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Palmyra woman, 21, reported missing

Palmyra police are investigating a missing person report involving Kortne Stouffer, 21, of the 800 block of West Main Street.

Stouffer was last seen at her home on Sunday.

She is described as white, 5'8", 115 pounds, blond hair worn in dreadlocks, and green eyes. She also has multiple tattoos: "one love" on her right bicep, stars on her left foot, flowers and a pistol on her left hip.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 838-8188.

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Police search for missing Palmyra woman

Updated: 07/31/2012 09:01:08 PM EDT

Palmyra police are investigating the disappearance of a 21-year-old borough woman, who was last seen on Sunday.

Kortne Ciera Stouffer was last seen around 3:45 a.m. at her home, 810 W. Main St., according to a release from the Palmyra police department.

Police described her as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 115 pounds, with blond hair worn in dreadlocks and green eyes.

She had a tattoo with the words "one love" on her right bicep, another one with stars on her left foot and a third one of flowers and a pistol on her left hip.

Police did not provide any further details about the case in the news release.

"We are not giving out any further information at this time," Palmyra police Lt. James Hunt said in phone interview Tuesday. "We don't know that a crime has been committed."

Scott Stouffer, the woman's father, said Tuesday that he last talked to his daughter on Friday, and her mother, Wendy Stouffer, last talked to her on Saturday. No one has heard from her since then, he said.

Kortne Stouffer, a graduate of Northern Lebanon High School, worked three jobs, as a hairstylist, a dog groomer and in the office at her father's company, Stouffer Equipment Co., Grantville. She did not show up for work on Monday, he said.

"We don't have a clue where she is," he said, adding that attempts to contact her by phone have failed.

He said the family also has put up posters of Stouffer in hopes that someone will have information about

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Stouffer family enlists attorney

The attorney who represented Jerry Sandusky has signed on to help the family of missing Kortne Stouffer

Updated: 08/07/2012 09:50:02 PM EDT

Karl E. Rominger, an attorney who was a member of the team that represented Jerry Sandusky in his sexual assault trial recently in Centre County, has signed on to help the family of a missing Palmyra woman.

Kortne C. Stouffer, 21, has been missing for more than a week. She was last seen at her apartment at 810 W. Main St. about 3:45 a.m. July 29.

Rominger announced on his website Tuesday that he has undertaken the matter. According to the site, romingerlaw.com, Rominger is representing the legal interests of the family, helping them to understand the police's investigation process.

Family spokesman Matthew Scott, a relative of Stouffer's mother, Wendy, said Rominger is a friend of the family, and the family believes he has the resources to help the family uncover more information to help find Kortne.

Scott said it is "so out of character for Kortne" not to be in contact with her family. He said she is very close to her family and rarely goes a day without talking to her mother. Kortne's cellphone, purse and car were left at her apartment. Police impounded her car last week after her disappearance.

"What 21-year-old leaves their cellphone, purse, keys and car?" when they go out, Scott wondered.

Scott said Kortne was with friends at the Hardware Bar in downtown Harrisburg the night of July 28, then returned to her apartment, where she was last seen.

Palmyra police with assistance from the Lebanon County district attorney's office and county detectives

are investigating the case and have deemed it suspicious. Last week, police issued a search warrant on Kortne Stouffer's apartment, which remains marked with crime scene tape.

Wendy Stouffer and her ex-husband, Scott Stouffer, met with borough police Monday. Matthew Scott said there is no new information from police on the case.

"We're confident the police are doing everything they can to find Kortne," he added.

In the meantime, the family has increased the reward to $22,500 for information leading to Kortne and her return, Scott said. Family, friends and businesses have contributed to the reward fund. In addition, the family is organizing local search parties in conjunction with local authorities.

"There are a lot of people who want to help, and this is a way to use that energy," Scott said.

Rominger said his experience as a criminal defense attorney will be useful in helping the family and the police. He added that family members have gathered a lot of information on their own.

