The Springfield Three: Inside One of America’s Most Haunting Unsolved Disappearances

D. Whitman
Dec 1
4 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

A Mystery Frozen in Time

On a warm summer night in June 1992, three women vanished from a quiet home in Springfield, Missouri. No screams. No signs of struggle. No forced entry. Just a glowing porch light over an empty street — and a mystery that has tormented investigators and families for more than thirty years.

This is the chilling true story of The Springfield Three, one of the most perplexing unsolved disappearances in American history.

Who Were the Springfield Three?

Sherrill Levitt, 47 — a hardworking, devoted mother.
Suzanne “Suzy” Streeter, 19 — fresh out of high school and full of plans.
Stacy McCall, 18 — Suzy’s best friend, also celebrating graduation.

Three lives, three futures, gone without a trace.

The Night of the Disappearance

Graduation Celebrations

On June 6, 1992, Suzy Streeter and her best friend Stacy McCall spent the night hopping between graduation parties. Originally, they planned to stay at a hotel with friends to avoid late-night driving.

But around 2 a.m., the plans shifted.

Instead of the hotel, the girls returned to Suzy’s mom’s home at 1717 East Delmar Street, where Sherrill Levitt had already settled in for the night.

This small decision — a simple change of plans — would mark the last confirmed moment anyone saw the three women alive.

The Eerie Scene Left Behind

The next morning, friends arrived to pick the girls up for a day trip to a local water park. Instead, they stepped into a surreal, unsettling mystery.

Inside the home, they found:

All three women’s cars still parked in the driveway
The front door unlocked
A broken porch light cover, though the bulb remained intact
Purses lined up neatly in the living room
A disturbed bed, as if Sherrill had been sleeping
Suzy’s dog, Cinnamon, anxious and distressed
No sign of the women anywhere

There was no blood. No overturned furniture. No chaotic scene typical of an abduction. Just the eerie feeling that the three women had disappeared in the middle of normal life — cigarettes left behind, keys untouched, clothes undisturbed.

The Disturbing Phone Calls

While waiting for police to arrive, the friends answering the home’s telephone received strange, whispered calls. The caller murmured sexual comments before hanging up.

At first, the group assumed it was a crude prank.

But as the case unfolded, investigators came to believe the calls may have been far more sinister — possibly from someone who knew the women were missing.

A Compromised Crime Scene

Before police secured the home, dozens of people entered the residence, trying to help or check on the women. In the process, they unintentionally:

Cleaned up broken glass
Answered and deleted voicemail messages
Tidied up surfaces
Disturbed critical evidence

This contamination remains one of the case’s most damaging setbacks.

Early Theories: What Happened to the Springfield Three?

1. Abduction by Someone They Knew

The unlocked door suggested familiarity. Perhaps the women opened the door willingly — or stepped outside to help someone they trusted.

2. A Predator Who Followed Them Home

Graduation night parties meant crowded streets, late-night driving, and potential opportunities for someone to shadow the girls back to the house.

3. A Burglary Gone Wrong

Unlikely. Nothing was stolen. No forced entry. No struggle. The scene didn’t match robbery patterns.

Investigators faced a baffling paradox: three adult women vanished at once, from a home with almost no physical evidence indicating what took place.

Persons of Interest Over the Years

Robert Craig Cox

A convicted kidnapper and suspected serial killer. Cox was in Springfield at the time and later claimed the women were “all dead,” though he refused to elaborate. Despite intense scrutiny, no evidence ever tied him definitively to the case.

The Mysterious Green Van

Multiple witnesses reported seeing a green Dodge van that night. One woman claimed she saw a frightened girl inside being yelled at by a man. The lead was never corroborated and eventually went cold.

Bart Streeter

Suzy’s older brother, estranged for a period but eventually cleared as a suspect.

Despite thousands of tips and national media coverage, no suspect has ever been arrested.

The Parking Garage Theory: Bodies Beneath the Concrete

In 2007, mechanical engineer Rick Norland used ground-penetrating radar to scan a hospital parking garage in Springfield. The scan appeared to show three anomalies shaped like human bodies.

His findings fueled public speculation, but the city declined excavation due to:

Cost
Structural safety risks
Lack of direct evidence linking the women to the site

To this day, the parking garage remains untouched — a haunting “what if” that continues to fuel debate.

Lingering Questions That Still Haunt Investigators

Even after decades, the same chilling questions echo:

Did the women willingly step outside that night?
Was the broken porch light part of a ruse?
Were they followed from the graduation parties?
Is the truth buried beneath that parking garage?
How could three people vanish without a trace?

The disappearance of the Springfield Three remains one of the darkest unsolved mysteries in American crime history.

The Case Today: Still Unsolved

More than 30 years later, families, investigators, and the Springfield community still seek answers. No bodies. No confirmed sightings. No resolution.

Just three women whose stories deserve justice.

If You Have Information

Anyone with insight into the disappearance of Sherrill Levitt, Suzanne “Suzy” Streeter, or Stacy McCall should contact the Springfield Police Department. Even the smallest detail could change everything.

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