Stepha Henry 22 Vanished Miami Vacation-5/29/2007 Foul Play?[SUSPECT ARRESTED 1/15]

[BorderCollieMom]

http://www.nbc6.net/news/13471433/detail.html
(much info at link)

Here we go again !!! Lord, bring her home safe.


Stepha Henry, a 22-year-old honor's graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, was in South Florida to celebrate her younger sister's 16th birthday. She was last seen at Peppers Cafe in Sunrise on May 29.

Miami-Dade County police are focusing their investigation on a dark-colored Acura that Stepha Henry rode to the club.
Investigators said they have questioned the man who picked up Henry at her aunt's house in Miami Gardens. He reportedly said he and Henry separated at the club and she was there with other friends. He is not a suspect but police are trying to figure out why the Acura is missing.

:rose:

[BorderCollieMom]

MSNBC reports this morning that her cell phone "pinged" in the vicinity of the club....but remember, the guys car is "missing" too.

Hmmmmmm....

[BorderCollieMom]

MSNBC reports more. The club has video of Stepha INSIDE the club. So, apparently, she did go inside.

All of her belongings are still at the place where she was staying. Im not clear on whether that would be her aunts house or a hotel.

[snoopyone]

Doesn't sound good

I saw her parents on MSNBC last night
She had her cell phone but no cc, etc...IIRC

Just graduated in Criminal Justice and wanted to be a lawyer someday

Had a new job waiting for her when she got back to NY

[ecross1983]

I hope they find her.

[Lynntoast]

She's really pretty.

http://www.wtps1080am.com/Article.asp?id=420512&spid=

As Miami-Dade homicide detectives joined the search, police said they would work
around the clock to find her

[murdershewrote]

I think she went to the same school as Inette St. Guillen, who was murdered last year...John Jay in Manhattan. Wonder if they knew each other.

Seems a little obvious with the guy's car missing...LE should have nailed him already, IMO.

[Kelly3820]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
I think she went to the same school as Inette St. Guillen, who was murdered last year...John Jay in Manhattan. Wonder if they knew each other.

Seems a little obvious with the guy's car missing...LE should have nailed him already, IMO.




Yes she did go to the same school as Inette. Very pretty girl I hope they find Stepha soon.

[LushLife]

How sad... they are discussing this case on the View right now and the fact that it has gotten so little attention.

[jace]

I know they said they had video of her in the club but did anyone else see her leave with this guy?

I could be wrong but it seems pretty obvious with his car missing that he did something to her.

She is a beautiful girl and had so much going for her.

:(

[Kip]

Originally posted by jace
I know they said they had video of her in the club but did anyone else see her leave with this guy?

I could be wrong but it seems pretty obvious with his car missing that he did something to her.

She is a beautiful girl and had so much going for her.

:(
I haven't seen anything about people at the club noticing her leaving and with whom.

You're right - with this guy's car missing, it couldn't get much more obvious. I think that's one reason there's not much interest - there's no real mystery - just finding the car.

Either this guy killed Stepha in his car and he knew he couldn't clean it well enough to destroy all evidence or Stepha got mad at this guy, drove off with his car, and crashed somewhere (less likely - otherwise the guy would give this story). In either case, I hope lakes and canals are being searched for his car.

At least one article said that calls to Stepha's phone were going to voicemail. I hope LE is checking all the cell phone data.

I'm afraid I don't have much hope that this beautiful, talented young woman will be found alive.

[murdershewrote]

Have their been any searches of nearby parks, lakes, ponds, etc?
Seems they haven't done much real serious searching...

I swear I heard on an early news report that she had left the bar at 4 pm (closing time?) but that doesn't seem to have ever been confirmed. I find it hard to believe that nobody saw her leave, or she didn't tell anybody she was leaving the club, that just seems very strange to me. Most young women tell their girlfriends when they are leaving a bar...

I imagine in the Miami area it would be easy to get rid of a car.

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
Have their been any searches of nearby parks, lakes, ponds, etc?
Seems they haven't done much real serious searching...

I swear I heard on an early news report that she had left the bar at 4 pm (closing time?) but that doesn't seem to have ever been confirmed. I find it hard to believe that nobody saw her leave, or she didn't tell anybody she was leaving the club, that just seems very strange to me. Most young women tell their girlfriends when they are leaving a bar...

I imagine in the Miami area it would be easy to get rid of a car.

I thought she was last seen at the bar about 1 am. I don't think she was there with any girlfriends. She's from NYC and was staying with a relative. A "friend" in a dark colored Acura picked her up from the relative's place.

[murdershewrote]

1st link on here quotes the perp, oh excuse me, I mean her friend that gave her a ride...."he and Henry separated at the club and she was there with other friends". So maybe she knew some people from visiting her sisgter/relatives there before? Although I must admit we haven't seen any of these other friends come forward yet, as far as I know.

It also says the last cell phone signal from her phone came from the area of the club around 4:13 am...guess that's where I got the 4 am timeframe. So sounds like she must have been around there very late...I wonder if the club does close at 4 am? Alot of them do but not sure what the law is there. I noticed this guy hasn't been willing to come on TV and tell us how he knows Stepha or exactly what happened to his car. I mean, you're car just goes missing and a friend goes missing on the same night...oh sure. I certainly hope the cops are all over this dude.

[Kelly3820]

Just want to add that the last ping at 4:13 am her phones messages were retrieved and then her phone was turned off. Kind of assume it was Stepha that retrieved her messages because you would have to know her password to retrieve messages on her phone. I wonder how many people had left the club at that time. If there was video of her in club was there any of her leaving? I also heard that they have about 2 dozen dectives working this case and yet nothing. I hope someone remembers something.

[jtazzy]

Originally posted by CAT TOY
Has an Amber Alert been issued for this car that is missing? If not, Why? Is Amber Alert only for missing children? I know we have a description of the car, but doesn't LE have the plate number, and shouldn't we all be looking for it?

They only put out Amber Alerts for missing children per say, I am sure the LE have put out a Bollo for the missing car..

[murdershewrote]

Her parents were on NG last night...they seemed to be in real shock, didn't really say much, answered NG's questions as best they could, but nothing new really. Stepha had a great career ahead of her...

I can't even count how many young people have gone missing after coming out of a bar...just on this board alone.

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
[snipped]
....I can't even count how many young people have gone missing after coming out of a bar...just on this board alone.

So true.

[murdershewrote]

Oh, LE has interviewed the guy who picked her up and drove her to the club, they know who he is....when asked where his car was, he said it was missing. I think they have their "suspect".

I never did hear what time he claims he left the club?

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
Oh, LE has interviewed the guy who picked her up and drove her to the club, they know who he is....when asked where his car was, he said it was missing. I think they have their "suspect".

I never did hear what time he claims he left the club?

Edited because I hit "submit" before I wrote anything. :rolleyes:

I agree; LE has their suspect. It's just a matter of time. Presumably LE is checking the guy's cell phone activity, times, and location; checking with any roommates or neighbors to see what time he arrived back home; and checking public transportation.

After the guy ditched his car, he had to get back home - he presumably either called someone to pick him up, took a bus or taxi, hitchhiked or walked. Phone data could possibly aid in determining a location. If not, knowing the time he left the club and the time he arrived back home would give an outer-limit radius of how far he could have gone.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
Oh, LE has interviewed the guy who picked her up and drove her to the club, they know who he is....when asked where his car was, he said it was missing. I think they have their "suspect".

I never did hear what time he claims he left the club?

On Greta last night they said that the acquaintance who drove her to the club is NOT a supspect. He said he left her at the club and Stepha last used her cell phone at 4:13 AM. LE shouldn't eliminate him as a supsect so soon, you know?

It sounds like she was abducted like Jennifer Kesse was. It's amazing that most of the white missing women get so much posts and attention than a missing black woman.

Most people subconsciously discriminate in America and the world for that matter. That just seems to be a part of human nature. Blacks in general just don't seem to get that much attention even worldwide.

How else do you explain that half a million people in Darfur are already dead and the genocide keeps going on everyday and no one in the world cares to stop it? The world stood by in Rwanda too as many hundreds of thousands were killed there also.