"I bring a unique expertise to help the family with their own search," he said. "We're trying to find out what happened to her."

Rominger said he might use the resources of private investigators to help.

Kortne Stouffer is white, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds and has blond hair, strands of which are braided in a dreadlock. She has a tattoo with the words "one love" on her right biceps, another one with stars on her left foot, and a third one of flowers and a pistol on her hip. She was last seen wearing a yellow tank top and black shorts with a pattern of red, green and yellow splotches. She also had bracelets on her arm. It was not known if she was wearing shoes or was barefoot.

Anyone who has information on Kortne is encouraged to call 717-838-8189 or 717-744-TIPS or email [e-mail].

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UPDATE: Family of missing woman pleads with the public, 'bring our daughter home'

UPDATE:

A massive search for missing Palmyra woman Kortne Stouffer came up empty Wednesday. She's been missing since July 29 and police are calling her disappearance suspicious, because all of her personal belongings were found at her apartment.

One of Kortne's family members tells us that he's sort of relieved they didn't find her because he says, there's hope she may still be alive out there.

They met at the Palmyra Fire Department. With maps and pictures of missing 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer in hand, they headed out to start their search.

Close to 50 volunteers, friends, family and police walked through wooded and residential areas both in Palmyra where Kortne lives and in neighboring Derry Township.

Her mother was one of many who refused to leave one stone unturned.

"We're really thankful to the family the friends, strangers, everybody who came out to help look for Kortne,” stated her mother, Wendy Stouffer. “Everybody has been so supportive and amazing and we just didn't realize how many friends and family and everybody and everybody who loves us and Kortne and wants to bring her home."

Four and a half hours later, and with no sign of Kortne, the search ended.

"It's very hard, very hard," confessed Wendy Stouffer.

Wendy's daughter, Kortne, has been missing since Sunday, July 29th. Police say she'd gone out the night before to the Hardware Bar in downtown Harrisburg with some friends. That Sunday just before 4 a.m. was perhaps the last time she was seen by a neighbor.

When police searched her West Main Street apartment in Palmyra, they found her door locked, her purse, cell phone and her dog left inside.

A family member tells CBS 21 News her car keys were inside her car and all of her shoes were also left behind.

The District Attorney had said Kortne's disappearance isn't criminal right now, but it is suspicious.

Her mother now pleads with anyone who may know where her daughter may be to come forward.

"Please bring her home, tell somebody where she is,” pleaded Wendy Stouffer. “Please tell somebody where she is we just want to get her back home."

Police say that they didn't find anything in their search which could be linked to Kortne's disappearance.

A $22,500 reward is being offered for information that leads to Kortne Stouffer's return. ___________________________________________

A search is underway right now for missing Palmyra woman Kortne Stouffer.

She's been missing since July 29 and police are calling her disappearance suspicious, because all her personal belongings were found at her apartment.

Kortne Stouffer's friends, family, dozens of police officers from different departments and 50 volunteers all searched both the Palmyra and Derry Township areas Wednesday. They started around noon.

They did find some clothing, but it's unclear if it has anything to do with this case.

Stouffer has been missing since July 29. Police say she's gone out the night before to the Hardware Bar in Downtown Harrisburg with some friends. Then Sunday morning was perhaps the last time she was seen by a neighbor.

The district attorney has said Stouffer's disappearance isn't criminal right now, but it is suspicious.

Wednesday, Kortne's mother says she appreciates all of the people who came out to look for her daughter.

"We're really thankful to the family the friends, strangers, everybody who came out to help look for Kortne,” Kortne’s mother, Wendy Stouffer told CBS 21. “Everybody has been so supportive and amazing and we just didn't realize how many friends and family and everybody who loves us and Kortne and wants to bring her home."

Kortne's mom tells us it's unclear how long the search will go on.

A $22,500 reward is being offered for information that leads to Kortne Stouffer's return. If you know anything, you should call police at 717-838-8189 or email [e-mail]

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Police were at the home of the missing Palmyra woman just before she disappeared

CBS 21 News has continuing coverage of the search for the missing Palmyra woman in Lebanon County.

