it was conducted," he said. "It became a very politically charged environment, and people started taking sides. [It] was not only an emotional ride for the family but [also] for the investigators. It was also a career-ender for some of the officers, and I was one.
"I didn't quit or get fired, [but] I ended up getting reassigned because of disagreements over the way the case was going."
Webb is not the only person connected to the case who has spoken about problems in the investigation. In 2002, George Larbey, former president of the Springfield Police Officers Association, told the Springfield News-Leader that detectives did not think Knowles had confidence in them.
"If your highest command tells you how it's going to be, simply put, that's how it's going to be," Larbey said. "Detectives felt powerless. ... The newer guys wouldn't have any idea what was going on, that this wasn't normally the way we did business.
"Knowles, who is retired, could not be reached for comment. But he gave an interview to the same reporter for a story about the 10th anniversary of the disappearance. He acknowledged being heavily involved in the case.
"I don't recall that being an issue back then," he said then about the criticism. "What anyone wants to say 10 years later -- I can't control that. It's certainly disappointing, and it's frustrating at the time to be doing everything you possibly can.
''Despite all the in-fighting, the case went to a federal grand jury in August 1994. At the time, authorities allegedly had three suspects on their radar. One of them was Robert Craig Cox.
Suspect Robert Cox
Mug shots of Robert Craig Cox (left is 1995--right is 2009)
Cox had served time on death row in Florida for the 1978 beating death of 19-year-old Sharon Zellers. That conviction was later thrown out by the Florida Supreme Court, which ruled that there was not enough evidence to tie him to the crime. After his release, he was taken into custody in California in connection with a 1985 kidnapping. He moved back to his hometown, Springfield, after serving that sentence.
"He was working outside Sherrill and Suzie's house at the time, doing underground cable work," Stacy McCall's mother, Janis McCall, told AOL News.
Cox was questioned about the women's disappearance, but police were unable to find enough evidence to link him to the case. In 1995, Texas police questioned Cox about an abduction in Plano. He was later arrested in Decatur for holding a gun on a child during a robbery. He is behind bars and is not eligible for parole until 2025. He has not been contacted.
Springfield police Lt. David Millsap has confirmed that Cox was questioned in regard to the case.
"He was interviewed several years ago," Millsap said, adding, "I would not classify that he has been ruled out. Nobody at this point has been ruled out as a suspect."
Tips Kept Coming In
-Not long after the five-year anniversary of the women's disappearance, Streeter's and Levitt's relatives had them officially declared dead. McCall's parents refused to take the same action.
"We chose not to because my feeling is if Stacy ever comes back, she'll say, 'You didn't have any faith that I'd ever be back,'" said Janis McCall. "I want her to know that she's not declared dead."
In the wake of her daughter's disappearance, McCall founded One Missing Link, an organization that helps families of missing people.
"When a person goes missing, we will help them, and if they are in the immediate area, we will go out, at the request of law enforcement, and help them with a search," McCall said.
During the summer of 2002, authorities received another tip. The tipster told police that two men who worked for a local concrete company and drove a green van had placed the women's bodies on land in Webster County. A two-week search of the property again yielded nothing. The following year, a similar search, with the same results, was conducted south of Cassville.
Five years ago, reporter and independent investigator Baird took an interest in the case.
"I was visiting my mother, and my son looked at me and said, 'Mom, you have to help find out what happened to those ladies. You are supposed to be safe in your house.' Out of the mouth of a 10-year-old. That always stuck with me," Baird said.
From that point on, Baird immersed herself in the case, conducting her own investigation. As news of her work spread, she began receiving her own tips, many of which directed her to the same location.
"It kept leading me to a parking garage at Cox South Hospital," Baird said. "Some of the original suspects allegedly had connections to the location, and it was under construction at the time the girls went missing. Several tipsters felt the girls had been buried there prior to the cement being poured."
Parking Garage May Be Burial Site
Parking garage on Cox South campus between Hulston Cancer Center and Wheeler Heart InstituteAuthorities were hesitant to look at the parking garage. They did not think that tips pointing to it were credible and told members of the media that they had come from psychics.
Webb says the Springfield Police Department had received several tips pointing to the location when he was the lead investigator on the case, but not all of them were from crackpots or psychics.
"[The parking garage] was under construction in that area at the time," Webb said. "We heard early on that they were buried under concrete in new construction or they were buried under a parking lot."
Baird asked a man who operates a micropower impulse radar system to examine the cement floor in the parking garage. She was hoping that his experimental equipment might be able to detect dental mercury or precious metals or stones, suggesting the presence of jewelry.