[Postergeist]

Originally posted by UM&AMWfan


On Greta last night they said that the acquaintance who drove her to the club is NOT a supspect. He said he left her at the club and Stepha last used her cell phone at 4:13 AM. LE shouldn't eliminate him as a supsect so soon, you know?

<snip>

I hope LE is still looking into his alibi and his whereabouts after the club closed and Stepha last used her cell...as he could've very well dropped her off and then later returned for her (and he fails to tell that to LE)...she may have gone willingly again with him -or- he threatened her to go with him.

[jtazzy]

So this non-suspect who was her friend that took her to this club that now can't find the car they went in???

I think that is smelling awfully funny.....ss but I think he had something to do with it, or knows who does.

At lot of time LE will say they aren't a suspect then bamm they are in jail..let's hope this is the case of this one.
J

[Kip]

Originally posted by jtazzy
So this non-suspect who was her friend that took her to this club that now can't find the car they went in???

I think that is smelling awfully funny.....ss but I think he had something to do with it, or knows who does.

At lot of time LE will say they aren't a suspect then bamm they are in jail..let's hope this is the case of this one.
J

ITA. The missing car is a HUGE red flag.

In response to another post above, you can't arrest someone without probable cause. They probably have enough to hold the guy for a couple of days, but a lot of times free suspects do stupid things that provide additional evidence (return to the scene of the crime, tell someone about it, etc.). Also, if the guy thinks he's just a witness and not a suspect, he'll talk to LE without an attorney longer.

[jace]

If I just missed this I apologize but what explanation did this guy give for the car being 'missing'? Did he say it was stolen or he just woke up one day and he can't find it?
I agree with the other poster. If the LE doesn't name him as a suspect he'll do somethng stupid thinking he's in the clear. He may even try to give more information (wrong information) that they can trip him up on. I hope this doesn't turn into one of those cases where the person is never found. There seems to be way too many of those lately (even one is one too many).

[Kip]

Originally posted by jace
If I just missed this I apologize but what explanation did this guy give for the car being 'missing'? Did he say it was stolen or he just woke up one day and he can't find it?
I agree with the other poster. If the LE doesn't name him as a suspect he'll do somethng stupid thinking he's in the clear. He may even try to give more information (wrong information) that they can trip him up on. I hope this doesn't turn into one of those cases where the person is never found. There seems to be way too many of those lately (even one is one too many).

I haven't read anything that gives this guy's explanation. I would think the only thing he could say is that the car was stolen at his home as he slept. I wonder if he reported it stolen.

[Kip]

From the America's Most Wanted site:
AMW - Stepha Henry (http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=45754)

The big question for police now: Where is that Acura Integra? The man who drove it that night says he borrowed it from a friend of a friend. Police think if they can find the car, maybe they'll get some answers. Is it abandoned somewhere? Or innocently being driven by its owner? Any answer would help.

[murdershewrote]

funny that her mother wouldn't ask her who she was going to the club with, not checking up on her, but just as a normal casual question...

Not that this has anything to do with this case, but I wonder if her mom and dad are separated or divorced because on Greta's show I think her dad said he spoke with her a couple of days before she left on this trip and this says her mother spoke with her when she was down in FL. So the mom spoke with her last before she went missing.

Surely the cops can track down who these "friend of a friend" guys are and find out whose car it really is and where it is. That doesn't seem like it would be that hard to do.

And we haven't heard anything from the bartenders, patrons of the club. I mean, I'm sure LE has interviewed them but nobody has come forward on TV.

[jtazzy]

From what I heard the mother knew she was going to the club with a friend.

But what keeps hitting me in the back of the head (or I'm thinking of some other case) that he told them that HIS car was missing (the car in question) then said that the car was a friends car and now it is missing....

If they put out a Bollo (sp) on that car I bet you that they would find it in a hurry.

Yea they have there suspect only he doesn't know it...
jmo

J

[murdershewrote]

yeah, that what I first heart too...it was his car, then a friend's and now a friend of a friend. I'm sure he knows he's under suspicion. He said they split after they got to the club, but we only have his word on that so far.

She just doesn't seem like the type of gal that would take a ride from a stranger, somebody that she just met in a bar that night. I guess we're really left with two scenarios...one, when she left she got a ride with the original guy and something happened, or she took a ride with somebody else and something happened. If the car wasn't missing, it could logically be equally either one but the missing car is just too coincidental.

I mean, in Miami, there's a million places you could dispose of a car and a body.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip
From the America's Most Wanted site:
AMW - Stepha Henry (http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=45754)

The big question for police now: Where is that Acura Integra? The man who drove it that night says he borrowed it from a friend of a friend. Police think if they can find the car, maybe they'll get some answers. Is it abandoned somewhere? Or innocently being driven by its owner? Any answer would help.

He borrowed it from a friend of a friend?? This sounds like obvious B.S.

This police should know that there is a good chance they have their suspect right here!

[Kip]

6/13 news story (http://www.nbc6.net/news/13497571/detail.html)

..."We feel there's foul play involved," Cmdr. Linda O'Brien of the Miami-Dade Police Department said. "She's a responsible young lady, very bright. We just seem to think there was probably foul play involved."...

[Kip]

Originally posted by DeniseVance
I can't seem to find the poster for Stepha. Does anyone have a link please?

On this page Story/link to poster (http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3429321&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1) , there's a gray box beneath Stephas's photo. The bottommost one is a to link the the Miami-Dade PD poster.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip


I haven't read anything that gives this guy's explanation. I would think the only thing he could say is that the car was stolen at his home as he slept. I wonder if he reported it stolen.

The guy said he borrowed the car from the friend of a friend.

Why don't they just talk to his friend and find out who the friend's friend is???

[KRB_KY-Law]

WHat is a "bollo" that "should be put out on the caR?" It seems VERY odd that the "friend" who took her to the club claims that they seperated once at the club and then not only does the vehicle turn up missing but she does as well???? Pretty strange that HIS car AND HIS passenger both turn up missing after a night at the club. He has got to be a suspect. Im sure LE is just waiting for him to slip up and incriminate himself.

HAve they mentioned who this "friend" is?? Is this a man that her and her sister met earlier that day? I have a sister who is VERY close in age to myself and she knows all my friends and I can say the same for her. If my sister didn't know my "friend" then he/she wasn't a good enough friend that I would hang out with on a 1 on 1 basis.

[Kip]

It should be BOLO. BeOnLookOut. Just law enforcement shorthand when they broadcase a description of a vehicle or individual they want officers to look for.

Regarding the friends, Stepha and her sister were vacationing in Miami and staying with a relative. I don't know if they had any longtime friends there or if the friends referred to were new acquaintances.

[jace]

Bumping for Stepha.

Has anyone heard anything new?

[astonefox]

I can barely get my sister to lend me her car, forget about borrowing a friend of a friends car. cmon! :cuss:

[Kip]

Originally posted by astonefox
I can barely get my sister to lend me her car, forget about borrowing a friend of a friends car. cmon! :cuss:

Yeah, that guy was really reaching for explanations, wasn't he.

No new information that I can find, but here's a short interview with Stepha's parents:

Greta interviews Stepha's parents (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282976,00.html)

[protectkidz]

not sure if this is here yet, forgive if already posted.

Fox News has Stepha on the front page:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284157,00.html

The article states that after three weeks, her cellphone is going straight to voice mail. Would this indicate that the phone is on or off, uncharged or charged?

[skeys]

Where?

[darcie]

Am not real sure who you are talking about?

Do you have an other info?

[hinman]

I haven't heard anything do you have a news link?

[SwFlorida]

I haven't heard about it. Link please.

[Kip]

Stepha Henry????

Stepha Henry Missing (http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?threadid=300300)

[murdershewrote]

I'm not a cellphone expert but seems that would mean the phone is "off" and still charged. which it would be if it was turned off.

[murdershewrote]

sorry, thanks for the clarification, I didn't realize the phone had actually been ringing.

[jace]

I hope they'll soon be able to find Stepha. I wonder if she and the other two people went to another club and something happened there?

[Kip]

Originally posted by kaylynn
Just an update:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19330224/

Thanks for that link, kaylynn.

