NV NV - Stefanie Stroh, 21, Wells, 15 Oct 1987

[Kat]

The Doe Network:
Case File 1591DFNV

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1591dfnv.html


Stefanie Kelly Stroh
Missing since October 15, 1987 from Wells, Elko County, Nevada
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: September 26, 1966
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 21 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'5"; 130 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
•Marks, Scars: Brown birthmark on instep of right foot; pierced ears.
•Clothing: Black shirt, black tank top, black corduroy pants, brown leather ankle high shoes.
•Dentals: Available



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Circumstances of Disappearance
Stroh was last seen when she called her parents at the Four Way Cafe and Truck Stop in Wells, Nevada on October 15, 1987.
She said she was coming home that night, was hitchhiking and had a ride.
Stroh had taken a year off from college to travel and was on her way home after spending 9 months abroad.
In October 1987, convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells drifted through Nevada and worked briefly for a roofing company in the mining town of Winnemucca. There, he met Stefanie Stroh, who was hitchhiking across the country. In his confession, Sells said he offered her a ride to Reno, but along the way they pulled off the road to drop acid together. Sells choked the girl to death. Then, noticing a washtub and a bag of cement mix in the bed of the stolen truck he was driving, he anchored the girl's feet in the tub, waited overnight for the concrete to harden, and dumped her body into a nearby hot spring the next morning.



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

FBI - Las Vegas
702-385-1281

Agency Case Number: LV-20144

NCIC Number: M-143791547
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
California Department of Justice
Truth in Justice - Who Killed Joel? 7/24/03
San Jose Mercury News 11/22/98
The San Francisco Chronicle 10/24/87

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/stroh_stefanie.html

I don't find Stefani listed in NamUs.

Tommy Sells confessed to her murder but LE isn't sure his confession is accurate and that he may have fabricated it.

Another POI identified as possibly responsible:

http://www.coyote-tv.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2184

Friday, 05 March 2010
Last Updated Friday, 05 March 2010

snipped from link directly above:

Dale Wayne Eaton, the man now listed as a suspect in the Shafter Jane Murder might be linked to
at least one other disappearance and presumed killing in northeastern Nevada, speculated Elko County Cold Case
Detective Dennis Journigan.
We are looking into a possible connection with Stephanie Kelly Stroh; Journigan said Wednesday.

Stefanie has been missing 23 years. Come home soon.

 

[killer Chaser]

The charley project says she was on her way back to California.Also Stefanie hair looks redish on one of her photos. http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/stroh_stefanie.html http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/971ufca.html

 

[Archangel85]

Tommy Lynn Sells confession was not taken seriously by police. I wonder why? Also.. he's suspected on the disappearance of Laura Bible and Ashley Freeman.

 

[monterey6]

She was on her way back to SF. Her hair was definitely brown, although I saw the picture you referred to.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Bumping Stefanie's thread with a link to Diane Fanning's book
Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells, where Stefanie's meeting with Tommy and subsequent alleged murder is described.

Through the Window

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

I don't find Stefani listed in NamUs.

Stefanie's in NamUs now.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Also, here's her updated Charley Project link:
Stefanie Kelly Stroh – The Charley Project

 

[skybluesea]

Bump

 

[heartanium]

23 October 1987, The Salt Lake Tribune, pg 10

25 October 1987, The San Francisco Examiner, pg 38

21 November 1998, The Sacramento Bee, pg 10

21 November 1998, The San Francisco Examiner, pg 4

23 November 1998, The Elko Daily Press, pg 1

 

[heartanium]

Bumping

 

[Caring1]

15 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Pennysmom1]

Stefanie Kelly Stroh – The Charley Project

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Stroh, circa 1987

 

[Pennysmom1]

1591DFNV - Stefanie Kelly Stroh

<<In October 1987, convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells drifted through Nevada and worked briefly for a roofing company in the mining town of Winnemucca. There, he met Stefanie Stroh, who was hitchhiking across the country. In his confession, Sells said he offered her a ride to Reno, but along the way they pulled off the road to drop acid together. Sells choked the girl to death. Then, noticing a washtub and a bag of cement mix in the bed of the stolen truck he was driving, he anchored the girl's feet in the tub, waited overnight for the concrete to harden, and dumped her body into a nearby hot spring the next morning.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

Stefanie is still listed as missing at NAMUS

Missing Person / NamUs #MP15153

View NamUs missing person case MP15153 for Stefanie Kelly Stroh missing from Wells, Nevada. Date of last contact: Oct 15, 1987. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

<<She said she was coming home that night, was hitchhiking and had a ride.~Stroh had hitchhiked from NY and was on her way to California.>>

Article clipped from Northwest Herald

Clipping found in Northwest Herald published in Woodstock, Illinois on 11/9/1987.

www.newspapers.com