Roberta D. Strasbaugh Unsolved Case 1985

[trmigr0]

Hi All,

Has anyone ever looked into or heard of this girl's murder in 1985? Body found in Lewis County Washington. I would like to start a discussion if you have.

Thanks!

 

[Strasbaugh12]

Hi All,

Has anyone ever looked into or heard of this girl's murder in 1985? Body found in Lewis County Washington. I would like to start a discussion if you have.

Thanks!

Contact me. She was mother

 

[Strasbaugh12]

Hi All,

Has anyone ever looked into or heard of this girl's murder in 1985? Body found in Lewis County Washington. I would like to start a discussion if you have.

Thanks!

She was my mother

 

[JrzyGirl70]

Strasbaugh12 so sorry to read about your mom..

Putting some info and MSM links here so thread is not deleted

Roberta D. Strasbaugh, 18, was found October 18, 1985 on the north side of Lincoln Creek Road at its junction with Manner’s Road, about three weeks after her truck ran out of gas along Old Highway 99 in Lewis County, Washington State.


https://cdn5.creativecirclemedia.com/lafromboise/files/20201209-133804-2017-02-07.pdf

Prosecutor: Green River Killer Likely Not to Blame for Five Unsolved Lewis County Murders

 

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@Strasbaugh12 , welcome to Websleuths; so very sorry about the circumstances.

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Roberta D. Strasbaugh, 18, was found October 18, 1985 on the north side of Lincoln Creek Road at its junction with Manner’s Road, about three weeks after her truck ran out of gas along Old Highway 99.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Strasbaugh12]

This is all stuff I already knew. I'm 38 now and it's still an ongoing case I'm just confused as to why someone wants to have a discussion about it

 

[JrzyGirl70]

Reaching out to see if @trmigr0 would care to join the conversation since they were the original poster..

 

[Bricker04]

She was my mother

I went to school with her for a short time in Centralia. We were not super close- but friends. She had an amazing smile. I think about her murder nearly every day. I did not know she had a child until I read her obituary recently. I'm very interested in investigating her case.

 

[Bricker04]

This is all stuff I already knew. I'm 38 now and it's still an ongoing case I'm just confused as to why someone wants to have a discussion about it

I think about her probably weekly. Not that I was a super great friend with her. We had a friendship in school when she was at Centralia. But for some reason, her case sticks with me. I was 16 or 17, working at a nursing home in Centralia when she went missing. It was the first time I had experienced that kind of crime. I remember the ladies I worked with whispering about a home that was right behind the nursing home. An older man lived there and there was rumor that some girls' clothes and/or blood had been found in his vehicle. Maybe he was a suspect? I can't recall. I could not imagine how it may have been related. But now that I understand the connection to her parents' owning the Red Barn Restaurant- I can see where it may have been a patron from the restaurant. My mom frequented the Red Barn. It was known during those years as a 'Honky Tonk' with lots of drunken partying and dancing. It was a place to hook-up. And it was a place where truck drivers stopped for the night along I-5. I believe I read that Roberta 'Dee' worked there? I read a book once by Robert Scott, who was a detective investigating a different murder. He looked into this murder because of some similarities. The book is called Blood Frenzy. Copyright 2010. I read it because I have always wondered about Dee's case.

I'd like to get one of my favorite podcasts involved. Crime Junkie with Ashley Flowers? Shes a very good investigator.

 

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@CrimeJunkie1224 @CrimeJunkie1622 @CrimeJunkieSince93

No idea if any of these posters are the Crime Junkie you're seeking?

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[trmigr0]

Quite honestly, I stumbled upon her unsolved death in reading about the Green River Killer, along with a few other women whose deaths were unsolved. I just felt really sad and bothered that these women's murders have never been solved and wanted to bring light to her case. That is the whole reason. Last year, when I had more time, I was researching her and the other women (there was about 4 women who were killed around the same time frame in similar geographic areas), but since then have not had time to keep working on anything. I found very little on your mother upon an internet search, so I wanted to open a forum in case anyone else in the world cared about this.