The results of the scan proved to be interesting; however, Baird realized she would need a more reliable way to examine the area.
In June 2006, she asked Rick Norland, a ground-penetrating radar specialist, to conduct a scan of the area.Norland has experience in locating bodies beneath the earth and has successfully found graves in the past. He was also one of the experts selected to help at ground zero in New York City following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The anomalies lie beneath the concrete under the ramp in the parking garage
"[Baird] did not give me any details or indication of how many bodies might be there," Norland told AOL news.
Soon after beginning the scan, Norland says he discovered three anomalies roughly 3 feet below the surface of the cement. Two were side by side; the third was by itself. The anomalies were about 2 feet wide, and the soil changes were between 5 and 7 feet long. The equipment cannot show bones but is capable of showing voids one would expect to see if something is buried underground.
Screen shot of one of the anamolies from Norland's GPR scan-
"These anomalies are very consistent with what a gravesite would look like," Norland said. "The next thing would be to come back in and do positive identification by a core sample -- drill down through there and poke a camera or some sort of device in there and examine what is there. That way you can determine what that anomaly is."
Both Baird and Norland took their findings to police.
"We talked to the police a couple times, and they are very skeptical of the equipment and what I did," Norland said. "The detectives said, 'I don't know what it is.' They were very adamant about not proceeding forward."
Questionable Findings
"It would be impossible to see what this man [Norland] claims he has seen," Owen said in an October 2007 interview with KY3.com.
AOL News provided copies of images that were taken of Norland's scan to two independent experts.
"Even had I not known what the story was about, there is definitely a break in the normal soil layers. This does not mean that there are buried bodies there, but there seem to be anomalies in this screen shot," Bryan Bacheller, manager of Digital Concrete Imaging Inc. in Florida, said in an e-mail.
Sean Henady, founder of the missing-person search and recovery group 3View Search Services, agrees.
"Myself and some experts I work with looked at the images, and we feel the location should be looked at closer and possibly cored," Henady said. "We would only need to do a 2-inch core to qualify the location."
Lt. Millsap said he could not comment on any of the details of the ground-penetrating radar search without reviewing the entire case file.
"That was discussed, but I don't have any knowledge about anything," he said. "I would tell you that all credible leads have been followed up on. I know the incident you're talking about, and I don't know how much involvement the department had."
On Tuesday, Stacy Fender, media relations coordinator at Cox Health, told AOL News she would check to see if officials at the hospital would allow an independent team, such as 3View Search Services, to re-examine the spot and possibly take a core sample. Fender responded via e-mail Wednesday.
"We consider this to be a matter for the Springfield Police Department and the Greene County Prosecutor's Office and remain willing to cooperate with any investigation they would like to pursue," she wrote.
Questions Remain
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It's still unclear why the Springfield Police Department won't take the time to examine the parking garage. Even students at Missouri Southern State University are baffled.
"I don't understand why they won't dig," said Nikki Rush, whose criminal justice group examined the case as part of a class project. "They went to several places on hunches and dug, so what would be wrong with checking this one? That's the big question for everybody right now. Prove them wrong that there are no bodies there or prove there are."
Janis McCall does not believe her daughter is buried beneath the parking garage and says she is not even convinced her daughter is dead.
"I have no reason not to believe she is alive because they have found no sign that she is dead," McCall said. "Realistically, I have to admit there is a good possibility, probably 99 percent, that she is dead, but if there is a possibility, even 1 percent or a half a percent, as her mother, I am going to keep it at the forefront and say she's still alive."
Meanwhile, Baird says she is willing to be proved wrong.
"If I am wrong, they are more than welcome to go on any TV show and say, 'See, we told you so,' " she said.
Here is a link to the GPR scan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8DKyRK27pM
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/sleuth-wont-give-up-on-missouri-mom-teens-missing-for-17-years/19432471
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UPDATE 03-12-11:
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Investigation Discovery was in town in December of 2010 and interviewed myself, Janis McCall, former Springfield police detective Mark Webb, Rick Norland and Janelle Kirby. They also traveled to Tennessee to interview Bartt Streeter for a show featured on Disappeared called The Springfield Three.
The story has no gone international with London's Daily Mail picking the story up. Authorities still have not cored the parking garage, however, pressure from viewers of the show and residents in the area may put enough pressure on them to do so.
