Found Deceased TX - Stephanie Danielle Merrell, 27, Houston, 26 Aug 2018

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Stephanie Danielle Merrell – The Charley Project

Stephanie Danielle Merrell

• Missing Since 08/26/2018
• Missing From Houston, Texas
• Classification Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 03/21/1991 (29)
• Age 27 years old
• Height and Weight 5'1 - 5'3, 115 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description - A blue t-shirt and blue denim shorts with American flag accents.
• Distinguishing Characteristics - Caucasian female. Light brown hair, blue/green eyes. Merrell's nose and lip are pierced. She has numerous tattoos, including a butterfly and flowers on her upper left arm, her last name "Merrell", the phrase "True Love Goes Beyond The Grave" and a skull with wings on the inside of her right forearm, barbed wire around her right ankle, a turquoise crescent moon and red and turquoise stars on the top of her left foot, the German word "Hündin" on the inside of her left ankle, the words "Rebel Girl" and a heart with a Confederate flag on the back of her left shoulder, a four-leafed clover with stars on the back of her right shoulder, the word "Love" on her right breast, two linked hearts on the lower right side of her abdomen, and other tattoos on the outside of her right lower leg, on her left wrist, and from her left knee to her ankle. Photos of some of the tattoos are posted with this case summary.

Details of Disappearance
Merrell was last seen at the Legacy Inn in the vicinity of 59 and Tidwell Road in downtown Houston, Texas on August 26, 2018. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

TAPD search for missing woman

last seen around midnight Sunday after being dropped off at the local Greyhound Bus Station.

She was carrying several bags.

 

[YaYa_521]

Stephanie Danielle Merrell – The Charley Project

 

[YaYa_521]

Stephanie Danielle Merrell – The Charley Project

 

[YaYa_521]

MISSING: Stephanie Danielle Merrell – Houston, Texas (8/26/18)
Missing: Stephanie Danielle Merrell from Houston | Woodlands Online
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[iulia]

Her NamUs page is no longer accessible. Missing Person / NamUs #MP56961

Per Doe Network she has been matched to NamUs UP# 76908.

Stephanie Danielle Merrell (NamUs MP# 56961)
Missing Since:August 26, 2018
Missing From: Houston, Texas
Found: October 26, 2020 in Houston (NamUs UP# 76908)
Solved by:Match submitted by Doe member, Mary Bell and submitted to law enforcement via DoeNetwork assistance. Assisted by Dr. Richard Scanlon with regards to matching dental records.
Confirmed : by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office in November 2021.

Located & Identified Persons

 

[YaYa_521]

Her NamUs page is no longer accessible. Missing Person / NamUs #MP56961

Per Doe Network she has been matched to NamUs UP# 76908.

Stephanie Danielle Merrell (NamUs MP# 56961)
Missing Since:August 26, 2018
Missing From: Houston, Texas
Found: October 26, 2020 in Houston (NamUs UP# 76908)
Solved by:Match submitted by Doe member, Mary Bell and submitted to law enforcement via DoeNetwork assistance. Assisted by Dr. Richard Scanlon with regards to matching dental records.
Confirmed : by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office in November 2021.

Located & Identified Persons

TY for the update. I wish there was more info regarding Stephanie's disappearance and discovery. It always seemed odd to me that she disappeared after supposedly being dropped off at the bus station. Who dropped her off? Where was she planning to go? I wonder where her remains were located and whether "several bags" were found with or near her remains. I guess we might never know more than we do now.

Rest in peace, Stephanie.

 

[evilwise]

TY for the update. I wish there was more info regarding Stephanie's disappearance and discovery. It always seemed odd to me that she disappeared after supposedly being dropped off at the bus station. Who dropped her off? Where was she planning to go? I wonder where her remains were located and whether "several bags" were found with or near her remains. I guess we might never know more than we do now.

Rest in peace, Stephanie.

I believe that details of a 2017 report of Stephanie going missing in Texarkana, AR are being mixed up with the details from her actual last known location in Houston in August 2018 at the Legacy Inn in the vicinity of 59 and Tidwell Road.

The photos of her tattoos are almost certainly police photos associated with an arrest and profile, most likely as a habitual offender - it's not hard to speculate for what. She was probably working out of the Legacy Inn. Sadly, between the likely criminal history and the previous missing/found safe incident I doubt her case was much of a priority for law enforcement.

Perhaps this thread will attract the attention of whatever loved one was concerned enough in 2017 to report her missing from the bus station in Texarkana and they might become verified and get some additional details on the record - or maybe nobody really cared. Either way it's worth it to me to at least clarify that she was last seen at the Legacy Inn not the Greyhound station.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

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It looks like she was found only four miles away from the Legacy Inn.

 

[elevatorthug]

Stephanie's family still does not believe she has been found deceased and continues to hold out hope that she will be found. Despite this, her case has been closed and marked as resolved. A sad ending.

 

[asmi106082]

Stephanie's family still does not believe she has been found deceased and continues to hold out hope that she will be found. Despite this, her case has been closed and marked as resolved. A sad ending.

Well if they don’t believe it, I’d think they’d just need to submit a DNA sample. In this day and age, no need to hold out hope when they can find out for certain. MOO