New information suggests a police officer may have been among the last people to see Kortne Stouffer before she disappeared July 29th.

Family members we spoke with say that before Kortne Stouffer went missing, a police officer showed up to her apartment in the 800 block of West Main Street for an argument she was allegedly having with her downstairs neighbor.

According to the family, police weren't only called out once. They were called out twice.

But the family says that the second time the officer arrived, no one was there and it was quiet. So police knocked on doors and when no one answered, the officer left.

This all allegedly happened after Kortne came home from a night of partying with her friends, just after three in the morning. Initially it was reported that her neighbor was the last person to see her before her disappearance.

Her neighbor had no comment Thursday. Also, police officers were back at Kortne's apartment Thursday with a dog that's trained to find missing as well as human remains.

When we called police, they wouldn't talk about these new developments.

CBS 21 News did submit an official request for dispatch records from police. We're waiting on those.

Meantime, the family did search for Kortne on horseback, but didn't find her. The reward for information is now up to $23,700 dollars.

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Search for missing Palmyra woman turns up no new evidence

Updated: 08/09/2012 05:12:03 PM EDT

PALMYRA - A 4 1/2-hour search for a 21-year-old Palmyra woman turned up no new evidence as to her whereabouts Wednesday afternoon.

A group of 50 volunteers led by Derry Township and Palmyra Borough police searched fields and wooded areas within about a 2 ½-mile radius of the apartment of Kortne Stouffer, who has been missing 10 days. It was the first organized search for Stouffer since she was last seen early Sunday morning, July 29, at her apartment at 810 W. Main St.

"The good news is that we didn't find anything. The bad news is that we didn't find anything," said Matthew Scott, acting as spokesman

for the family. "There is no new evidence. We eliminated areas where Kortne may have been."

He said another search has not been scheduled at this time.

Police gathered the group, including family and friends, at the Citizens Fire Co. on North College Street at noon. After the volunteers were logged in, they were taken to a room inside the fire station, and the doors of the station were closed to anyone who was not on the list of volunteers that police had. The closed meeting was to instruct the volunteers about the places they would be searching and the process, according to one police officer.

The media were not allowed to sit in on the meeting. No explanation for the secrecy was offered.

Volunteers led by police searched a field and alleys and a neighborhood on the south side of East Caracas Avenue, adjacent to the National Guard Armory, in Derry Township. A police dog that accompanied a K-9 unit from Derry Township was not used in the search.

Another search was conducted in a wooded and quarry area north of North Avenue, just east of ASK Foods, in the borough.

At one point, an article of clothing was found in the wooded area adjacent to ASK Foods, but it was determined not to be related to the case,

according to a news report.

Scott said Kortne Stouffer has not been in contact with her family since the day before she went missing. He said she is very close to her family and rarely goes a day without talking to her mother. Stouffer's cell phone, purse, keys and car were left at her apartment, Scott said. The shoes she was wearing that night also were there, but the clothes she had on were not, he said. A dog also was missing, he said.

Lebanon County District Attorney Dave Arnold earlier characterized her disappearance as "suspicious."

Kortne's father, Scott Stouffer, said the Palmyra police had asked them to organize a small number of volunteers "to help us cover certain areas of suspicion where Kortne might have gone the night that she disappeared."

Stouffer said they are trying to develop a list of places where they know she is not so police can focus their efforts on other clues.

"We appreciate everybody calling and asking to help," Stouffer said. He asked anyone who has information about Kortne to "please help us. Help us bring her home."

Stouffer said it is hard to explain what the last 10 days have been like for him.

"It's hard to explain something that you never imagined (would happen) in your life," he said.

Stouffer said police are working on some leads but have not shared that information with him. Palmyra police Chief Stanley J. Jasinski Jr. has not released any information to the media. He did not participate in the search Wednesday.

