ID ID - Steven Pearshall, 35, Lewiston, 14 Sept 1982

[Kat]

The Doe Network:
Case File 846DMID

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/846dmid.html

Steven R. Pearshall
Missing since September 14, 1982 from Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho.
Classification: Involuntary



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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: March 8, 1947
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 35 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'3"; 160 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown medium length hair; brown eyes. Mustache.
•Marks, Scars: Scar on left calf. Scar on left arm.
•Clothing: Beige velour pull over sweater with long sleeves with dark horizontal stripes, two tone brown and beige ski jacket, beige pants. A light blue duffle bag of cloth.
•AKA: Sahlim, Steven R.; Sahlin, Steven R.
•Dentals: Available



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Circumstances of Disappearance
Pearsall was last seen in Idaho in 1982. He vanished the same night as Kristina Nelson and Jacqueline Miller, and are all believed to have been at or near the Lewiston Civic Theater sometime during the night. Almost two years after their disappearance, the bodies of the women were found on a brushy slope in Kendrick.
Although Pearsall has never been found, he is not believed to be their killer.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Lewiston Police Department
208-746-0171


Agency Case Number: 82-4015

NCIC Number: M-090131294
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse
NamUs
SERIAL KILLERS

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/2071/261/
NamUs Profile:
Dental: Available and charting entered
DNA: Sample submitted-tests not complete
Fingerprints: NA

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/case_report_html/2071
Article about Steve transcribed and entered into the case report at NamUs.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/pearsall_steven.html
More details at Charley Project.

http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/46137652.html
(Story Updated: May 28, 2009 at 8:13 AM PDT )
Snipped:

"His son may be buried under the dirt floor in the basement of the Civic Theatre," said Rand. "It had been dug up and there was fresh dirt leading up the stairs”

More at link.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht...8_apidcoldcasestudentdeath1stldwritethru.html
2009

Lewiston Civic Theater Murders article - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
Cold case discussed here.

Steve has been missing almost 28 years. Come home soon.

 

[kemo]

If Steve Pearshall's remains are ever found, an arrest will probably be made in this case. This is a very interesting situal that all "true crime buffs" should take a look at but it iis not the "mystery" is is often represented as. A lot is known.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lewis-Clark-Valley-Serial-Killer/114474928700952

 

[TimeCop]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lewis-Clark-Valley-Serial-Killer/114474928700952

Just currious, but isn't the missing date 9/12/82 rather than 9/14/82?
Are there any other photos of steve anywhwere?

 

[eastidahocc]

This link has a ton of information about this case. Whoever wrote it has really researched Pearsall and the other victims as well as the POI. http://altereddimensions.net/2014/l...n-asotin-washington-idaho-killer-remains-free

 

[Jbrown324320]

Murdertown on ID featured Steven's case among all the other Lewistown cases. I googled the POI name. I hope he is caught.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Her cousin was murdered – now she’s hunting a serial killer

Are the Lewis Clark Valley Cases Connected? - The Murder Squad

The Unsolved Lewis Clark Valley Murders - Grunge

 

[heartanium]

Another picture of Steven that was published in the above article

 

[Pennysmom1]

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Pearsall, circa 1982

• Missing Since 09/12/1982
• Missing From Lewiston, Idaho
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 03/08/1947 (76)
• Age 35 years old
• Height and Weight 5'11, 160 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A beige velour long-sleeved pullover sweater with dark horizontal stripes, a two-tone brown and beige ski jacket and beige pants. Carrying a blue cloth duffel bag.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Pearsall's name may be spelled "Pearshall" by some agencies. He may use the last names Sahlim and/or Salim. He has a scar on his left calf and a scar on his left arm.

Details of Disappearance​

Pearsall was last seen at the Lewiston Civic Theater in Lewiston, Idaho on September 14, 1982. He was employed as a janitor there, and asked his friends to drop him off so he could do some laundry and practice his clarinet. He has never been heard from again.

Pearsall is a former U.S. Air Force corporal. He left his clarinet behind at the theater, which is uncharacteristic of him. He also left his car parked at a friend's house and an uncashed paycheck at his apartment.

He went missing on the same night as stepsisters Kristina Nelson, 21, and Jacqueline A. "Brandy" Miller, 18. The two women were last seen leaving Nelson's apartment to go to a grocery store. Both women knew Pearsall and he had a "big brother" type relationship with them. They lived only a few blocks from his apartment, and they would have passed the theater on their way to the store, and may have gone inside. Nelson had previously been a janitor at the theater, and when she quit, Pearsall replaced her.

Nelson and Miller's bodies were found in a canyon in Kendrick, Idaho almost two years after their disappearances; their homicides remain unsolved. Photos of Nelson and Miller are posted with this case summary. Authorities believe it's possible Pearsall witnessed their murders and was himself killed as a result.

Investigators believe Pearsall's disappearance and Nelson and Miller's murders are connected to the disappearance of Christina White, who disappeared from Asotin County, Idaho in 1979, and the murder of Kristin David, a University of Idaho student who disappeared in 1981 and was found murdered eight days later. A photo of David is posted with this case summary.

Investigators have a person of interest in all those cases, a man who has never been publicly identified. He lived at the home where Christina was just before she disappeared and was one of the last people known to have seen her, he was active at the Lewiston Civic Theater, and he admitted he worked at the theater that night. He has never been publicly identified, but he's been interviewed many times by police. He maintains his innocence in the murders and disappearances.

All of the cases remain unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

• Lewiston Police Department 208-746-0171

Source Information​

• Idaho Bureau of Criminal Investigation
• The Internet Crime Archives
• The Lewiston Tribune
• The Argus Observer
• NamUs
• The Doe Network
• East Idaho Cold Cases
• The Idaho State Journal
• Fox News
• Investigation Discovery
• KLEW TV
• People Magazine

Updated 9 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated June 27, 2022; picture added.

 

[Pennysmom1]

June 27, 2022

People Magazine Investigates: Inside Decades-Old Disappearances of 5 People Along the Snake River

The murders of Kristin David, Jacqueline "Brandy" Miller and Kristina Nelson, as well as the disappearances of Christina White and Steven Pearsall, remain unsolved

people.com

May 10, 2023
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[spartanx]

I think Lance Jeffrey Voss killed them all, and specifically in the case of Kristina Nelson, Brandy Miller and Steven Pearsall, I think what happened was like this... Lance was hanging around the theater at the time Kristina Nelson and Brandy Miller walked by. over there on the way to the grocery store.. since they both probably knew Lance because they worked at the theater, he probably started talking to them and at some point he lured them inside and eventually subdued/attacked them both.. I think that this would have taken place between 9 p.m. m. and 12 a.m. m. when Steven wasn't there. ..when Steven returned around 12am. m. ran into Lance assaulting/killing the girls at that time or trying to get rid of their bodies.. and Lance killed Steven so he couldn't talk.. and since they never found Steven's duffel bag that brought his laundry at the theater that night, I think Lance used it to transport at least one of the bodies...
It's just a theory with the data that I was able to read.
either way
rest in peace