The witness said he told police he saw Stepha Henry leave and that she was not alone.... It was three kids with dreds, two females and herself that got into the car and they took off and left," the witness said. "

So that dark colored acura IS important. Where are those 5 other people? Why hasn't at least one of them come forward?

At first I thought maybe the vehicle with all 6 drove into a canal or lake somewhere (like those 3 missing men from Massachusetts a few years back). But then we'd have six missing people, not one.

I wonder if that picture with the story is from the surveillance video. Stepha looks like she's not happy with that guy's attention.

[Kip]

And, how discouraging is it that Stepha's mother uncovered this information, not LE?

I know there are a lot of good, hardworking law enforcement officers and that they frequently don't have the resources to do everything they should do. I guess it's just a reminder that if a family member goes missing, don't rely totally on LE.

Anyway, kudos to Stepha's mom for doing all she can to find her daughter.

[whirlingbirdie]

I very much hope that they find her. I wish it was getting more media attention.....:rose:

[MATTHEWsevenone]

The Stepha Henry case really burns me up. But I have to say after following missing person cases across our Country for over 20 years, I place fault at the feet of the community leaders, especially the LE in Broward and Miami Dade Counties in Florida.
They are an odd breed down there in my opinion. They claim to be PROGRESSIVE - but their operations are anything BUT!

Down there I truly believe missing person cases are mishandled from the getgo. The area is one of the most transcient and growing areas of our Country yet the buck is passed or stopped at the desk of some municipal level LE or some generic missing person desk (and I do mean desk- much of the time, there is no one even answering the phone in the missing person area).

Time and again I have watch mistakes being made and time lost.

In the case of Stepha Henry :

Can anyone find on the websites for the City of Sunrise or Broward County any sort of effort to put out the information so tips can be harvested? NOPE.

Can anyone find where any community leader in either Miami Dade or Broward County stepped up to bring attention to the fact a young 20 something young woman vanished from that bar in Sunrise? NOPE.

How about news releases that show what the LE has done to try and get word out. This happened during one of the busiest weekends (read: many out-of-towners); doesn't it make sense to go NATIONAL or at the very least REGIONAL? But did they? NOPE. There is a system in place called C.A.R.T that helps level the playing field when someone other than a child vanishes - was it used? NOPE!

Anyone catch Greta's attempt at interviewing the LE in charge? There is some cock and bull story about a dark colored ACURA LEGEND borrowed from a friend of a friend .... HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR LE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT MYSTERIOUS CAR? Even AMW did a blip on it. Need I remind anyone that ADAM WALSH's son's killer remains AT LARGE? There has been practically ZERO improvement in time management since Adam was abducted, in my opinion. IF the media does not step up and really ASK the questions and force the hand of LE, missing person cases down there sink into cold cases by design.

I think it is far more than racial. Remember Olamide Adeyooye , the young Black co-ed from Illinois who vanished. A Task force was formed right away and they did a fantastic job. Her body was found in AL and the culprit apprehended in GA. IT was a BEAUTIFUL THING to witness FED, STATE (Various), and LOCAL LE all working to SOLVE THAT CASE. It started with a dedicated and very vocal TASK FORCE determined to SOLVE the case.

In Stepha's case - LE have barely shown a single photo of Stepha from the Chest up from that very night and the last place she was known to be. They have her cell phone records showing her in SUNRISE at that bar at 4 to 4:30 AM and footage from some video shot; (by the way, how can any municipality in South Flordia claim to be progressive and NOT require surveillance/security cameras at any location where the public congregates in this day and age? The community at large and the regional and national attention has been almost zilch and LE can't answer the most simple questions posed to them. If LE wanted the spotlight, they would get it. Many of the news agencies did not even get a photo at all.

Broward County and Miami Dade seem to have this thing about transferring cases all over the place OVER TIME instead of forming a wide net and include everyone up front and work to tighten the net.

A few years ago a young man named Matt Sterling (think that was his last name)- white, for those who are are keeping track vanished from this area. That case is much like Stepha. NO COVERAGE FOR WEEKS and only then after a few of us begged and screamed. He disappeared in the middle of the night, he was last seen pumping gas in one locale and was expected in another. Each locale tried to pass the buck and the poor family had to wait an excruciating time for closure. The young man had driven off the road and into a culvert and his RED pick up truck took months (maybe over a year) to turn up. There was NEVER any community RED FLAG that went up, no community leader rallying folks to try and search for him. IT all fell to the family.

There are just too many cases to site when it comes to sloppy missing person casework in Broward and Miami Dade counties in my opinion.

I hope someone in the National press will see the Stepha Henry case as the last straw and get down there and turn up the heat.

The reward for that case is at $5,000. Two of the richest counties in our Country and that is all the community can muster. I have yet to see any foot searches at all. Did I miss them? Doubt it. How can the media cover something that isn't happening?

Just MOO.

:seeya:

[MATTHEWsevenone]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-cstepha15jun15,0,3997964.story

Missing since May 29th from SUNRISE FL.

Come on, what is going on here? Is it time to start calling this GOVERNOR?

[emmeblu]

It seems like vital time elapsed before anyone really started looking for this young girl. I also heard a conflicting report on TV where some reporter said the tip of Stepha being seen getting in a car was mistaken identify. Sorry, I do not remember which station I was watching.

Someone has to know something. This girl did not just vanish into thin air.

:rose: Praying she is found. For Stepha and her family.

[MATTHEWsevenone]

Emmy,

I tell you - Stepha should be front and center on the major news outlets in FL - and even into GA, SC - imo.

THere should be a ticker that shows just how many days have lapsed and just who is really working the case.

Anyone know the actual name of the detective(s) in the homocide bureau in Miami Dade who are NOW (as of 6/21, I think) working this case.

If there is no real effort made by these LE personnel to ID themselves, how on earth can they expect to get any tips!

I hope someone out there in the media realizes now is the time for Florida LE to be held accountable and to be pushed and aided, if necessary, in order to solve Stepha's disappearance.

This case defies logic! It reminds me of the case in OHIO where the medical student is on camera leaving a bar and then POOF- blocks from an University and teaching hospital!

People do not go POOF. something happens to them. And places where people congregate, especially into the wee hours of the morning should be required to have security cameras inside and out. Without them, some LE departments just are hamstrung as to how to work a missing person case.

IMO.

:seeya:

[Kip]

Matthew, you make a lot of great points. I wish someone with your passion was overseeing this investigation.

[sleuthy]

I am starting to wonder if it was a stolen car that the person was driving. Maybe in the beginning the person that drove her was making up excuses about the car because the car was being driven illegally and he would be implicating himself in a crime of auto theft.

Although, if that was me, I would much rather "fess up" to stealing a car than kidnapping or murder.

[snoopyone]

"South Florida’s Caribbean community will come together Saturday to rally and march in support of a missing Brooklyn woman and her family."

Her Mom said

“This has been difficult. Very difficult,” she said. “We get some attention, but not as much as some of the others."

Sylvia Henry is scheduled to speak at Saturday's march, where T-shirts bearing her daughter’s picture will be distributed. She is hoping the event will generate more attention so that people with information will come forward or help intensify the search for her daughter. The march will begin at 10 a.m., starting at Club Pepper’s, the last place Stepha Henry was seen."


blackamericaweb June 27 article (http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/stephahenry626)

[StillHoping]

I can't believe how little is being done to find this young woman. She is beautiful and seems to have a good head on her shoulders. How sad that someone culd drop the ball on this.

Praying for Stepha:rose:

[UM&AMWfan]

If that was a pretty white woman that went missing from that Miami nightclub it would be getting more national attention. It's obvious why Stepha is not getting the attention that some other missing women get. It's called "Missing White Women Syndrome".

It is defined as:

"There is more interest among Western cultures in news coverage regarding missing or murdered white women and girls, especially blondes, while cases involving missing men,[3] non-caucasian women, older or unattractive caucasian women, or other news stories receive disproportionately less airtime. Reporting of these "missing white woman" stories may last for weeks or months and displace reporting on other current events. However, it has been most prevalent in U.S. media, particularly on 24-hour cable news channels."

