Missouri's unsolved case 'Springfield Three' explored in podcast ///From MAY 5
"There was definitely a particular theory that arose that was something I had never heard of," Roderique-Jones said, without revealing too much.
Three Springfield women seemingly vanished without a trace, and Roderique-Jones said the city was forever changed.
"It's such a big part of Springfield," Roderique-Jones said.
Now, 29 years later, whatever happened to Stacy McCall, Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter and Sherrill Levitt remains a mystery.
Roderique-Jones, who left Springfield to pursue a journalism career in New York, delved into the case — known as the Three Missing Women or Springfield Three — for a new podcast that drops later this month.
The eight-episode podcast series launches May 25 and will be available on common podcast platforms like Spotify and Apple.
"It’s been nearly 30 years," Roderique-Jones said. "People still really want to find them. That’s been a continuous story throughout my life."
Unsolved mystery of the Springfield Three
The story of the Three Missing Women is one that seemingly everyone in Springfield knows.
McCall, 18, and Streeter, 19, attended a graduation party in Battlefield before returning on June 7, 1992, to the central Springfield home of Streeter's mother, Levitt. That's the last known place the three women were believed to have been.
Within a week, divers from the fire department had scoured Lake Springfield, police officers on horseback had searched fields, and more than 20,000 flyers had been distributed across the area. Law enforcement is still trying to break the case.
Theories behind the unsolved Springfield Three case
Roderique-Jones said her podcast series, which was produced by editaudio, will feature interviews with family and friends of the victims, witnesses and law enforcement.
"There have been some stories that have come up that I’ve never heard before," Roderique-Jones said. "That was really interesting to me to find that."
The theories about what might have happened to the three missing women include speculation about grave robbers and bodies being buried under a parking lot.
Roderique-Jones said she set out to explore the prevailing theories in the case while also sticking to facts.
"There was definitely a particular theory that arose that was something I had never heard of," Roderique-Jones said, without revealing too much.
Roderique-Jones has reported for publications like Vogue and Southern Living. She said this is her first foray into true crime podcasting.
The podcast, which is entitled "The Springfield Three: A Small-Town Disappearance," debuts with three episodes on May 25. The remaining five episodes will be released on a weekly basis after that.
Roderique-Jones said she was thankful for her producers as well as all the sources who were willing to talk about this difficult subject.
