Name: Stephanie Lynn Douglas
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: November 27, 1990
Location Last Seen: McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon.
Date of Birth: Circa 1965
Age: 25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 115 - 125 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Stephanie Burnell
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears dentures. Scar beneath nose and on abdomen.
Dentals: Dentures
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Douglas put her three children and niece to bed sometime around 10:30 the night of November 27, 1990, while her husband was at work. She received a phone call and after finishing, she put a note on the neighbor's door asking them to check on her children because she had an emergency. Stephanie told another neighbor, when leaving, that she was going to help someone dig up some marijuana in the woods.
Detectives were told a call placed by a suspect led her to leave.
She was reported missing the following morning by her husband. He told police he had found a note indicating she had left to deal with an emergency. He told them he had discovered her car in the parking lot of a McMinnville department store - but without the layer of ice that had formed on nearby cars.
Harold Stookey was convicted of slaying Douglas' best friend, June Cross. On January 26, 1991, a McMinnville officer discovered what he took to be Stephanie's body near a longtime Stookey campsite in rural Yamhill County. But it turned out to be that of close friend June Cross who had gone missing on December 7, 1990. Stookey was tried and convicted of Cross' murder. Stookey denied having done anything to either woman. Stephanie Douglas and June Cross disappeared within two weeks of each other. Both Douglas and Cross allegedly dabbled in drugs and prostitution.
In March of 2005, Stephanie's case was turned over to the Yamhill County Cold Case Team.
Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: McMinnville Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Det. Bill Christensen
Agency Phone Number: 503-434-7307
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 90-9340
NamUs Case Number: 19387
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Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 04/28/2023 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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