Ebby Steppach

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

18 year-old Ebby Steppach was last seen in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 24, 2015. The next day, her brother was able to reach her by phone but she sounded confused and lost. No one has seen or heard from Ebby since. Her car was located in a park 5 days later, all of her belongings were inside. Her family spent the next 8 months fighting to get the Little Rock Police Department take her case seriously. In that time, critical evidence was lost but now with renewed interest from the homicide unit, there is hope that Ebby will be found.

*May 2018 UPDATE*

"The family of Ebby Jane Steppach would like to share the latest update with those of you on this page as well as other media outlets. On Tuesday, May 22nd, investigators with the Little Rock Police Department informed the family that human remains had been found at Chalamont Park, which is where Ebby’s car was found on October 30, 2015.

As of today, May 23rd, investigators conclusively identified the remains as Ebby’s and notified the family of those results.

The family would like to thank all of you who have supported efforts to find Ebby. It has been through your support, many prayers and God’s strength that they have been able to make this journey. God hears and answers all prayers. Yesterday, God answered the family’s prayers to find Ebby.

They are thankful for the life they got to share with her and ask for continued support and prayers as they work through this difficult time. "

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:20.0	She sounded disorient. Well, she told him she was messed up, but she did know she was in her car and didn't know where she was.
0:28.0	That's the last time anyone has ever talked to her.
0:39.0	I try to look at the things that will help other people at the cost of me not having my daughter.
0:46.0	And there are a lot of things that have happened, had it not been for my daughter, that no people wouldn't know about.
0:58.0	Hello, and welcome to episode 69 of The Vanished.
1:02.0	The last time that anyone heard from 18-year-old Ebbe Steppick was on October 25, 2015.
1:09.0	The day before she had contacted her stepfather about going to the Little Rock Police Department with her to report an incident that had happened at a party, but she never ended up meeting with him to go.
1:19.0	On the 25th, her brother spoke to Ebbe on the phone and reported that she sounded confused and disoriented.
1:27.0	She couldn't tell him who she was with or where she was.
1:31.0	This is the last time that anyone heard from Ebbe.
1:35.0	Several days later, Ebbe's 2003 Volkswagen Passat was found in a park with her keys, her phone, contacts, make-up, and other belongings that friends and family believe that Ebbe would not have left behind.
1:47.0	The car had been left running but had since run out of gas and the battery was dead.
1:52.0	Ebbe was quickly labeled as a runaway and it took eight months for the Little Rock Police Department to take her case seriously.
1:59.0	How much evidence was lost over those eight months? This is Ebbe's story.
2:23.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape and found me Rob Briden on my podcast.
2:36.0	In this series of Briden and I talk to among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan, and Dame Harriet Walter.
2:46.0	And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.
2:51.0	It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate, and exchange of anecdotes.
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3:01.0	New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad-free on Amazon Music or by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.
3:17.0	Leading up to Ebbe's disappearance, she had gone through one of those rebellious phases.
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