Unsolved Homicide: Ebby Steppach

Last Seen Alive

Studio 222

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

When a young Little Rock, Arkansas woman discloses that she’s been the victim of a terrible crime, she disappears shortly thereafter. Several years later, the discovery of her hidden remains amplifies the unanswered questions her loved ones have been left to struggle with in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

If you know anything about the death of Ebby Steppach, please call the Little Rock Police Department at 501-371-4829.

And if you found this episode to be of special interest, you may want to check out our episode on the unsolved homicide of Julie Ferguson.

See photos from this episode and check out the sources we used to research it here:

https://lastseenalivepodcast.com/2023/07/03/unsolved-homicide-ebby-steppach/

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0:00.0	When a young Little Rock, Arkansas woman discloses that she's been the victim of a terrible crime, she disappears shortly thereafter.
0:09.2	Several years later, the discovery of her hidden remains amplifies the unanswered questions her loved ones have been left to struggle with in this episode of Last Seen Alive.
0:35.7	Music in this episode of Last Seen Alive. Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.
0:44.3	As always, I'm your co-host, Scott, and I think I heard something along the lines of the man that sounded like Dr. Phil while you were researching this episode?
0:55.4	You may have overheard the famous timbre of his voice. We'll get to that later. A quick
1:00.2	heads up. Although, as usual, we won't go into any graphic or unnecessary detail. This episode
1:06.2	does contain mention of an incident of sexual assault that's central to the case. So please listen with
1:12.1	caution. Ebby Steppick was last seen alive on October 25, 2015. She was 18 years old at the time
1:20.4	and lived in Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas. She was a high school student just a couple
1:26.2	months into her senior year. After graduation, she hoped to become a cosmetologist. She was a high school student just a couple months into her senior year. After graduation,
1:29.3	she hoped to become a cosmetologist. She'd always had a knack for makeup and hair styling.
1:34.0	And she thought she might enjoy getting into real estate one day, too. So pretty diverse options there.
1:40.6	Yeah. Ebby was affectionate, artistic, and as her family have put it, fancy. If she were
1:47.3	alive today, she'd be well into her 20s and might be working at a trendy little rock salon,
1:52.3	helping her clients look and feel their best. Or maybe she would have gotten into real estate
1:57.1	after all, and she'd be helping families find the perfect home. She might even have
2:01.7	a family of her own. She'd always loved kids. But unfortunately, Evie's future was cruelly and
2:08.4	unexpectedly torn away from her and from her loved ones when she vanished in the fall of 2015.
2:14.8	For nearly three years, she remained a missing person and her family hoped against hope
2:19.4	that she'd somehow be returned to them. When the truth finally surfaced, though, it was the worst
2:24.5	possible news. And to make it even worse, it turned out that she'd more or less been hidden in
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