Recent content by Sally Steeltoe

Here we are 30 years later, and we’re no closer to finding out who took this girl.

I’ve been watching episodes of “Breaking Homicide” and keep thinking of Erin’s story and how it’s a perfect case for a show like this. Seriously considering writing to the producer of this show or one of the several other “cold case” shows to suggest they take a look. What if all this case needs...

I'll add also that I think there's been particularly sloppy investigating and/or reporting ever since she went missing. There--I've been thinking it for years and I finally said it.

It just seems like there's this weird cloak of silence over this whole case. Usually these days you get updates on cases pretty easily and quickly, or else you can dig around and find out enough to do some sleuthing on your own. To be frank, I find it frustrating that I can't figure out who the...

I thought the discovery of the skull would be the thing that got this case moving forward again, but years later we’ve learned nothing new. Where are her friends and remaining family? Where is the mysterious boyfriend? Does anyone care whether this woman’s killer is ever caught?

I had no idea there were new replies to this thread; apparently I'm no longer getting notifications. Mindcrime, have you had any more thoughts? What was Erin like, anyway? I've never seen any of her former friends chime in on this thread or anywhere else. It's kind of sad. If my friend went...

...aaaaand it's almost fall once more, and I remembered Erin again. Just did a quick search and came across an article I can't recall having read before (though it's quite old): http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900927&slug=1095306 It says the boyfriend "could not...

I always think of Erin around the start of September. She went missing 24 years ago today.

I think a number of us here find the boyfriend's story really strange/unbelievable. What I don't understand is why nobody seemed to find it very strange back then. If similar incidents had happened to one of my boyfriends, and had someone made similar threats to me, I can imagine how my...

Tomorrow is the 23rd (!) anniversary of when Erin went missing. I find myself thinking of her MORE lately, now that she's been found.

I have always thought it was kind of weird that her purse was left at home, but her wallet was apparently taken. Not many girls/women I know *just* take their wallet when they leave the house. You might as well just take your purse, after all--it can store your keys, wallet, PLUS lip balm and...

1990 seems like yesterday to me as well. I graduated from high school (in Texas, not locally) in 1989. I guess having Erin so near to me in age (and appearance, in a way) makes the case more interesting to me.

Still a strangely small amount of comments on the news stories except for the KomoNews one, and many of those fall into the category of petty bickering and hair-splitting. I'm getting the same feeling I've had before, that it almost seems that people just don't want to talk about this case!

I've wondered if the officer just ran the plates (e.g. while sitting in traffic) rather than pull the car over. I believe they do that sometimes if they have a reason to be curious about someone but NOT enough reason to pull them over. Still, you would think that would make the car memorable...

This just showed up in my blogroll, though I'll have to wait to catch up on the new articles until I get home this evening: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/dna-partial-skull-identifies-redmond-woman-missing/nZHSy/