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 July1992 tells of the efforts of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which supported a mass mailing of 50 million cards with a description of Tracy and information on where to report tips.
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From the Pottsville Republican, 24 July 1992:
Huge mass mailing seeks missing woman
By Vicki Terwilliger, The REPUBLICAN
HALIFAX – Parents of a missing Dauphin County woman are hoping a massive mailing – 50 million cards – will bring more attention to their plight and perhaps unearth new information.
Tracey Marie Kroh, a daughter of Ivan L. Kroh and Ellen Kroh of Enterline, Dauphin County, has been missing for three years.
Separately, detectives have also renewed their efforts to locate the missing woman, according to Sgt. Lynn E. Hess of state police in Lykens.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Arlington, Virginia, has anno9unced it will mail more than 50 million cards to homes across the United States this week asking if they have seen Kroh.
She was last seen 5 August 1989 on the square in Millersburg. She was 17 years old at the time of her disappearance. She had left her home that evening to deliver a barbecue grill and grocery coupons to her sister, Tammy Hoffman, who lives north of Halifax. Her 1971 white Mercury Comet was found the next day in Millersburg, but there was no trace of the teen.
“They did thi8s on their own and I’m really pleased,. I know they’ve been working hard on it and now I can actually see something being done,” said Mrs. Kroh about the center. She said the center contacted her in June to tell her they were planning the mailing for this month.
“We hope someone knows something,” Mrs. Kroh said.
The cards – distributed as a public service of a New York based mass mailing company called ADVO – contain a photo of Kroh, her physical description, and circumstances surrounding her disappearance. Each card asks “Have You Seen Me?” and lists the center’s toll-free number, 1-800-843-5678.
At least 2.8 million cards will be sent to Pennsylvanians.
“The cards have been helpful in quite a few cases. We’ve received some leads through the ADVO mailings,” said Hughey Payne Jr., case manager with the center.
Payne said through an agreement with ADVO, one missing person is featured each week in its mailings. “This week was Tracy Kroh’s turn to be featured,” he said.
Billboards in the Millersburg area were erected when Kroh was first reported missing and flyers with her picture still hang in local business windows throughout Dauphin and Schuylkill counties.
Hess and detectives have also increased their search efforts.
“We’re putting additional emphasis on this and after three years,” this is still an active investigation,” Hess said. “There’s a task force being formulated right now.”
According to Hess, the state police in Lykens and Harrisburg were on an original task force designed to locate the missing teen in 1989. The Dauphin County district Attorney’s office and the Millersburg borough police department are being added to that force, Hess said.
Tracy’s family has tried numerous avenues to locate her. Mrs. Kroh said she and her daughter, Tammy, had written letters to NBC’s Unsolved Mysteries asking Tracy’s case be featured on the show.
“I never get any response, but my daughter did. Basically they said they were putting Tracy’s case on the shelf,” Mrs. Kroh said.
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