Suzie Elizabeth Streeter

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Springfield Police Department (MO)

Missing From:

Springfield, Missouri

Summary:

Suzanne Elizabeth "Suzie" Streeter and her friend Stacy Kathleen McCall, along with Streeter's mother, Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt, went missing from Levitt's home in Springfield, Missouri on June 7, 1992. All of their personal belongings, including cars and purses, were left behind. Suzie Streeter and Sherrill Levitt were declared legally dead in 1997. The case remains unsolved.

Vital Statistics

Circumstances of Disappearance:

Streeter and McCall graduated from Kickapoo High School on Friday, June 6, 1992, at 4:00 p.m. at the Hammons Student Center on Southwest 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. Suzanne and her friend Stacy McCall planned to spend the night at a hotel in Branson, Missouri. 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. At 8:30 pm, Suzanne and Stacy arrived at a friend's party on Coach Drive in Battlefield, Missouri. In the early morning hours of June 7, 1992, the two friends appeared at another friend's party in the 1500 block of East Hanover Street in Springfield. They arrived around 1:30 am, but the party was cut short when a neighbor called the police. Both Streeter and McCall were last seen at around 2:00 a.m. on June 7 while leaving the last of the few graduation parties they attended that evening. The three women disappeared from Levitt's home in Springfield, Missouri, between 02:15am – 07:30am. Upon officers' arrival, the house showed no signs of a struggle, but rather the appearance of the missing women being abducted. All personal property was left behind including purses, money, clothing, cars, keys, cigarettes, and the family dog. When authorities arrived there, nothing appeared to be disturbed other than the porch light being smashed. Suzanne's mother, Sherrill Levitt, was last heard from at approximately 11:15 p.m., on June 6, 1992, when she talked with a friend about painting a chest of drawers. Levitt's car, purse, keys, etc., were left at the residence and it appeared as though her bed had been slept in when friends and police arrived to check the residence.

Additional Details:

On June 8, 1992, Stacy's family filed a missing persons report to the Springfield Police Department. The case was not reported to police until approximately 9 p.m. on June 7 — nearly a full day after the women were last known to be alive. That delay compounded the scene contamination. When friends arrived looking for the three women who were supposed to be inside, they assumed the broken glass was a simple accident. In a gesture of innocent helpfulness that would later haunt investigators, a young man swept the shards away with a broom to keep his girlfriend from cutting her bare feet. Due to the mysterious nature of the case, and the fact it involved three people, the FBI joined the investigation on June 9th. By June 14th, officials and volunteers began performing searches of remote and wooded areas to recover the bodies of the three but found nothing. Nearly three decades and thousands of leads later, authorities are still looking for the victims in "The Springfield Three" cold case. Friends, neighbors, and even strangers turned out to help police search rural and suburban areas all around Springfield, including extensive search efforts in Lake Springfield, Forsyth, Joplin, and Stockton. In April 2003, tips led investigators to farmland south of Cassville. Using backhoes, they dug huge holes but only managed to find two pieces of possible evidence: possible blood and the section of a green vehicle, perhaps like a green van witnesses say they saw back in 1992. Investigators sent the blood evidence to a specialized lab, but the results were inconclusive after extensive testing. In the first days of the probe, police openly talked about interviewing and polygraphing people — like Suzie Streeter's ex-boyfriend, Dustin Recla, and also her brother (and Sherrill's son), Bartt Streeter, who was estranged from the family but cooperated with the investigation. Streeter said he drank heavily the night of June 6, 1992 and passed out. He passed a police polygraph. A witness reported observing a woman matching Suzanne's description driving an older model moss green Dodge van later during the day on June 7. The witness claimed that the woman appeared terrified as an unseen male voice told her "Don't do anything stupid." The witness did not contact investigators with her account until several days had passed. In 1997, Robert Craig Cox, a convicted kidnapper and robber, claimed that he knew the women had been murdered and that their bodies would never be recovered. Neither their whereabouts nor their remains have ever been discovered. Cox worked as a utilities worker at the time of the disappearance of the Springfield Three. Cox also reportedly worked as a mechanic at a used car lot where Stacy's father was employed as a salesman. He was interviewed by police in 1992, but claimed he was with his girlfriend on the morning of June 7. At the time, Cox's girlfriend had corroborated his alibi. No investigators in the case believe Cox has any credibility. Investigators have received more than 5,200 leads from at least 21 states. The investigation was formally revisited or reopened in 2001, prompting renewed searches and a new wave of tips during the following years. A bench inside the Victims Memorial Garden at Phelps Grove Park in Springfield was dedicated to the women. The case has been featured over the years on shows like 48 Hours, Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted.

Case Last Updated:

Oct 05, 2026