That's why you've never seen anyone but an attractive white woman ever get the massive natural coverage that Natalee Hollaway, Elizabeth Smart, and Laci Peterson got among others. When at least 95% of the media execs are white what else can you expect?

[Kip]

Yeah, the media goes nuts on some cases and covers every little thing about them, while 99.9% get hardly any coverage. Look at Kelly Nolan, Leigha Dix, Kara Kopetsky, and Alicia Minton, to name a few, as examples of missing women getting virtually no coverage (all white by the way).

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by CalifMermaid


Why does everyone one expect the USA to save everyone. What are this countries doing to save their own people????

I agree. The U.S. is not obligated to save people in other countries. The laissez faire approach is best in general.

But the point was in general worldwide other countries just don't seem to care as much about blacks in general. Even Bono of U2 said the world has forgotten about Africa and has not helped the masses of dying people.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip
Yeah, the media goes nuts on some cases and covers every little thing about them, while 99.9% get hardly any coverage. Look at Kelly Nolan, Leigha Dix, Kara Kopetsky, and Alicia Minton, to name a few, as examples of missing women getting virtually no coverage (all white by the way).

OF COURSE, not ALL white women are going to get blanket coverage but the ones that do get the national media attention are all white and attractive. Can you name one non-white who has gotten the attention of Natalee Holloway, Laci Petersen, or Elizabeth Smart?

And look at Amanda Jones. Her case is very similar to Laci Petersen but Laci was attractive and Amanda was borderline obese so Amanda got very little coverage.

[Kip]

Originally posted by UM&amp;AMWfan


OF COURSE, not ALL white women are going to get blanket coverage but the ones that do get the national media attention are all white and attractive. Can you name one non-white who has gotten the attention of Natalee Holloway, Laci Petersen, or Elizabeth Smart?

And look at Amanda Jones. Her case is very similar to Laci Petersen but Laci was attractive and Amanda was borderline obese so Amanda got very little coverage.

That's true. It's also true that there has been no blanket media coverage of any young man who's disappeared. And, I'd guess that missing men get less media coverage overall than non-white women.

The media likes it's on-air faces (whether hosts or victims) to be attractive. But I think that's just reinforcing what the public wants.

I rarely watch tv news because the coverage is so superficial. I don't want to see or hear about Paris Hilton. With print media, I can choose what I want to learn about.

I didn't know Stepha was black for a couple of days - and it doesn't matter. I just realized there are several cases I've followed here where I've never seen a picture of the victim.

As to what cases generate the most interest on these boards, I think a lot of it has to do with the circumstances. When there's a mystery or some unique detail, there's more interest. There was no interest at all when Kara Kopetsky disappeared. When Kelly Smith disappeared a few weeks later from the same area, the abduction was captured on video, and there were thousands of posts. There are lots of cases on this board of pregnant women who are missing or were murdered - there's always some interest, and it's inevitably the boyfriend/husband who's the suspect. The Jessie Smith case generated thousands of posts because her two-year-old son was left alone and partially described what happened to his mom.

There are way too many cases for everyone to follow, so people pick the ones that resonate with them. I am drawn to Stepha's case because I have a 22-year-old daughter who recently graduated from college and because I can't believe the police haven't come up with anything by now on the car or the people she was with.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip

The media likes it's on-air faces (whether hosts or victims) to be attractive. But I think that's just reinforcing what the public wants.

There are lots of cases on this board of pregnant women who are missing or were murdered - there's always some interest, and it's inevitably the boyfriend/husband who's the suspect. The Jessie Smith case generated thousands of posts because her two-year-old son was left alone and partially described what happened to his mom.

Actually there have been quite a few pregnant women who get murdered who don't get hardly any attention at all. It is the leading cause of death among pregnant women so it's unrealistic to expect every single murdered pregnant woman to get attention.

And don't think that race didn't play a factor in the popularity of the Jesse Davis case. The fact that the father of the kids was black played a part in sensationalizing the story which also played a part in the O.J. case.

[Kip]

July 1 update - family still searching, passing out flyers, but no new facts:

July 1 update (http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/156978.html)

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip
July 1 update - family still searching, passing out flyers, but no new facts:

July 1 update (http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/156978.html)

Kip, I read the update and unfortunately unless there is new information this case will likely be forgotten like so many others.

I'm suprised they haven't pushed harder on that guy who took her to the club. He says he borrowed the car from a friend of a friend. They should talk to his friend and find out who his friend was and talk to him too so they can cover all the bases.

Even Stepha's mom now realizes that it's quite possible she's not alive anymore. I can't help but think if this were an attractive white women she would've gotten wall to wall coverage the first few weeks she disappeared which could've help find her. In Stepha's the poilce have had search mostly on their with very few volunteers to help.

[murdershewrote]

Woman on NG last night said that there are just so many waterways, lakes, ponds, etc. in Maimi area, that it would be impossible to check them all. Both for Stepha and the missing car. I guess all we can hope for is a good solid tip, somebody's conscience bothering them...

I don't understand why information hasn't come out as to how she knew the guy who drove her to the club...what's the big secret about that? Reported that LE has cleared him, although I'm not sure I believe that entirely...I think they still may have him on their list of POI's.

I'm still not clear as to whether the car went missing while it was still in his possession or after he returned it to his "friend".

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
Woman on NG last night said that there are just so many waterways, lakes, ponds, etc. in Maimi area, that it would be impossible to check them all. Both for Stepha and the missing car. I guess all we can hope for is a good solid tip, somebody's conscience bothering them...

I don't understand why information hasn't come out as to how she knew the guy who drove her to the club...what's the big secret about that? Reported that LE has cleared him, although I'm not sure I believe that entirely...I think they still may have him on their list of POI's.

I'm still not clear as to whether the car went missing while it was still in his possession or after he returned it to his "friend".

Re the car - yeah, I have no idea whether or not LE ever figured out whose car it was. First the guy who drove her said it was a friend's car, and then later, a friend of a friends car. I don't think LE has this figured out yet - otherwise, you'd think they'd give the license plate number to look for.

I sure hope LE knows more than they're letting on.

[murdershewrote]

this is what scares me...if LE can't even get to the root of who owned that car we're in big trouble here. I mean, the original guy can tell them who his "friend" was and that friend can lead them to the other "friend"...if they put enough pressure on these dudes, which they should be able to do. Obviously, somebody's hiding something here. How many people are going to loan their car to somebody they hardly know...these guys all know each other. Unless it was a stolen car to begin with and now it's in the bottom of a big swamp. This just seems real basic to me...and I feel sorry for Stepha' mother having to run all around the area by herself trying to locate her daughter. That is just a sin.

We haven't heard anything about them interviewing bartenders, doorman, bouncers, etc. They see everything that goes on. And apparently there were photographers taking pics of everybody for some special occasion (not surveillance cameras)....that's how they got Stepha's photograph inside the club.

My theory is that either she left with somebody that she met in the club that night or the original guy came back to the club (maybe with his "friends") and she got into the car with them because she trusted him.

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
this is what scares me...if LE can't even get to the root of who owned that car we're in big trouble here. I mean, the original guy can tell them who his "friend" was and that friend can lead them to the other "friend"...if they put enough pressure on these dudes, which they should be able to do. Obviously, somebody's hiding something here. How many people are going to loan their car to somebody they hardly know...these guys all know each other. Unless it was a stolen car to begin with and now it's in the bottom of a big swamp. This just seems real basic to me...and I feel sorry for Stepha' mother having to run all around the area by herself trying to locate her daughter. That is just a sin.

We haven't heard anything about them interviewing bartenders, doorman, bouncers, etc. They see everything that goes on. And apparently there were photographers taking pics of everybody for some special occasion (not surveillance cameras)....that's how they got Stepha's photograph inside the club.

My theory is that either she left with somebody that she met in the club that night or the original guy came back to the club (maybe with his "friends") and she got into the car with them because she trusted him.

And, even if the car was stolen, you'd think someone would have reported their Acura missing by now and there would be a license # to give out.