The search group was limited to 50 people, although a number of other people showed up to help. Their names were put on a secondary list in case one of the other volunteers needed a break.

Jeffrey Troch of Pottsville came to help out.

"I want to support the effort. I don't know her. I'm not even from the area," Troch said. "I work at Fort Indiantown Gap and I heard about it. I took some leave time today to come down and help out."

Nichole Donley of Palmyra said her friends from church know the family, and she asked the congregation of Palmyra First Evangelical Congregational Church to pray for them.

"I just wanted to help. I've been wondering why they haven't done a search and now they are," said Donley. "We just hope for the best."

Donley's daughter worked briefly with Kortne at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in North Londonderry Township. As a mother, Donley said, she can't imagine what the family is experiencing.

"I can't imagine not knowing where your daughter is," she said.

Terri Bardine of Palmyra also just came to help out.

"I don't know who she is, but a friend just told me about the search, so I drove over from my house," she said. "I wanted to see if there was something I could do."

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New details emerge in the case of the missing Palmyra woman

The story of a Lebanon County woman's disappearance is now in the national media spotlight.

Kortne Stouffer's parents appeared on CNN Thursday night, revealing even more details.

This story is taking on some new twists. Kortne's mother and father reveal that aside from police and her neighbor, a third person may have been among the last to see her.

It was inside the WITF building in Swatara Township, Dauphin County where Wendy and Scott Stouffer did their interview live with CNN. They pleaded with the public to help bring their 21-year-old daughter, Kortne Stouffer, home.

"It just feels as a mom it's taking so long,” stated Wendy Stouffer. “To find answers, to get help."

Kortne has been missing since July 29. Early that morning, she returned to her Palmyra apartment after a night out with friends.

Her family says she had an argument with a downstairs neighbor and police showed up to calm things down. That was after 3 a.m.

Then a second disturbance call. When officers arrived then, it was quiet. Police allegedly knocked on doors, no one opened them, so they left.

Kortne's mother now wonders, could the second disturbance call to 911 been Kortne screaming or calling for help?

Kortne's mother and father also now say that their daughter has a boyfriend. He wasn't there though and he has an alibi. There was another man at her place who had stayed the night.

"My son started going back through the phone calls from the previous night and texts, we started tracking down a group of people she was with and as a result I ended up finding out that she didn't stay alone that night," explained her father, Scott Stouffer.

When he left around 730 a.m. Kortne wasn't there. Kortne's parents say police have video of him texting their daughter from a store near her apartment, saying he'd left and didn't see her and asking her what happened.

"With the help of Palmyra police, I tracked down the trail where he went and he's been cooperative, but it just doesn't make sense,” Scott Stouffer stated. “They were able to verify where he was at the store so the times all fit."

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New figure emerges in Stouffer disappearance

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Updated: 08/10/2012 02:52:28 PM EDT

The parents of missing Palmyra woman Kortne Stouffer told an interviewer on CNN's Headline News Thursday night that a male friend was staying overnight in their daughter's apartment when she went missing.

Twenty-one-year-old Stouffer was last seen around 3:45 a.m. Sunday, July 29, according to police reports.

"This was a friend of hers," Wendy Stouffer said on the television show. "Kortne thought he was a friend of hers." Scott and Wendy Stouffer refused to disclose the man's name.

A call placed to Lebanon County District Attorney Dave Arnold Thursday night was not immediately returned.

Scott Stouffer said Kortne has not been in contact with her family since the day before she went missing. He said she is very close to her family and rarely goes a day without talking to her mother.

Palmyra Borough police were dispatched to Stouffer's apartment building at 810 W. Main St. twice in the early morning hours of July 29. The first was for a dispute involving Kortne and her neighbors over Kortne's dog, Sheba. Stouffer lives on the second floor of a duplex apartment.

The first 911 call was made at 3:12 a.m. for a disturbance and indicates that Patrolman Timothy Lengle arrived on the scene 3 minutes later.

