On 5 August 1989, Tracy Kroh, a 17-year-old honor student at Halifax Area High School, left her home at Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to deliver some items to her sister who lived north of Halifax, Dauphin County. She was never seen again. Her locked car was found in the town square at Millersburg, several miles north of her sister’s home.
This post is part of a series chronicling the efforts to find out what happened to her. To date, although nothing conclusive has been determined, she was most likely the victim of foul play. The case of her disappearance remains unsolved to this day.
This story is told through news articles appearing in regional newspapers available from Newspapers.com.
For all other blog posts on Tracy Kroh, see: Disappearance of Tracy Kroh at Millersburg, 1989.
The article presented here from January 1990 tells of the erection of billboards in the Lykens Valley area to obtain information about her disappearance. The billboards were erected by Metal industries (MI), a company where Tracy’s sister was employed.
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From the Pottsville Republican, 5 January 1990:
Signs erected to help locate missing teen
By Dave Carroll, The Republican
MILLERSBURG – Four 4-by-8-foot signs featuring a photograph of Tracy M. Kroh, who was last seen on the Millersburg Town Square the night of 5 August 1989, have been erected in the Millersburg and Halifax areas in an effort to find the missing 17-year-old.
Employees of MI Plastics, Millersburg, a division of Metal Industries (MI), have contributed money for the signs, which list a description of Kroh and telephone numbers to call to provide information on her whereabouts.
Kroh, a daughter of Ivan Kroh and Ellen Kroh of Enterline, had gone to Millersburg on the afternoon of August 5 to visit her sister, Tammy Hoffman, 20, who lives just north of Halifax.
Tracy Kroh signs are located in Millersburg Town Square, in front of the Halifax Area High School, Halifax, where Kroh is a student, and two on Route 147 at the north and south ends of Millersburg.
Metal Industries is also attempting to erect a sign on Route 322 in Middle Paxton Township near the village of Dauphin.
Photo caption: Varnishing a sign in Millersburg Town Square are Terrie Gilbert, kneeling, and Debbie Gessner, both employees of MI Plastics, a division of Metal Industries, Millersburg.
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