Missing Ebby Steppach: Why did police wait to look?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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For weeks after Ebby Steppach disappeared after a party in October 2015, Little Rock, Arkansas, police treated her case as if the 18-year-old high school senior had just run away from home. Detectives now investigating the cold case acknowledge mistakes were made early. Nancy Grace talks to Ebby's mother Laurie Jernigan and Doc Washburn of Little Rock's NewsRadio 102.9 about renewed efforts to find Ebby. Nancy also updates the Crystal McDowell probe. The Texas realtor was found dead and her husband has been charged with murder.

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1:11.3	Abby's step up disappeared in October 2015, but no one has come forward with information.
1:16.8	So she is still missing and that is why her family announced today they're increasing their reward to $50,000.
1:23.1	We believe there are people out there that were with her day or day or day or day or day to prior to her disappearance that may have information about what happened to her or who she was with.
1:29.9	The case moved to a cold case squad with four retired homicide detectives.
1:33.9	A lot of mistakes were made, things were missed, and when the homicide squad got the case, they had to start all over.
1:40.4	Start over from day one.
1:42.0	They're following new leads, working in conjunction with the FBI.
1:45.1	I'm 100% confident that it's being worked, it's being worked hard.
1:50.7	Missing but not forgotten.
1:54.1	Missing but not forgotten.
1:57.1	I'm talking about a beautiful young girl, Abby's step back.
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