It is a crime that Stepha's mother is having to do LE's work. I don't know how much of it is LE ineptitude or lack of resources. I've made a list of what I would want done if a family member of mine went missing because reading these boards, there are so many instances were clues were lost because LE didn't act fast enough for whatever reason. If LE wasn't doing it, I'd get it done. For instance, I'd ask LE if they had contacted all businesses in the area and near freeway entrances, etc. near where my loved one went missing. If not, I'd have friends and family members contact them and would get their tapes from that day.

Stepha went to the club with the guy who picked her up. He left her there, so you'd think she either knew other people there, or had met one or more people she wanted to stay there with - in which case, you'd think the original guy would know their names or at least be able to give descriptions.

[starling]

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Originally posted by murdershewrote
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I'm still not clear as to whether the car went missing while it was still in his possession or after he returned it to his "friend".
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19338684/page/3/
The driver of the Acura was alleged to have told investigators that he lost contact with Henry in the club and may not have seen her leave._ That statement, however, now may be disputed by another witness from the club. This new witness, described by some as currently being in police custody, has indicated that he saw Henry leave the club with two other women, after which they got into a car, a dark-colored Acura Integra, and drive away._ The driver of the car said he left the club without the borrowed car, and he had no idea of it's whereabouts, or of the whereabouts of Henry._ Police continue to identify and interview club patrons who are seen on the video film in an attempt to find Henry, and to identify those with whom she left......

Clint Van Zandt's article says that He left the club without the borrowed car....?



:rose: God speed Stepha

[UM&AMWfan]

They featured Stepha's case on Nancy Grace during the 2nd half hour of the show on the 4th of July and I suspect some serious incomptence here and not just the police.

This female attorney for the Henry family said SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE FAMILY ACQUAINTANCE IS who picked up Stepha!!! WHAT????!???!????

If it's a family acquaintace then all you have to do is ask Stepha's mom for pete's sake!! And these must be some bumbling cops if they can't even find this car since they've already talked to the person who drove Stepha to the club. Either they should've found the car or he should be in jail by now.

What's amazing is this police rep. said they've ALREADY cleared the acquaintance!!! HUH????? He's currently the only suspect we know of and you've already cleared him???

I don't know about the competency of the Miami cops but there is another case of a college football player who was an NFL hopeful named Bryan Pata. He was shot execution style in broad DAYLIGHT and they still haven't found his killer. Pata was black too so do you think it also has something to do with this whole "don't snitch" culture that seems to be prevalent in the black community?

[Cury-us Coyote]

Search for missing young woman continues

http://www.browardtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=223&Itemid=45

[murdershewrote]

I never thought of that but you could be right. Somebody was talking last night on one of the shows about why people don't come forward in cases, and one of the main reasons is retaliation.

I wonder how she heard of this club in the first place, did she ever go there before on previous visits/vacations? Or did her driver friend suggest she go there?

[murdershewrote]

This car story gets more bogus every time I read about it...

[Kip]

Thanks for thank link, Cury-Us Coyote - lots of interesting information about Stepha.

This sentence struck me as very odd: "The night before her disappearance, Henry told family members she was getting a ride to the night club from someone in a black Acura." Maybe it's just a poor choice of words and phrasing by the reporter, but who describes who they're getting a ride with by their vehicle? If one of my kids said "I'm getting a ride with someone in a red Mustang" [or whatever], I'd immediately ask who it was.

[murdershewrote]

Kip, I thought that was odd too...but I guess it was just bad phrasing by the reporter. Unless she said something like, hey Auntie watch outside for me for an Acura, that's my ride...something like that. Doesn't sound like the guy came into the house to get her.

She may have been lured away by somebody offering to take her to another club or house party...something like that. Her family said she liked to party.

This club looks like it's in a strip mall...

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Cury-us Coyote
Search for missing young woman continues

http://www.browardtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=223&Itemid=45

It's too bad because it looks like the police area at a dead end unless someone from the public steps up to give them more info.

I still question the effectiveness of this investigation. They said they have questioned the guy who gave her a ride and who drove the Acura. They just have to vigorously question him who he got the car from and this friend of a friend or whoever may have some good info.

We're talking about a car here not a wallet!! You can't lose a car unless it was stolen and they haven't said that!

[murdershewrote]

wonder if any of these guys reported this car as stolen...I mean, who would just blow off losing a nice car. Haven't heard that it was officially reported missing or stolen.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
wonder if any of these guys reported this car as stolen...I mean, who would just blow off losing a nice car. Haven't heard that it was officially reported missing or stolen.

Yeah, if they did not report it stolen then it makes it pretty obvious they don't want it found and therefore were probably involved in the disappearance of Stepha.

[Cury-us Coyote]

$6,000 Reward Offered In Stepha Henry Case

Investigators said a male friend who was driving a dark-colored four-door Acura Integra picked Henry up from her aunt's apartment in North Miami and took her to the club. But investigators said that the friend left Peppers without the car and without Henry.

http://www.nbc6.net/news/13647572/detail.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Stepha Henry's mother lives in fear

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-winston0704nbjul04,0,6012388.story?coll=sfla-features-headlines

[murdershewrote]

I totally agree...this is a tragedy that more is not being done. These cops know she didn't just run away. There are alot of follow ups on this case, more so than some...there were alot of young people at that club, somebody had to have seen something. Who is the friend who picked her up, why isn't his face plastered all over the media like Joren VDS's? Why would a guy drive a car to a club and leave it there? I for one would like to hear how this "friend" got cleared. How did he get home? Why is nobody coming forth to be interviewed on TV about this case...nobody from the club, none of the friends she was partying with at the club, not even Stepha's friends from school saying what a great person she is...I haven't seen a one. It is very sad indeed. I feel very sorry for her mother...she will need a miracle.:rose:

[Cury-us Coyote]

Texas Group Searches So. Fla. For Missing N.Y. Woman
(includes video)

"Is that vehicle somewhere underneath the water?" speculated Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch. "We've had boats in the water. We've scanned a bunch of different water. I know that the copters have been up there in many different spots. It's not the idea that no effort's been put into this case, because a tremendous amount has. We've been here nine days now."
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Texas Equusearch is in such high demand because they have found 71 bodies in the last seven years.

http://www.nbc6.net/news/13657808/detail.html

[murdershewrote]

yes, I agree...everybody has shut up to protect themselves. I don't really have much hope that they will find that car or Stepha. Unless somebody is busted for some other crime and LE makes a connection to her somehow. But I'm glad Texas EquaSearch has been there trying. That's all her mother can do at this point. I'm afraid she's going to be like Beth Holloway and have to go home without her daughter.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Fragglrocker
Sadly, I agree.

I think both Natalee and Stepha paid a dear price for being who they are: strong, intelligent, beautiful young women.IMO

But they were very naive and too trusting. Why would Stepha go to a club in such a bad area especially and stay there ALONE at a place where she knows NO ONE?

And regarding the posse theory it is well know that "snitching" is looked down in the black community and Peppers was having a hip hop event that night so it was a majority black crowd. It's a pretty good chance than any other blacks who saw what happened to Stepha don't believe in snitching in fear or reprisal.

It's looking more and more like black on black crime/murder.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
I totally agree...this is a tragedy that more is not being done. These cops know she didn't just run away. There are alot of follow ups on this case, more so than some...there were alot of young people at that club, somebody had to have seen something. Who is the friend who picked her up, why isn't his face plastered all over the media like Joren VDS's? Why would a guy drive a car to a club and leave it there? I for one would like to hear how this "friend" got cleared. How did he get home? Why is nobody coming forth to be interviewed on TV about this case...nobody from the club, none of the friends she was partying with at the club, not even Stepha's friends from school saying what a great person she is...I haven't seen a one. It is very sad indeed. I feel very sorry for her mother...she will need a miracle.:rose:

Yeah, all of the above should be happening but it's not. And what's this ridiculous crap about how the friend of a friend drove Stepha in the car to Peppers but left Stepha AND the car there!!?!?!! Who the hell goes to a club and just leaves the car there and NEVER goes back to get it???

How STUPID can LE be since they HAVE to know that this guy is lying through his teeth!! And they should have this guy's face all over the media but I read in one article that they CLEARED him!?!?! It is asinine to clear someone so early on especially when someone as suspicious as that.