"They (police) talked to Kortne and the neighbors, and they were all told to go back into their apartments and leave each other alone," Wendy Stouffer said during the interview on the Headline News program "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell."

However, Velez-Mitchell told the Stouffers her understanding is that police were called back to the address by neighbors because the downstairs neighbors said they heard "stomping and banging" coming from Kortne's apartment.

"As far as we know, they (police) went back to her apartment, they didn't see anybody, didn't hear anybody, all the lights were off," Wendy said. "They knocked on the doors and they left."

Dispatch logs indicate that borough police were called back to Kortne's address for the second time at 4:12 a.m. and left at 4:36 a.m.

Scott Stouffer said during the interview Thursday night that both he and police spoke with Kortne's overnight guest, who corroborated that there had been a dispute between Kortne and the neighbors. He told the Stouffers, however, that there was no argument between himself and Kortne.

Scott said the man told him that he stayed the night -and that they went to bed after police were called the second time.

Wendy reiterated, however, that they "don't know what happened the second time (police were called). No one answered the door."

The unnamed overnight guest said that he woke up at 7:30 a.m., and Kortne was not there, so he left, Scott said.

Stouffer's cell phone, purse, keys and car were left at her apartment, Scott said earlier this week. The shoes she was wearing that night also were there, but the clothes she had on were not.

Wendy Stouffer added they know the guest left the apartment in the morning because there is video of him at a store. And, she said, he told them that he texted Kortne: "I left. I didn't see you. What happened to you?"

"Something happened to my daughter after 4 a.m. that morning," Wendy said. "I called and texted her all day Sunday, and that is not like Kortne to not get in touch with someone."

Wendy said that on Monday morning she drove to Kortne's apartment, knocked on the door and Kortne's dog, Sheba, came to the door. The door was unlocked and her car was there. Wendy went inside the apartment and called for Kortne, but she didn't answer.

Scott Stouffer said he's had difficulty believing the overnight guest's story.

"He was the last person to see my daughter. I felt there was more there. I still feel there's more there," Scott said, later adding, "It's hard for me to believe that in a span of three hours that someone just vanishes, and you're in the same house and you have no idea. You hear nothing, you see nothing."

Scott added that he didn't believe there were romantic intentions between the two, because Kortne was in a long-term relationship with her boyfriend and is "very loyal" to him.

Kortne had reportedly gone out with friends Saturday night to the Hardware Bar in Harrisburg, and Scott said he believes the man may have decided to stay over at her apartment because they may have been drinking.

Wendy added that Kortne had not had much contact with the man since she started dating her boyfriend. The boyfriend was not at the apartment that weekend. Wendy said the boyfriend has a "very strong alibi."

"They (Kortne and the unidentified man) were friends two years ago. They would hang out and do stuff as group. Since dating her boyfriend, they did not have a lot of contact," she said. "He stopped by about a month ago. It was the first time her boyfriend had any interaction with him and met him. I think because her boyfriend was away, she thought she could hang out with him, ...he could protect her, he was a guy friend to hang out with."

The Stouffers do not know if the man's vehicle has been seized by police.

The reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Stouffer has been increased to $23,700 due to donations.

"We just want her to come home; we just want her home," Wendy said. "Someone knows where she is. I just want them to tell me where she's at."

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Palmyra woman's disappearance investigated as ..

Authorities are treating the two-week-old disappearance of a Palmyra woman as a possible abduction, abc27 News has learned.

According to the first page of a search warrant issued in the case last week, "kidnapping" and "unlawful restraint" are the violations under which investigators looked through Kortne Stouffer's apartment and car.

The remainder of the search warrant has been sealed.

Lebanon County District Attorney Dave Arnold told abc27 News the case is being investigated as a kidnapping due to the "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the case. He could not comment further.

Stouffer was last seen at the apartment during the early hours of July 29. According to her parents, police investigated two disturbance calls just before the 21-year-old went missing.

Stouffer's parents told abc27 News last week that a friend stayed at the apartment after Stouffer and others returned from a night of dancing in Harrisburg.