LINKS TO THE INVESTIGATON DISCOVERY DOCUMENTARY ON DISAPPEARED -THE SPRINGFIELD THREE:
Disappeared S3x10 - The Springfield Three PART1
Disappeared S3x10 - The Springfield Three PART2
Disappeared S3x10 - The Springfield Three PART3
Disappeared S3x10 - The Springfield Three PART4
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The following story is from London's Daily Mail - March of 2011:
Could hospital car park solve mystery of two teenagers and a mother who vanished without trace 18 years ago?
By Daily Mail Reporter
Police flooded with tips after case is aired on TV
- May dig up hospital parking garage
- Garage was under construction when women disappeared in 1992
- Hospital is about five minutes away from their home
- Police reconfirm commitment to '3MW'
Officers in Springfield, Missouri, have been flooded with tips since the television show aired.
They are now considering digging up a hospital parking garage under construction when the trio vanished from their home, which was a five-minute drive away.
Sherrill Levitt, 47, her daughter Suzanne Streeter, 19, and friend 18-year-old Stacy McCall, have not been seen since June 7, 1992.
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| Stacy Kathleen McCall |
Missing: Friends Stacey McCall and Suzanne Streeter who were last seen celebrating their high school graduation in Springfield, Missouri.
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| Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter |
They vanished without trace after a high school graduation party in a case that is so well-known in south-west Missouri police simply call it 3MW.
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| Sherrill Levitt talked to a friend at around 11.15pm and was then never seen again |
Sherrill Levitt talked to a friend at around 11.15pm and was then never seen again
After Monday's programme, The Springfield Three, aired on the Investigation Discovery cable channel, police chief Paul Williams vowed to keep the investigation his top priority.
Department spokesman Corporal Matt Brown said: 'We are very committed to it. We don't know if this is a case where what happened is known by only a few people or many.'
He said police hope anyone with 'even a small piece of information they are holding onto that they don't think is important' will come forward.
The show detailed the events surrounding the mystery which began after the teenage girls graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield.
They were last seen around 2.15am when they left a graduation party and headed back to Suzanne's home to spend the night.
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| Stacy McCall (l.) - Sherrill Levitt (c.) - Suzie Streeter |
Her mother was last heard from earlier that night around 11:15 pm when she talked with a friend about painting a chest of drawers.
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The house in Springfield where Suzie Streeter and her mother lived before they vanished |
When the alarm was raised the following day, investigators found their cars in the driveway of the house at 1717 E. Delmar Street.
The beds had been slept in. Broken glass was on the porch. The dog was restless. The TV was fuzzy. Their purses, money and keys remained in the house.
The only possible hint of foul play was a shattered ceiling light fixture on the front porch.
All the eerie details were retold as the show revealed how 5,000 leads have been investigated and despite alibis, a number of people are still on the suspect list.
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The frustrations by investigators were also highlighted. 'It became an animal of its own,' retired detective
Mark Webb said of the investigation.
Allen Neal, lead detective with Springfield police, said: 'I can't think of another case that has come close to this level.'
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| Springfield Police chief Paul Williams |
Stacey's mother Janis McCall wants police to dig at the hospital which is close to where the girls were last seen.
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| Stacy's mother Janis McCall |
'My gut feeling is, 'I'm pretty sure they're not alive,' but I have this little corner in my heart that says Stacy's still alive and I'm going to get her back.'
'People that may have forgotten something or maybe remember now,' This [show] gives them a chance to call police and say this was really important.
'We're going to find answers for ourselves and each other. It may be the tip we've been waiting on.'
As far as suspects are concerned, Mrs McCall thinks that everyone who was interviewed should be talked to again.
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She also thinks it's important to consider anyone in the area at that time who was or is a known abductor or murder.
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After her daughter's disappearance, she launched One Missing Link - a non-profit organisation working with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children.
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Chief Williams, who took office eight months ago said he wants answers, just like the families who have waited 18 years.
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He added: 'We'll always hold out hope we'll find them but as years go by, the prospects certainly dim.
'We're looking at some reviewing some cases that haven't been done before. Probably a more open discussion about what leads are. Let's follow them or put them to rest.'
Anyone who has information is asked to call the SPD @417-864-1810. Kathee Baird can be reached @ 417-369-2616 or at her email address - meyer_news@hotmail.com
31 comments:
For crying out loud! If they can't just dig that ground to put one damn area out of mind is beyond me! If it were anyone else like their family or another officer it would have been torn up in a heartbeat! If it has to do with money than the greed will will curse them and their families forever! Politics makes me sick!! You tell them if it were their child or wife or mother would they wait? I pray they find them and I pray they are there so then you can sue the he'll out of all of them and then be at peace!
If Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the shipwreck of Titanic in over 15000 feet of pitch black ocean water used radar and sonar arrays to discover the Titanic, then I would assume a mere 3 feet below the ground should be a slam dunk. I just can't believe that the parking garage has not been dug up. For Gods sake we are only talking about maybe a 12 foot area. I am sure there is a concrete company who would donate their time and repair the concrete after the dig. If that would give the families closure on the garage mystery is it not worth it?
Just watched the story on Disappeared about the 3 missing ladies from Springfield, MO and decided to look it up and found this site. It is unbelievable that the police department or even the hospital administration would not push to have a core sample done of the hospital parking lot. Rick Norland, a ground-penetrating radar specialist, found a questionable area that should be investigated. He is an expert that also worked the 9/11 disaster. So what does this police department consider an expert. The definition of an expert witness is--An expert witness, professional witness or judicial expert is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialised knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally rely upon the witness's specialized (scientific, technical or other) opinion about an evidence or fact issue within the scope of his expertise, referred to as the expert opinion, as an assistance to the fact-finder.-- I think Rick Norland would be classified as an Expert Witness, don't you? The families should think about starting a facebook page to push for the sample to be taken. I hope they can find closure on this case.
You should contact www.gprdata.com and tell them about this story
You should contact www.gprdata.com and tell them about this story
This is absurd. They absolutely should dig to see if those poor women are there. I can't believe that a law enforcement agency that is supposed to protect the people can be so awful. They need to dig!
Just seen the show disappeared about the 3 missing ladies. I had to look it up to see if they dug up the parking garage and found this site. I can not believe there hasnt been anything done. Sounds to me like it is a possibility they may just be there. Why would the police follow up on all leads except this one? These woman need a proper burial. I am so sorry to the family and friends of these 3 woman I hope they are found soon it has been to long as is. My prayers are with you all. And I will continue to check to see if these women are found.
I see this and i am disgusted. The police who ignore the possibility of those 3 women struck down by some sadistic monster and buried beneath a parking garage disturb me. The fact is we pay taxes, those taxes pay their salaries, they get those salaries because they are supposed to protect us. They failed. They were unable to save those women. They owe the families closure. Yes any rational person will admit its only a possibility that they are there. They might be somewhere else, they may even still be alive. However isn't possibly enough. What sick world do we find ourselves in? How can they sleep cozy in their beds knowing that 3 innocent women who were most likely victims of a brutal crime lay beneath concrete. How can they allow a community to suffer such a terrible thing. And isn't that the worst bit. Not knowing. Going over the possibilities over and over again. Praying for answers and never getting a single one. It's inhumane. Its cruel. Its just wrong. They could ease the burden if they could be bothered to drop the doughnuts for a few minutes and get things moving. But they won't. This case is a perfect example of how screwed our species is. With each year that passes we care a little less, we grow a little more cynical, we turn our focus to personal success, and we're all becoming just as lost as the springfield 3. WHERE IS JUSTICE?? Where is that beautiful thing we Americans are so proud of? I don't see it coming for suzie. Im pretty sure it hasn't found sherrill. I don't think it's holding stacys hand. Some day it will though. And on that day i hope that those officers do not get praise or adoration. I hope no one shakes their hands or pats their backs because its what they're supposed to do. Its their job. I don't congratulate waiters for bringing me my food in a decent amount of time. And its a job they've done quite poorly. I pray for the well being of those in pain from the loss and i pray karma is more than a cool sounding word.
I cant understand why the police wont show loving kindness and dig up or drill the parking lot to see if these three women are buried there. Does the police have something to hide...get off your butts and just do it!!!
If this were the daughter of one of the officers it would have been done on the spot without question! The families of the victims have a right to know, to make them wonder is just cruel!! Haven't they suffered enough????
I've followed this story for years & just checked back in-- have the police seriously STILL not dug up this area yet?!? From all indications the hospital, digging crews, & victims' families are on board -- it's pretty obvious the police have some other reason they're not telling for failing to investigate such a potentially hot lead. Worst thing that might happen is that they'll be able to rule out the location (provided they check it thoroughly). Since the hospital has given consent, is there any way the families can just do it without the police's involvement?? Go to city council & get a permit? It's been 20 years for God's sake...don't they understand that the public will NEVER drop it; we'll never let these women be forgotten?! Thx Kathee for all your hard work & tenacity; please continue to keep us posted.