They even talked about the Assistant Dean at John Jay college and spoke glowingly of Stepha and lamented the fact that Stepha is not getting attention that other women have but you never saw or heard an interview from her or ANY of Stepha's friends who say how wonderful she is.

[Cury-us Coyote]

Missing woman's family plans vigil in Miramar

The family of a recent college graduate from New York who has been missing since Memorial Day weekend will hold a candlelight vigil tonight.

The vigil will be at 7:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 8005 Miramar Pkwy., Miramar.

http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/170456.html

[drumstick]

See video:

http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_195235639.html

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Vigil Holds Hope Stepha Henry Is Alive
(CBS4) MIRAMAR

A small group of family, friends, and supporters of missing grad student Stepha Henry gathered at a Miramar church Saturday, to express faith she is still alive and hope that people won't forget they are still searching for her.

About 60 people came to the church to light candles and sing hymns as the sun set. Despite a $6 thousand reward, a police investigation and fliers handed out in the streets Silvia Henry is no closer today to understanding what happened to her daughter then she was 7 weeks ago, when Stepha disappeared.



For Stepha and family ..... :rose:

[jace]

I keep my tv on all night and I woke up thinking I heard something on the news about Stepha. I got up and checked the boards and unfortunately I guess it was a dream.

LE needs to knock some heads together or something. If this is a high crime area and the people that attend Peppers are, well, people that might not always obey the law why can't they arrest someone on another charge and maybe get them to talk in order to make a deal. I so don't want this young lady forgotten. I'm sure we don't hear everything LE is doing but it makes me so angry when it seems like they aren't doing anything at all.

:rose: for Stepha, her mom and all of us that are praying for answers.

[murdershewrote]

I'd still like to know just how Stepha knew this guy who picked her up...she must have trusted him enough to get into the car with him alone and go to a club?

You're right...similar to Imette in NYC (who went to the same school as Stepha), maybe she said something about studying crime and law, etc and somebody may not have liked that, or misunderstand what she said.

But, honestly, I just think somebody offered to take her to another party, and she fell for it. Unfortunately people really let their guards down when they are on vacation, esp after a few drinks (similar to Natalee Holloway).

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
I'd still like to know just how Stepha knew this guy who picked her up...she must have trusted him enough to get into the car with him alone and go to a club?

You're right...similar to Imette in NYC (who went to the same school as Stepha), maybe she said something about studying crime and law, etc and somebody may not have liked that, or misunderstand what she said.

But, honestly, I just think somebody offered to take her to another party, and she fell for it. Unfortunately people really let their guards down when they are on vacation, esp after a few drinks (similar to Natalee Holloway).

Yeah, that's a plausible scenario. A guy or or group offer to take her to a private house party and they end up taken her to some desolate isolated area where bad things usually happen.

Or she could've been taken to a party and been taken advantage of. But the problem with that is there would've been many other people there so why haven't they come forward???

I know about the snitching issue in the black community and another strike against Stepha is that she knew no one in Florida so maybe some people are less likely to come forward if they didn't know her but that simply isn't true either since if someone sees a stranger abducted/attacked they'd usually report it.

Also, the crime rates are higher in the black community than anywhere else so that makes foul play all the more likely.

[Kip]

You know, I kind of though that Stepha's alma mater (John Jay School of Criminal Studies) would be more involved than they are in helping to find Stepha. They've got a fund set up for a reward, but if the money's not used for a reward it goes to their general fund unless you specify otherwise. When Stepha first went missing, I kind of thought a professor might fly down to consult with LE or something - anything to let LE know what they were doing was being observed.

[murdershewrote]

you're right Kip. In fact, that professor from John Jay who is always on TV regarding these types of cases, is nowhere to be found...Kobienski, I think his name is.

And not one person have I seen from her school come forward to even say anything about her, not a classmate, roommate, best friend, nada. It's like she never went there. Really sad...

[Cury-us Coyote]

Families of missing endure a trying process with few answers

NEW YORK -- Two days after their oldest daughter disappeared during a trip to the Miami area, Steve and Sylvia Henry left their New York home for Florida to search for answers.

That was seven weeks ago.

Bills quickly piled up, forcing Steve Henry to return to New York to his job building transit trains. His wife stayed behind in Florida to search for Stepha, 22.
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In the case of the Henrys, Sylvia had to put her bank job in New York on hold while she helps with the search. She lives more than 1,000 miles apart from her husband and their other daughter, 16. Her day consists of handing out fliers, praying and reading the Bible, talking to news media and police and desperately hoping Stepha will turn up.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--dauntingdisappear0717jul17,0,1685752.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

[Kip]

I've never heard of Kobienski, but then I don't watch much tv news. That's even worse then if there's a JJ prof who comments on cases and isn't trying to get Stepha's case in the news. You're right, it's sad. I don't understand - it's not like Stepha's disappearance would tarnish JJ's reputation in any way (as if she had disappeared from campus).

[Cury-us Coyote]

Originally posted by Kip
I've never heard of Kobienski, but then I don't watch much tv news. That's even worse then if there's a JJ prof who comments on cases and isn't trying to get Stepha's case in the news. You're right, it's sad. I don't understand - it's not like Stepha's disappearance would tarnish JJ's reputation in any way (as if she had disappeared from campus).

http://www.almexperts.com/ExpertWitness/experts_and_consultants/expert/5158924.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Hotliner Insider Posted: July 1, 2007
@ 9:30 a.m. EDT by Michelle Sigona

We had an investigator in-house for the Stepha Henry case from the Miami Dade police department. He went home with some leads that he will be working throughout this week. Stepha has been missing for more than 30 days now, and along with helping to find her, investigators are looking for a dark 4-door Acura Integra that has never been located.

http://www.amw.com/features/feature_story_detail.cfm?id=1688

[Cury-us Coyote]

Family, friends pray for missing woman

The unidentified man told investigators he borrowed the Acura from a friend, then left the club early without Stepha. Police would not identify the man or release any other details, but Miami-Dade Detective Nelda Fonticiella said the man is not a suspect.
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Before her disappearance, Stepha had been taking promising steps with her life. She saw herself as a future lawyer, and after graduating from Metropolitan Corporate Academy, a small Brooklyn high school that prepares students for the corporate world, she enrolled in Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

There, she was the first student chosen to be an intern to college President Jeremy Travis. She graduated last year.

''She's an exceptional young woman who has a great future,'' Travis said. ``She is very aware of her potential.''

Since graduation, Stepha had been working in the registrar's office at John Jay and was studying to take the law school entrance exam.

http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/176249.html

[murdershewrote]

yes, I just think that is very weird. I can't believe that this gang or possee or whatever that has everybody terrified in the Peppers Cafe area, also has everybody terrified in NYC.

I'm starting to think that there is something that we don't know about this whole thing...something is missing in this picture.

[Cury-us Coyote]

Originally posted by Fragglrocker
M, I noticed the silence as well, it is spooky really..it is like she never existed....could it be they were that private?

But you would think at least one friend would be with mom on NG.

This article contains quotes from John Jay College officials, friends and other family.
http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/176249.html

[murdershewrote]

so why don't some of these people go on TV to talk about her, beg anyone who knows anything to come forward, that sort of thing. A newspaper article is nice, but not very effective these days.

[Cury-us Coyote]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
so why don't some of these people go on TV to talk about her, beg anyone who knows anything to come forward, that sort of thing. A newspaper article is nice, but not very effective these days.

IMO, many may be reluctant to appear on CNN HN and yet desire exposure of their missing loved one and may elect a trained PR or attorney to speak for them.
jmo

[Kip]

Originally posted by murdershewrote
so why don't some of these people go on TV to talk about her, beg anyone who knows anything to come forward, that sort of thing. A newspaper article is nice, but not very effective these days.

Exactly. These people answered when reporters went to them to fill in their stories. But they're doing nothing proactive to find Stepha.

[Kip]

Just wanted to add, I don't fault her friends much. Stepha's disappearing so far away makes it hard for friends to help (they likely have jobs and/or school). But it would seem that people like Kobilinsky could use their media contacts to get Stepha's story out there. If any of her professors called the Miami reporters doing the stories on Stepha, I'm sure they'd be thrilled to get info coming to them without their having to do a lot of work - bits about what kind of student Stepha was, but also professional opinions about cases like this.

