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 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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From the Pottsville Republican, 5 August 1999:
10-year search for Kroh goes on
HARRISBURG (AP) – Ten years after she disappeared, the family of a missing Dauphin County woman is still in a desperate search for answers.
On 5 August 1989, 17-year-old Tracy Kroh, dropped off some items at her older sister’s home in northern Dauphin County and headed to Millersburg. She was never seen again.
Her car was found the next day, parked on the Millersburg town square. Police said she used a public telephone in Millersburg shortly before disappearing that night.
What happened is anybody’s guess. But Kroh’s family and police hope that someone, somewhere, knows something.
This week, with the help of close friends and police, the Kroh family is reminding people in Dauphin County and mid-state Pennsylvania that Tracy Kroh is still missing and they are still searching for her.
“It’s the only way we’re going to get to the bottom of this,” said family friend and Halifax attorney Gene Powell, for whom Kroh’s sister, Kim Neely works. “If we’re going to help them solve the case, we need to keep this moving.”
Neely has written an open letter to her sister, calling for her safe return. With Powell’s help, the family also produced an updated picture that illustrates what Kroh might look like now.
“I know that 10 years have gone by,” Neely wrote,”but I want you to know I haven’t given up hope.”
Four years after Kroh became missing, a farmer in Washington Township found some of her personal belongings – her driver’s license, a National Honor Society card, and a few other items – in a creek.
None of the tips since have panned out. But Neely said her family is encouraged by a state police promise to start anew.
“You never want to admit defeat in a case like this,” said Dauphin County District Attorney John F. Cherry, who was a chief deputy district attorney when Kroh disappeared. “It is not forgotten. Nor will it ever be.”
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From the Pottsville Republican, 5 August 1999:
PASSING COMMENT
Search goes on for Tracy Kroh
It’s been 10 long years since 17-year-old Tracy Marie Kroh disappeared.
The Halifax-area teen was last seen in Millersburg 5 August 1989. She had left her parents’ home to visit her sister and brother-in-law near Millersburg, but the couple wasn’t home when she arrived. Her car was found later that evening, parked in Millersburg’s center square.
Four years later, parts of Tracy’s wallet were found along Wiconisco Creek, but no other evidence was discovered.
For Tracy’s family, the agonizing search continues and state police at Elizabethville continue their investigation. Anyone with any information on her disappearance is urged to call the state police barracks. Callers may remain anonymous.
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From Chambersburg Public Opinion, 5 August 1999:\
Woman still missing 10 years later
[AP story plus the following]:
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Tracy Kroh may call state police at (717) 362-8700 or (717) 783-5524. Dauphin County Crime Stoppers may be reached at (800) 262-3080.
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From the Allentown Morning Call, 6 August 1999
Missing woman’s family won’t give up
Tracy Kroh disappeared in 1989, and he family still hopes for answers
[AP story plus the following]:
A $10,000 reward for information leading to resolution of the case remains unclaimed. Powell wants to get the family ‘s story on television shows such as “Unsolved Mysteries” or “America’s Most Wanted.”
“I would do anything to have my daughters grow up knowing who their Aunt Tracy is,” Neely wrote, “and not grow up looking at pictures with questions I just can’t answer.”
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