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

BorderCollieMom · #1 06-09-2007, 10:18 AM

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.

BorderCollieMom · #2 06-09-2007, 10:21 AM

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 · #3 06-09-2007, 10:35 AM

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.

#4 06-09-2007, 08:22 PM

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

#5 06-10-2007, 10:22 AM

I hope they find her.

Lynntoast · #6 06-10-2007, 04:28 PM

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

#7 06-11-2007, 04:32 PM

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 · #8 06-12-2007, 01:29 AM

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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 · #9 06-13-2007, 12:22 PM

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

jace · #10 06-13-2007, 01:42 PM

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 · #11 06-13-2007, 05:57 PM

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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.

#12 06-13-2007, 06:56 PM

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 · #13 06-13-2007, 07:28 PM

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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.

#14 06-13-2007, 07:52 PM

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 · #15 06-13-2007, 09:59 PM

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 · #16 06-14-2007, 11:22 AM

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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..

#17 06-14-2007, 02:02 PM

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 · #18 06-14-2007, 05:13 PM

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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.

#19 06-14-2007, 05:14 PM

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 · #20 06-14-2007, 06:32 PM

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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.

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.

#21 06-15-2007, 05:02 AM

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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 · #22 06-15-2007, 08:30 AM

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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 · #23 06-15-2007, 11:18 AM

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 · #24 06-15-2007, 12:02 PM

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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 · #25 06-15-2007, 12:22 PM

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 · #26 06-15-2007, 12:42 PM

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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 · #27 06-15-2007, 02:12 PM

From the America's Most Wanted site:
AMW - Stepha Henry

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.

#28 06-15-2007, 02:46 PM

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 · #29 06-15-2007, 03:21 PM

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

#30 06-15-2007, 04:28 PM

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.

#31 06-15-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by Kip
From the America's Most Wanted site:
AMW - Stepha Henry

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 · #32 06-15-2007, 06:00 PM

6/13 news story

..."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 · #33 06-15-2007, 06:10 PM

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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 , there's a gray box beneath Stephas's photo. The bottommost one is a to link the the Miami-Dade PD poster.

#34 06-16-2007, 02:44 AM

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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???

#35 06-16-2007, 07:41 PM

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 · #36 06-16-2007, 08:10 PM

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 · #37 06-18-2007, 10:19 AM

Bumping for Stepha.

Has anyone heard anything new?

#38 06-18-2007, 12:17 PM

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

Kip · #39 06-18-2007, 06:25 PM

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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!

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

protectkidz · #40 06-18-2007, 08:24 PM

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?