90: MURDER: Ebby Steppach

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On the night of Friday, October 23, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Steppach attended a party in Little Rock, Arkansas. The following evening, she texted her stepfather and said she’d been sexually assaulted at the party and asked if he would go with her to the police. He said yes. But after that, she never contacted him again.

Calls and texts from her family went unanswered until the next afternoon, when Ebby called her older brother. She was disoriented, thinking she was outside his house, even though she wasn’t. Her family frantically reported her missing and began searching. Within a week, her car was found abandoned at a local park. But there was no sign of Ebby. Searches in and around that park continued for years with no answers.

Then, two and a half years later, Ebby’s body was found just 70 feet inside a drainage pipe that opened just feet from where her car had been left behind. Now, nearly a decade later, her family, friends, and the Little Rock Police Department are still searching for the person—or people—responsible for ending Ebby’s life.

On Friday, October 23, 2015, Ebby Steppach attended a party. Afterward, she told friends and family she had been sexually assaulted and may have been recorded without her consent. The following day, she planned to report the assault to police—but then, she disappeared.

For nearly 24 hours, no one could reach her. Then, on Sunday, October 25, Ebby called her brother. She sounded disoriented and claimed she was outside his house, but she wasn’t there. When he called her back, she said she was in her car—a silver Volkswagen Passat—but didn’t know where she was. That call was the last time anyone in her family heard from her.

Ebby’s car was later found abandoned in Chalamont Park. Her phone, wallet, and contact lenses were still inside. But Ebby was nowhere to be found.

In May 2018, Ebby’s remains were recovered from a drainage pipe, just feet from where her car had been found. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

If you have any information about the death of Ebby Steppach, please contact the Little Rock Police Department at 501-371-4660

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0:46.9	On the night of Friday, October 23, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Steppick attended a party in Little Rock, Arkansas.
0:54.7	The following evening, she texted her stepfather and said she had been sexually assaulted at the party and asked if he would go with her to the police.
0:59.3	He said yes, but after that, she'd never contacted him again.
1:04.8	Calls and texts from her family went unanswered until the next afternoon when Ebby called her brother.
1:09.4	She was disoriented, thinking she was outside his house even though she wasn't.
1:11.8	Her family frantically reported her missing and began searching. They had no idea that later that same day, her car would be found abandoned
1:17.5	at a local park, but there was no sign of Ebby. Searches in and around that park continued
1:23.3	for years with no answers. Two and a half years later, Ebby's body was found inside a drainage pipe that opened just feet
1:30.4	away from where her car had been left behind.
1:33.0	Now, nearly a decade later, her family, friends, and the Little Rock Police Department are
1:37.9	still searching for the person or people responsible for ending Ebby's life.
2:18.1	No. responsible for ending Ebby's life. Hey everyone. Welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. I'll then
2:23.3	give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals
2:28.3	or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them
2:33.2	directly. And maybe you can help solve a case.
2:35.7	So if you're someone who's interested in true crime, specifically unsolved cases, and you
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