SPD enlists national experts on 20-year cold case

The Springfield Police Department has enlisted the help of national experts for a 20-year-old unsolved case involving missing Springfieldians.

In late 2010, SPD began reviewing the case of the disappearances of Sherill Levitt, Suzanne Streeter and Stacy McCall, who were reported missing June 7, 1992, according to a news release.

Last week, SPD officials presented the case to a panel of 25 investigative experts assembled by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Alexandria, Va.-based nonprofit that provides information and resources on missing and sexually exploited children to aid law enforcement and other professionals, and to provide information for parents and children.

The panel included members of the organization's forensic evidence department; current and former members of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and FBI Crime Laboratory experts; the Naval Criminal Investigation Section; former homicide detectives with the Washington, D.C., Police Department; officials with the Arlington, Va., Police Department; and officials with the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis.

“We still believe someone in this community has key information that will lead to this case being solved," SPD Lt. David Millsap said in the release. "This case has received a large amount of publicity, and we have received thousands of tips.

"In the beginning there was a lot of information released, and some misinformation that was generated in the public, that may have kept someone from calling or contacting us with valuable information."

According to the release, investigators are reviewing nearly 25,000 documents related to the case and physical evidence collected from the Levitt home on East Delmar St.