This is unbelievable and disturbing. I am not someone who ever blogs! I just watched 'Disappeared' and was left baffled. Just when I thought they were about to dig up the parking lot, the show ended! I had to search this story on the Internet and was in disbelief. Why on earth has a such a simple thing not been done? It doesn't make sense. People argue that they don't think the bodies are there. So just prove it. This is honestly the most frustrating thing. Please give these families' closure.
Wow! All I can think is Twilight Zone! Why would the police department not want to dig up the parking garage? Do they not care? They say they logged in ALOT of man hours over the years? It seems to me it would be cheaper to just check and be done with it! Bizarre! Maybe someone should start a charity to dig up the garage, I would donate!
Perhaps you could update the missing women case to see if any further developments have materialized.
I don't understand why they still haven't dig up the parking lot. If they clear the rumors up and no bodies are found underneath it , maybe more useful tips will come in. They shouldn't worry about the "cost" when I'm sure plenty of people will chip in and help put money down. Bodies could be found and the families could probably have some closure , what if it was their families ? I'm pretty sure the departments would have been dug the ground up , where is the justice ?
Just do the core test over one of the anomalies in that garage. The hospital supports this end of the investigation. They want to know as much as the rest of the WORLD. We could shut up on this issue if they did. The public doesn't understand why they don't simply test that site further. The public just wants closure on the Cox Hospital Garage issue because it's been evaded. Who wouldn't. No body wants them there, but this is driving people insane. The unknown can be toxic. Just do it! It can't hurt anyone anymore than not knowing at all.
I just watched the story of "The Springfield Three" on "Disappeared". Curious to see if the concrete was ever dug up I found this site. I too am shocked that it never has been checked out. It seemed fairly certain that there are three bodies down there. With all the tips they got saying they were buried there and then the test showing three bodies, it seems confirmation is all that is left to close this missing person case. I hope they do it soon.
Like the Patty Vaughn and Monica Rizzo cases here in Texas where they were both killed but no arrest were made ,the case of the Springfield 3 has haunted the h*ll out of me. How do 3 women go missing and l.e. show so little interest in investigating every lead possible.
I lived there when it happened. I met Janice McCall the day after her daughter went missing. Honest truth, this happened. I was with my family, we lived with in a mile or so from Sherill Leavitts house. I had two children, third on his way. My second child has his birthday June 10 and my family and I were exiting our van going into Smitty's in Springfield to buy birthday items for his party. As I turned to watch my pregnant wife, two year old son and 7 year old daughter walk toward me in the store parking lot, I was overcome with joy and such pride that , here was my fine family so beautiful, so perfect, and I was indeed very blessed. I remember that feeling so well because as I turned toward the store with my family laughing and playing as we walked, I met Janice McCall with flyers in one hand and a flyer in her other out stretched hand, a picture of the three girls. There was a look of sheer pain and terror in her eyes, and her eyes were pleading with mine as we locked eyes. I will never forget. I did not know what was about to befall our community, but I was finding out first hand from Stacy McCalls' mother and she was frantic. She knew, but she wasn't ready to think it, and I always felt so terrible for her. I want to help solve this crime, it can be solved. They need to start from scratch, unfortunately and remove the blundering and inept police work that probably damaged some important evidence. Cox is a good subject, but so are half the idiots in that God forsaken part of the world. There is so much sexual deviancy in that area. I had to grow up in that area, just a bunch of nut jobs condemning everyone for their supposed sins. They maintain a facist good ol' boy routine and aren't too bright unless a confession is given, even then they wouldn't even check the facts. I think Andy Asher was the only credible investigator there, but knowing what he was working with, how could a good detective do his job? Anyway Larry DeWayne Hall looks good for this also. Someone needs to map out timelines and known areas for the suspects, maybe none of them are responsible. People can't let time wash away these girls fight for justice and their families need to know the truth, someone knows. The friends seem suspicious especially the girl who was with them and went to their house. I get a bad feeling when she is recounting events. Were all of them given polygraphs? anyone decline or did the police just take their word?
I just watched the story about the three missing ladies and am so sadened by it. It's amazing to me that it would only take a couple hundred dollars to do a core sample to find out for sure what is there and the police still refuse to do the test. If this was a rich family or a member of a government family (aka police judge lawyer) it would have been done as soon as the tip came in. How can they continue to make these families suffer thinking everytime they look at that building is this where my mother, daughter, sister is. Please give these families a little peace if they are not there a core sample will not harm anything, STOP PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH MEDIUM CLASS FAMILIES. Give them the same attention that you would give to any of the formentioned victims!!!!!