I am sorry for the families loss and pray that her case is solved. My heart goes out to all the women who have been forgotten in justice.

 

[megan_peterson253]

Hi there! I recently just found out about this case--Dee was my Uncle's cousin, and they were actually really close when they grew up together. I just have been doing some research, and this would be amazing if this cold case had some more traction and could be picked up. I saw this feed and figured I would comment on it in case anyone had more information that I could pass along to my Uncle.

 

[DonnaGiaquinto]

@Strasbaugh12 I was a good friend of your mom and I knew you when you were a baby there are things I won’t share here because I think they are far to personal and with respect to you
And your family I just won’t. I doubt what I know would shed light on her murder. I used to wait every day outside Olympia high school with Dee while we waited for our respective rides home I too had a baby and we had a lot in common in relationship to the circumstances of our pregnancies. You were such a quiet sweet baby and I mourn the loss of your mom for you she was devoted to you and wanted to be a good mom she had dreams for you and I’m sure that you by now have accomplished everything she could have hoped for you. She was a good girl and she deserves for her murder to be solved. I was interviewed after ahe was murdered I think maybe because I was able to give them a description of the vehicle that used to pick her up and I was able to tell them she was not like the other missing girls. At the time of her murder I lived out of state and lost track of the case.
I think of you and your mom often and hope it gets solved soon with DNA.
Post script: the reason ppl still care is because she mattered!

 

[Musicmaker]

I think about her probably weekly. Not that I was a super great friend with her. We had a friendship in school when she was at Centralia. But for some reason, her case sticks with me. I was 16 or 17, working at a nursing home in Centralia when she went missing. It was the first time I had experienced that kind of crime. I remember the ladies I worked with whispering about a home that was right behind the nursing home. An older man lived there and there was rumor that some girls' clothes and/or blood had been found in his vehicle. Maybe he was a suspect? I can't recall. I could not imagine how it may have been related. But now that I understand the connection to her parents' owning the Red Barn Restaurant- I can see where it may have been a patron from the restaurant. My mom frequented the Red Barn. It was known during those years as a 'Honky Tonk' with lots of drunken partying and dancing. It was a place to hook-up. And it was a place where truck drivers stopped for the night along I-5. I believe I read that Roberta 'Dee' worked there? I read a book once by Robert Scott, who was a detective investigating a different murder. He looked into this murder because of some similarities. The book is called Blood Frenzy. Copyright 2010. I read it because I have always wondered about Dee's case.

I'd like to get one of my favorite podcasts involved. Crime Junkie with Ashley Flowers? Shes a very good investigator.

Hi all, my name is Pamela. I was Dee’s cousin. She was 18 at the time and I was 16.
My dad was her dad’s brother.
I myself think of this often too. A lot of people called my home thinking it was me at the time. It hit me hard at the time.

 

[Musicmaker]

My name is Pamela Strasbaugh I was her cousin

 

[Musicmaker]

@Strasbaugh12 I was a good friend of your mom and I knew you when you were a baby there are things I won’t share here because I think they are far to personal and with respect to you
And your family I just won’t. I doubt what I know would shed light on her murder. I used to wait every day outside Olympia high school with Dee while we waited for our respective rides home I too had a baby and we had a lot in common in relationship to the circumstances of our pregnancies. You were such a quiet sweet baby and I mourn the loss of your mom for you she was devoted to you and wanted to be a good mom she had dreams for you and I’m sure that you by now have accomplished everything she could have hoped for you. She was a good girl and she deserves for her murder to be solved. I was interviewed after ahe was murdered I think maybe because I was able to give them a description of the vehicle that used to pick her up and I was able to tell them she was not like the other missing girls. At the time of her murder I lived out of state and lost track of the case.
I think of you and your mom often and hope it gets solved soon with DNA.
Post script: the reason ppl still care is because she mattered!

Hi I’m Dees cousin, Pamela Strasbaugh/Randolph
You said you have info that was private to put online, could you share that info with me, privately
I’ve been wanting this solved my whole life.