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.
Tracy Maria Kroh was born 15 April 1972, the daughter of Ivan Lincoln Kroh (1940-2006) and Ellen R. Kroh. The family lived in Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Halifax. Tracy had two older sisters, both of whom were married in 1989 and living elsewhere in the area.
Tracy Kroh has now been missing for nearly 30 years. Throughout that time, news articles have appeared that reported leads in the investigation about her disappearance. And, while many people have been interviewed and many leads were given to authorities, no one has ever been arrested and charged. Tracy has not been found, leading many to believe that she was the victim of foul play.
Today’s post is a “table of contents” of a series of 12 previous posts, each of which presents a newspaper article or articles from the period 1989 though 2014. The articles were obtained through Newspapers.com where neither Harrisburg nor Millersburg papers were available at the time of this this writing. If any reader can provide any news articles which provide additional information, they will be considered for posting here.
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Company Joins Search for Missing Girl
The article presented here from December 1989 tells of the effort of Metal industries (MI), a company where Tracy’s sister was employed, to obtain information about her disappearance.
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Signs Erected to Help Locate Missing Teen
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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Police at Dead End in Missing Teen Investigation
The article presented here from June 1990 reported that the police were continuing the investigation although no new leads were obtained.
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Krohs Continue Search for Daughter
The article presented here from November 1991 tells of the efforts of the Kroh family to continue to search for their daughter, including the enlisting of a volunteer group from New York State that specializes in missing persons.
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Huge Mass Mailing Seeks Missing Woman
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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Search Continues for Kroh Into Fifth Year
The article presented here from August 1993 reported that the police were investigating an alleged confession of a Virginia prisoner who claimed he murdered Tracy Kroh and buried her body near Roanoke.
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Tip Revives Hunt for Woman Missing More Than 5 Years
The articles presented here from May 1994 tell of a sighting in Texas of three girls who disappeared under similar circumstances, one of whom was said to be Tracy Kroh.
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Tracy Kroh Gone 9 Long Years
The article presented here from August 1998 reports that after 9 years, the trail has gone cold.
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10-Year Search for Kroh Goes On
The articles presented here from August 1999 state that although 10 years has passed since her disappearance, the case has not been closed, and the family has not given up hope.
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20-Years Later, Halifax Woman Still Missing
The article presented here from August 2009 reported that after 20 years, the disappearance of Tracy Kroh remained unsolved, but according to an unverified report, the police had a suspect but needed help from the public to complete the investigation.
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25 Years Since Kroh Disappeared
The articles presented here from August 2014 state that it has been 25 years since Tracy Kroh disappeared and there were no new developments.
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Cold-Case Clue Emerges
The articles presented here from August 2014 reported that the police were investigating the story of a woman who claimed that she escaped an abduction attempt at Millersburg Square about 3 months prior to the time when Tracy Kroh was missing.
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Portrait of Tracy Kroh from web site of Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
This case will never be solved. Everyone is fooling the taxpayers about this. Why would someone wait 20 years before going to police to say they were almost abducted at the same place? Several years ago the Harrisburg news stations broke that state police had a “working idea” of what happened and a suspect was sitting in a holding cell, but the next day after the news cast, state police released the person because “no one came forward with information.” We found Eric Frien 40 days after he did his act and he was hiding in dense woods, but I guess when the life of a taxpayer’s daughter is at stake, we “cannot find the prep.” This is hog wash.
Local road closed for hours in relation to Tracey Kroh case (yesterday, July 9, 2019).
https://www.wgal.com/article/state-police-conduct-search-in-connection-with-1989-disappearance-of-tracy-kroh/28339745
If they have these suspects and all this new evidence, why are they not arresting anyone? Why are they wasting time? Who ever did this crime needs to be sitting in a jail cell.
I don’t think they have evidence. They’ve probably been given an idea where to look is most likely. Very sad she hasn’t been found yet. Hopefully she will be. But they seem to not have much to go on. Maybe they should go back and speak to everyone who knew her and see if stories change.
With the new information and one person in prison, I hope they find the rest of the men that had a hand in that evening. Tracy was not even through school and her life cut way short because of these nitwits. I hope everyone pays dearly.
Any updates?