I just watched the story of the three ladies, known as the Springfield three. I am dumbfounded, that they refuse to do what's so obvious! Dig up the hospital grounds where he did the radar. How could something that seems so logical to do, turn into something ignored by such incompetent officers, and their higher ups! Who gives a ... about the cost, JUST DO IT! It's an awful coincidence so many people said the same thing, about the hospital. It would just be that arrogant piece of crap to bury them, in a Hospital with his same name. He ( Robert Cox) said they where dead, hello!, how would he now that? Also he said it was done by a professional, he did this before...he is a professional! What it wrong with the police department, they really dropped the ball on this one! My heart goes out to the families, if they have passed, I hope the women didn't suffer. May God be with them, and the families. And may this monster be caught and be killed!
It is awful to think but the ONLY reason I can think of that they won't dig that lot is that an officer there had something to do with it. To me it just does not make sense. Is x ray not a possibility so they don't have to rune their precious garage. The hospital itself should investigate whether there were bodies on the property! Is there no recourse for terrible actions committed against these women?!?!
The reason the police and DA do not want to check the parking garage where the parking3.MW is because they don't want to publicly humiliate their police department. They don't want to admit that THEY SCREWED UP this investigation with polluted detective work and by following too many leads that weren't as substantiated with evidense as this one. Bottom line they don't want a law suite against the state when they find those poor women in that concrete.
I just watched the story on the Springfield Three.. I am heartbroken and angry.. please tell me they have done a core sample of the hospital parking lot? If not I am just beyond words. Although I have not read all the comments I will say/ask this: If the parking lot is not considered a crime scene then I think the public should respectfully submit to the hospital to allow an independant company to be allowed to do a core sample.. I am sure people would volunteer the equipment and time to put this to rest.. I have read that new tips come in everyday and the police have to follow each one,,, seems to me you don't need to follow the new ones but back track and complete the one tip they have eluded too... they are either there are not.. alot of law enforcement is process of elimination,, why not elimate this theory at possibly no cost.. and as I said before if the hospital lot is not a crime scene if I were the administrator of that hospital I could not sleep at night knowing that I could possibly bring closure to this case but choose not too,,
I lived in Springfield MO when the 3 missing women occurred, also several other gruesome murders, including that that of a 10 yr old girl. In 2014, a teacher kidnapped a 9 y/o girl in broad daylight, was able to rape and kill her before the police could find her. Spfd police are known for their ineptness, and the area is known for their fascist Southern Baptist good old boy system. The greater population continue in the same mindset and hubris, thinking they can separate themselves effectively from evil. Obviously they can not, but heads remain in the sand, and innocent, if ignorant, people remain at risk. Wake up Springfield MO!
I just watched this this morning 28 Jan 2015
I can understand not drilling a core hole, although it is foolish not to for 3 00 bucks or so if that much .
Most place in my area charge 75 bucks for a 3 inch bore
The parking lit was done a couple of years before they ever came up missing
He would have had to dig up all that cement and dirt ,haul it all off bury them bring another load of concrete in and smooth it out and block so no one would drive eon it
Ten even after the it will be a different color than the cement around it usually
So I see the reason not to do but then again foolish to not do it
@ anon 1/28/15 @ 1:47 p.m.: The parking structure was under construction when the women went missing. It was not complete.
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Nineteen Years Later.....Sherrill, Suzie and Stacy Are Still Missing:
So why are the police REFUSING to core or dig up a small section of the hospital parking garage? What is the Police hiding? Could it have been one of their own?? Why the fight not to core it or dig it up? FYI: The cost of coring or digging up this one section is way cheaper than assigning police officer after police officer the task of reading a cold case file. Their refusal is surely suspicious!!
Have you spoken again with the hospital representatives regarding the Springfield Three? Obviously the law enforcement is just plain stupid or have something to hide.But the parking garage is private property and, although years ago the hospital refused to get involved, that may be different now. Can you appeal to their humanity and get permission from hospital authorities? Show them this blog and all the outrage. Even if law enforcement has evidence proving that they are NOT buried there, why would they continue to stone wall? You would think they would want to silence the critics once and for all. Please please get an answer from someone!
THE ONE MISSING LINK IS CRAIG MICHAEL WOOD WHO I SAW IN APRIL OF 1992 LATE AROUND MIDNITE ARGUING WITH SUSIE STREETER ACROSS FROM HER HOUSE ON DELMAR>
Hey, they still havent dug there... its 2019.... Even if they arent there...just do it to make sure. Damn.
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