[UM&AMWfan]

Originally posted by Kip
Just wanted to add, I don't fault her friends much. Stepha's disappearing so far away makes it hard for friends to help (they likely have jobs and/or school). But it would seem that people like Kobilinsky could use their media contacts to get Stepha's story out there. If any of her professors called the Miami reporters doing the stories on Stepha, I'm sure they'd be thrilled to get info coming to them without their having to do a lot of work - bits about what kind of student Stepha was, but also professional opinions about cases like this.

Then WHY haven't we seen hair nor hide of this Kobilinsky???

Where is he and why hasn't he done anything??

[Cury-us Coyote]

John Jay College of Criminal Justice webpage re. Stepha Henry

http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/extra/stepha/

[murdershewrote]

You know, come to think of it, I haven't seen Larry K. on any of the shows since around the beginning of the Anna Nicole saga. I wonder if he is on leave or sabbatical or something. His appearances were actually very good publicity for the school since he was so knowledgable and credible (at least I thought he was). He is usually on Greta and NG quite frequently, and we've had so many missing persons/murders lately....

He was all over the Imette St. Guilles case, who went to John Jay as well.

Larry, where are you?

[Cury-us Coyote]

Family holds out hope that missing daughter is alive
The 22-year-old disappeared in the Miami area the day she was to return to New York.

Stepha, an honors graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was last seen by relatives at their South Florida home getting into a black sedan with a man. She spoke to her mother over the telephone that night, saying she was going to a nightclub. Henry was seen in promotional video taken at the club that night. Police, who have examined abandoned cars and traced signals from her cell phone, haven't been able to solve the mystery.

"I knew that something was wrong because of the expression on her face," Steve Henry said of the promotional video. "She wasn't happy about something. But I can't say what it is. This is why I'm so eager to find out what happened to my daughter."
...
When Henry thinks about his missing daughter, he said he misses the sisterly bickering over clothes between Shola and Stepha that once filled his Brooklyn home as he tried to watch television. Now, he said, the home is wrapped in an eerie quiet: Shola doesn't say much or venture into her sister's room, and her mother is in Florida looking for answers.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/24/Worldandnation/Family_holds_out_hope.shtml

[jace]

:rose: for Stepha.

[jace]

I think about Stepha often. It makes me so mad that there's someone out there that knows what happened and where she is now. You'd think someone would have some compassion for her mother and come forward.

:rose: for Stepha

[UCFAlum2002]

You would hope and pray the same for Jennifer Kesse and her parents, Drew & Joyce Kesse. It's a shame that there are people out there who hold the answers and who just won't step forward and help end the not knowing.

[jace]

You're right. Stepha isn't the only one. There's Jennifer, Leigha Dix, Natalee Holloway...and the list goes on and on. I don't know how these people live with themselves.

[jace]

:rose: bump for Stepha.

Have the police been able to come up with anything???

[Kip]

Reward increases to $15,000 (http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_218104206.html)

A car dealership donated money. They had an event on the weekend with a radio station. Besides the written story, there's a video at the link at the top right (there's a 15-sec ad that plays first). There's footage of the event - there are people wearing t-shirts with Stepha's photo on the backs - and several photos of Stepha.

[jace]

Thank you Kip. So I guess even though we aren't really hearing too much about the case they at least haven't forgotten her.

[drumstick]

Mrs. Henry has opened a Post Office Box hoping someone would be more willing to give her information about her daughter's disappearance than they would give LE.

(a note from me) I'm sure she would also appreciate cards or letters of support while she struggles with the nightmare of finding her beautiful daughter.

Mrs. Sylvia Henry
P.O. Box 5083
Hollywood, FL 33083-5083

thanks~

If you have any information about the abduction of Stepha Henry please call the Miami-Dade Crimeline.
1-305-471-TIPS

[Kip]

Originally posted by drumstick
Mrs. Henry has opened a Post Office Box hoping someone would be more willing to give her information about her daughter's disappearance than they would give LE.

(a note from me) I'm sure she would also appreciate cards or letters of support while she struggles with the nightmare of finding her beautiful daughter.

Mrs. Sylvia Henry
P.O. Box 5083
Hollywood, FL 33083-5083

thanks~

If you have any information about the abduction of Stepha Henry please call the Miami-Dade Crimeline.
1-305-471-TIPS

I think that's a good move on Mrs. Henry's part.

And thank you, drumstick, for the suggestion of sending a card - great idea.

[drumstick]

Thank you everyone!

There's an old saying that goes....

"We can't do everything, but we can do something and something is better than nothing."

for Stepha and her family ....

:rose:

[Kip]

Mrs. Henry returns home to Brooklyn (http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=5579965)

Nothing much fact-wise regarding the case. LE says they're making progress but still haven't located the car (nothing on whether they know whose car it was - you'd think if they knew, LE would have released more info on the car including the license plate).

[murdershewrote]

thanks for the information on Stepha's mother returning home...I was wondering the other day if she was still in Florida. I think it's probably a good idea for her right now to go home for at least a while...must be the hardest thing she's ever done.

[Cury-us Coyote]

HENRY: Well, the detectives are still looking for that black car that's missing, that blackAcura Integra that is missing. That is the key evidence that they need for this case.

VAN SUSTEREN: Is that the car that the acquaintance she went to the club with was driving that night?

HENRY: Yes.
...
VAN SUSTEREN: Have you have spoken to this male acquaintance that your daughter went off to the nightclub with?

HENRY: No. The detectives didn't give me any information on him, so I haven't spoken to him.

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you believe that he is not a suspect? We are told that he is not a suspect, but are you curious what he knows?

HENRY: Yes, I am very curious. But I have to leave it to the detectives to do the investigation.

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you know how your daughter even knew this guy?

HENRY: It was a friend of her school friend.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291560,00.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Originally posted by Fragglrocker
Kip thanks for posting that info ...great gesture by dealership and radio stations...:beer:

100.00 per car sold went to fund..

Parents Get Help In Fight To Find Stepha Henry

Esserman Nissan and 99 JAMZ have stepped up to help. A Nissan Altima has been loaned to the family for two months, including fuel, and the two companies contributed $5,000 to the Stepha Henry Reward Fund to help the Henry’s with their search.


http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_214183211.html

[jace]

God bless them for doing that. I admire Stepha's mother for the courage and strenght she's shown. I think I would have to find out who that young man is that took her to the club and do some questioning on my own. She's doing the right thing at this point though. I'm sure she doesn't want to do anything that might interfere with them finding out what happened to her daughter.

:rose: for Stepha. You're not forgotten sweetheart.

[Rand's Girl]

for Stepha :rose:

Broward County found skeletal remains, fully clothed. Check the current crime thread.

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=10383981#post10383981

[Cury-us Coyote]

Stepha's story not heard

The case is in the hands of an "incredible team " of investigators, said Commander Linda O'Brien, of the Miami-Dade Police Department, the agency handling the case. They have searched canals and interviewed a number of people, including the man who Stepha drove off with. But he's not a suspect, O'Brien said.

"In some of these stories, there's a faster pace of breaking information," she said. "Unfortunately, we have a little slower pace on this case, but we aggressively follow up on every lead."

"The big thing we need is more help from the public or anybody that knows anything."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editajjcolumnnbsep02,0,1310047.story

[Cury-us Coyote]

Mom cooks for fund-raiser to find daughter missing in Florida

Later yesterday, friends and supporters of the Henry family gathered at the Church Ave. Youth Culture Center in Flatbush to raise money by selling homemade Caribbean food.

"We decided to do something to increase the reward and to create a day of awareness in the community that she is still missing," Henry said.

"New Yorkers should care. She was a resident here and she loved this city."

Dozens of people turned out at the center yesterday, paying $15 for a tray of steaming food and hoping that the money will help in finding the young woman who was studying for her LSATs and working at John Jay before she vanished.

