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For families, no justice, no rest

June 9, 2002 For families, no justice, no rest They keep lost loved ones in memories and photos, but closure is a distant, painful concept. By Laura Bauer News-Leader In her dream Debbie Schwartz saw the image of her sister Sherrill’s face, blonde curls of hair surrounding it. It was like Sherrill was trying to tell her something. Schwartz had this experience six months after her sister, her niece Suzie Streeter and a friend of her niece, Stacy McCall, disappeared in June 1992. “I had dreams then that felt more like visions,” Schwartz says today from her home in the intermountain West. “They were very powerful impressions that she was not on earth anymore. I was accepting of that.” While family and friends of three missing Springfield women face another year without them, and another year with the frustrating mystery of what happened, some see the women in their dreams. Others keep them alive in memories and photos, praying that one day they’ll know what happened that June

Confusion turns to worry.

'Confusion turns to worry, then a call to the police Officers find purses in the house, cars in the driveway and a skittish dog. By Laura Bauer News-Leader Janelle Kirby was curious. She had been with Stacy McCall and Suzie Streeter at graduation parties the night before, and they had agreed to meet her the next day for some fun at a Branson water park. It was nearly noon, and the girls hadn’t called. Janelle decided to drive over to Suzie’s house at 1717 E. Delmar St. — where she figured Stacy and Suzie were sleeping in — to investigate. Hopping out of her car barefoot, the first thing Janelle noticed was broken glass shimmering on the front steps. The porch globe was busted, yet the yellow bulb burned bright under the midday sun. Someone — or some thing — must have bumped it, she thought. No big deal. “As a favor” to Suzie’s mom, Janelle’s boyfriend Mike grabbed a broom, swept up the glass and dumped it in the garbage. A decade later, authorities view that broken glas