Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Springfield Police Department (MO)

Missing From:

Springfield, Missouri

Summary:

Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt, a 47-year-old cosmetologist and single mother, disappeared on June 7, 1992, from her home in Springfield, Missouri along with her daughter Suzanne Streeter and friend Stacy McCall, known collectively as the Springfield Three. She was 5 feet 0 inches tall, 110 pounds, with short light blonde hair and brown eyes. The three women vanished without a trace from her residence, leaving behind all their personal belongings including vehicles and purses. Her case remains unsolved.

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Circumstances of Disappearance:

On Friday, June 6, 1992, Sherrill attended her daughter's graduation ceremony at the Hammons Student Center on Missouri State University's campus. Suzanne graduated from Kickapoo High School during the evening of June 6, 1992, and spent the early part of the evening having dinner at home with her mother. They decided to stay at another friend's home in Battlefield, Missouri instead; Suzanne called Sherrill at approximately 10:30 p.m. to discuss their plans. Sherrill telephoned a friend at approximately 11:15 p.m. that evening. She was painting a chest of drawers at the time and gave no indication that anything was amiss inside her residence. Suzanne and McCall returned to Sherrill's residence at approximately 2:15 a.m. on June 7 after deciding that their friend's home was too crowded. The girls drove their separate vehicles to Sherrill's house. Neither they nor Sherrill have been heard from again. All of Sherrill's personal belongings were untouched and the television was turned on. There was no sign of a struggle at the residence, but the porch light had been shattered. No additional physical evidence was discovered at the scene.

Additional Details:

After calling the Streeter's house several times, a friend decided to drive there around 12:30 p.m. The first thing that caught the eye of the couple was glass shattered on the front porch. The glass was from the front porch light. The family's Yorkshire Terrier, Cinnamon, was still inside the house and appeared to be anxious. Authorities later admitted that the crime scene had possibly been tainted by the twenty or so loved ones who visited Sherrill's house after their disappearances were reported. By June 9th, 1992, two days after the women known as the Springfield Three had disappeared, the FBI had been brought in to assist with the case, helping Springfield detectives with some out-of-state leads that they hoped to track down. Within days, more than 20,000 posters of the women had been printed and were stuck on store windows and telephone poles. On June 15, 1992, police released the composite sketch of an unidentified transient man with long hair and a full beard. In the days leading up to the woman's disappearance, neighbors reported seeing the man near the house. Sherrill's son and Suzanne's older brother, Bartt Streeter, and one of Suzanne's former boyfriends were ruled out as suspects in the case early in the investigation. An anonymous caller phoned America's Most Wanted's hotline after the program profiled the women's case in late December 1992. The caller was disconnected before he could speak to Springfield investigators. Authorities believe that the person held vital information connected to the disappearances. The Springfield Police Department zeroed in on Robert Craig Cox as the most likely culprit behind the disappearance of the Springfield Three. In 1992, Cox was living in the Springfield area, and his Army Ranger skills certainly would have made it easy for him to subdue three women with no equivalent training. He also worked at the same auto dealership as Stacy McCall's father. Initially, Cox said he was with his girlfriend on the night of the disappearances, but that later proved to be false. Cox has said he knows the three women are dead and where they're buried; however, he's never said exactly how he knows, nor divulged the details of the bodies' whereabouts. Cox was arrested in 1995 for holding a gun on a child during a robbery in Texas. He's serving a life sentence. The Springfield Police Department has processed more than 5,000 tips, conducted numerous searches across rural Missouri, and enlisted help from the FBI and other agencies. A $42,000 reward remains in place for information that leads to the location and prosecution of the persons responsible for the abduction of the three women.

Case Last Updated:

Oct 05, 2026