"I will always come to anything that can put more emphasis on finding Stepha," said co-worker Rulisa Galloway-Perry, 37. "You just can't help yourself but wanting to help."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_mom_cooks_for_fundraiser_to_find_daughte.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

College offers reward in woman's disappearance

The faculty and staff of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice have raised $2,000 to offer for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the disappearance of Henry, 22. The $2,000 is offered in addition to $15,000 raised by the Henry family for information on her whereabouts.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/236947.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Brooklyn girl missing since May trip to Florida

He later told cops they parted ways inside the club. Stepha Henry checked her cell phone voice mail at 4:13 a.m. on May 29 and hasn't been been heard from since.

"Certainly we feel she's met with foul play," said Miami-Dade County Police Commander Linda O'Brien.
...
After a stay at home, Sylvia Henry was to return to Florida this week to continue her search.

"I'm not going to stay in New York until I get a breakthrough," she said. "I have to go back to search for her."

http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/brooklyn/2007/09/18/2007-09-18_brooklyn_girl_missing_since_may_trip_to_.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Two dead after Sunrise nightclub fight

Two men died of gunshot wounds early Saturday morning following a fight outside of a Sunrise nightclub, police said.
...
Four months ago, during the Memorial Day weekend, Stepha Henry disappeared after a night out at the club. Henry, 22, a recent college graduate from New York, remains missing.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/246995.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Two men shot, killed outside Sunrise nightclub Pepper's Cafe
Homicide rate on track to set a record
(includes video)

In May, the nightclub was the last place that Stepha Henry, a 22-year-old Brooklyn woman staying with relatives in Miami-Dade County, was seen before she went missing.

Henry had just finished an undergraduate degree at New York's John Jay College and was planning to attend law school. Authorities said she left Pepper's Cafe with a man in a dark-colored Acura Integra and hasn't been seen since. There was no indication that Henry's disappearance had any link with the slayings.

Miami-Dade police suspect foul play in the Henry case, and have assigned homicide detectives to investigate it.

John Jay College has offered a $2,000 reward and Henry's family has put up an additional $15,000 for any information that helps crack the case.

The club sits in a strip mall between a check-cashing store and All Ages Preschool. Workers at another nearby nightclub, Sophia's Ballroom, were unable to leave work until about 8 a.m. Saturday because of the investigation intothe double homicide.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbdouble0923nbsep23,0,7930947.story

[shelkobe]

Not directly related but there was an argument outside the Peppers Cafe (where Stepha was last seen alive) and two bystanders were shot and killed.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/247470.html

Perhaps attention on this club will help put Stepha back in the news. She is mentioned in every article I found about the shooting.

[drumstick]

Thank you for posting this information.

For the Love of Stepha Henry ..... please!

Snitching is the only thing that will find Stepha!

Is it bad to help someone you love?

Think about it. You could be next or someone YOU love.

Call your tip in and never give your name.

It's the only right thing to do! Please!!!!

1-305-471- TIPS (8477).

:seeya:

[Cury-us Coyote]

We'll also hear from Sylvia, the mother of Stepha Henry, who went missing from a Florida nightclub on May 29th of this year.
http://www.montelshow.com/show/today/Thursday/

[txsage]

Hope someone w/info saw Montel!

[Cury-us Coyote]

Crimes in, around suburban clubs challenge police
Trouble at nightclubs in suburban West Broward -- from car break-ins to fatal shootings -- keep police busy on the weekends.

''I am angry, really very angry, at the stupidity of these young people,'' said Veronica O'Connor, whose son Neil Burrowes was shot to death outside Peppers Cafe in Sunrise last year. ``They go out and have fun and sometimes they don't come home. It's a messed up situation.''
...
Since January 2005, police have been called:

• More than 620 times to Café Iguana at 8358 Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines.

• 47 times to Marabou Café at 9940 Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines.

• Nearly 100 times to Stingerz at 6029 Miramar Pkwy. in Miramar.

• 79 times to Tropix Lounge at 2912 S. State Rd. 7 in Miramar.

• 40 times to Peppers Café, now known as Breezes, at 3828 N. University Dr. in Sunrise.

During that period, four people were shot to death in the club parking lots, according to police records.
...
Three of the fatal shootings, including Burrowes', occurred in the Peppers parking lot. The Caribbean restaurant and nightclub was also the last place that Stepha Henry, a recent college graduate from New York, was seen before she disappeared over Memorial Day weekend.

http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/295170.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Missing woman's family struggles during holidays
The New York family of Stepha Henry, who disappeared seven months ago during a visit to South Florida, prepares to spend Christmas without her.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/355547.html

Family Faces Christmas Without Daughter
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTivIdy85I5nOH8zkQ7V3TMIxvRAD8TN9JQO0

[Kip]

Thanks for those links, Cury-Us.

When I checked for news stories about Stepha a couple of weeks ago, there weren't any updates. I'm sad that there's been no progress made in this case, but I'm glad these stories are keeping Stepha's name out there. And, it sounds like LE is still actively working the case.

[Justins Mom]

were the skeletal remains a few threads up identified??

[dulcinea]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/15/woman.vanishes.ap/index.html

A creep was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

[shelkobe]

Just saw this on a teaser for the local news. One step toward justice.

From the link:
Miami-Dade County police said Williams was the driver of the black sedan. During the investigation, Williams told detectives that he had left the club early but that Henry decided to stay, officers said.

Detectives impounded the car, and analysis revealed evidence that linked Williams to Henry, police said.

[Cury-us Coyote]

Florida Police Arrest Man in Case of New York Woman Who Vanished 7 Months Ago

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322829,00.html

[Cury-us Coyote]

Brooklyn man arrested in murder of John Jay grad
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-limurd0116,0,6222453.story?coll=ny-baseball-headlines

[Cury-us Coyote]

Suspect arrested in student's Miami disappearance
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/01/15/2008-01-15_suspect_arrested_in_students_miami_disap.html

[Justins Mom]

creep!!!!!!!

[drumstick]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-115stepha,0,3385104.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout


http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/380013.html


~justice for Stepha

[Kip]

Thanks for those updates, Cury-Us and drumstick.

Sigh ... I'm sad that the scenario we all feared did indeed happen. But I'm glad LE was finally able to put together a case against this guy. Hopefully now that he's arrested, people will come forward with other information.

[luna24]

Just saw this on the local news that they made an arrest. Stepha's mother was interviewed -- seems like such a nice woman -- she's obviously pleased they made an arrest. :(

I hope this scum has a shred of decency and tells them where Stepha is so her family can give her a proper burial.

For Stepha and her family :rose:

[obi]

So what car was the blood found in? The Acura?

[Cury-us Coyote]

Originally posted by obi
So what car was the blood found in? The Acura? [/*]

The body of Stepha Henry has not been found, but so much of her blood was in the car that took her to a Sunrise nightclub that she could not possibly have survived, officials said Tuesday.
...
Tips led police to the Acura in September at an undisclosed location, and that's where they found Henry's blood.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-115stepha,0,3385104.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout

[obi]

Originally posted by Cury-us Coyote


The body of Stepha Henry has not been found, but so much of her blood was in the car that took her to a Sunrise nightclub that she could not possibly have survived, officials said Tuesday.
...
Tips led police to the Acura in September at an undisclosed location, and that's where they found Henry's blood.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-115stepha,0,3385104.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout [/*]Thanks, Coyote. I just read that after realizing that I hadn't read all of the links.

So they've had the car since September. Hmm.

[Maelstrom5]

I hope this arrest leads to the Henry family being able to recover their daughters remains.

This guy may have been arrested in NY, but the murder took place in Florida and they execute murderers down there.

Hopefully the state will be willing to take the death penalty off the table in exchange for information that leads to her location.

[BorderCollieMom]

Kendrick Williams, 32, was arrested in New York City Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. Williams is expected to be charged with second-degree murder in the death of Stepha Henry, who disappeared last May in South Florida.


Anymore info on this creep?

:rose:

[jace]

I'm glad they've finally made an arrest. Now, they need to find Stepha.


:rose:

[Postergeist]

Originally posted by Cury-us Coyote
Florida Police Arrest Man in Case of New York Woman Who Vanished 7 Months Ago

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322829,00.html [/*]

amazing, the guy that had been driving the vehicle that very night and denied the car was his all along was finally arrested!

I'm glad LE kept on this case and on Williams.

:rose: Stepha