Stephanie is still listed as missing
View NamUs missing person case MP1690 for Stephanie Ann Lyng missing from Palatine, Illinois. Date of last contact: Oct 25, 1977. NCMEC case number: --.
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<<Stephanie had recently filed for divorce from her husband, Edward Lyng. Mr. Lyng was arrested in 1992 and charged with her murder. He was convicted in 1994 but has never told investigators where he disposed of the body.
Trial testimony indicated that Edward Lyng planned his wife's murder and had dug her grave several days prior to her disappearance. His girlfriend at the time testified that she helped place Stephanie's car at O'Hare Airport. She also testified that Lyng told her he had ambushed Stephanie in her home, stabbed her, and then drove to Lake County and buried her. She stated that he returned to the grave site at a later time and mutilated her body so that, if found, it would not be identified.
One of Ed Lyng's nephews claimed that Lyng had offered him $50,000 to kill Stephanie.
Stephanie is believed to be buried in Lake County, Illinois. She left behind four daughters.
Lyng is now at Menard Correctional Center and will not be eligible for release until September 2026, when he'll be nearly 92 years old.>>
<<The car also had some plant buds and seeds in it; a plant taxonomist determined the plants came from a wet, marshy area. There were no indications as to her whereabouts at the scene and no evidence that she had flown anywhere.
The Lyngs were very wealthy; Stephanie had been born into a wealthy and prominent family, and Edward owned a successful vending company, Lyng Canteen Service in Elgin, Illinois.
Their marriage was troubled, however. Edward was having an affair, he had a violent temper and he drank heavily. Stephanie told one of her friends that her husband physically abused her. She had filed for divorce shortly before her disappearance, and was engaged in a bitter dispute with her husband over their finances.
Edward is a Roman Catholic and refused to consent to the divorce due to his religious beliefs. Stephanie had told many people she was afraid Edward would murder her, and one of Edward's nephews later stated his uncle had offered him $50,000 to kill Stephanie.>>