Police had initially reported that the last person to see Stouffer was a neighbor, but her parents said she and a male friend came back to the apartment shortly after 3 a.m.

Neighbors called police twice that morning, according to Stouffer's parents. The first complaint was over Stouffer's dog. Police spoke with Stouffer and left, but returned later for a complaint of "banging and stomping." During the second visit, Stouffer's parents said the officers left after no one answered the door.

Stouffer's father says he spoke with the male friend, who claims he and Stouffer went to sleep and he awoke in the morning to find Stouffer gone; leaving behind her car keys, cell phone, and her shoes.

Her parents say they know the friend well and are on good terms. Their daughter has known the man for about two years and her mother and father are aware of no problems between the two.

The Stouffers are offering a reward that is now more than $25,000. Anyone with information is asked to call Palmyra police at 838-8188.

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Search continues for Palmyra woman in 'suspicious disappearance' that could be kidnapping

08/13/2012 2:42 PM

The search for 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer continued over the weekend.

Law enforcement officials said they continued to work around the clock investigating her disappearance, even as little progress is reported.

Stouffer has been missing since July 29, when she was last seen at about 3:45 a.m. at her apartment on West Main Street in Palmyra. She had been out with friends in Harrisburg on the night of July 28.

Language on the cover sheet of a two-week-old sealed search warrant indicated police were investigating her disappearance as either a kidnapping or an instance in which she was being held against her will.

However, Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold said today police were investigating a “suspicious disappearance,” not necessarily an instance of kidnapping or unlawful restraint.

Stouffer's family is holding a press conference this afternoon to update the public on her disappearance.

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Kortne Stouffer Missing: Police Possibly Investigating Pennsylvania Woman's Disappearance As Kidnapping

Police in Pennsylvania may be investigating the disappearance of a 21-year-old girl as a possible kidnapping.

A warrant used to search the apartment of Kortne Stouffer,who went missing on July 29 after a night out in Harrisburg, lists kidnapping as the potential cause of her disapperance, according to CBS.

The complete document remains sealed, the report says.

Police responded to a pair of noise complaints on the night Stouffer went missing. The first, at approximately 3:15 a.m, occurred when Stouffer argued with a downstairs neighbor after returning to her apartment with a male friend. Police also responded to a second noise complaint around 4:12 a.m., but when they arrived the building was quiet.

"It's just so strange that she could just disappear,just fall off the earth and nobody heard anything, nobody saw anything, nobody knows anything, nobody's talking," Wendy Stougger, the girl's mother said, according to a recent HPVTV report.

The district attorney is reportedly treating the case as a suspicious disappearance, rather than a kidnapping, according to CBS.

Stouffer is five feet eight inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has green eyes and blonde hair worn in dreadlocks. She has a "One Love" tattoo on her right bicep, a star tattoo on her left foot and a flower and pistol tattoo on her left hip. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Palmyra Borough Police Department at [phone] or [phone].

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Kortne Stouffer Missing: Pa. woman's disappearance could be kidnapping, according to warrant

August 14, 2012

PALMYRA, Pa. - A new report indicates that police may be investigating last month's disappearance of 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer as a possible kidnapping.

Pictures: Pa. woman disappears from her apartment According to CBS affiliate WHP, a two-week-old search warrant police used to search Stouffer's apartment lists kidnapping as a possible crime. The rest of the document is sealed.

For now, the DA reportedly says authorities are still investigating the case as a suspicious disappearance, and not necessarily a kidnapping.

Stouffer went missing July 29, when neighbors last saw her returning from a night out in Harrisburg. Police say they think her disappearance is suspicious since her Palmyra apartment was left locked with personal belongings inside, including her purse and cell phone. Her dog was at the apartment and, a family member told WHP, her keys were in her car.

According to WHP, Stouffer's parents, Wendy and Scott, said their daughter has a boyfriend who wasn't there the night she disappeared, and who has an alibi. But the parents say there was another man who stayed the night. Kortne's parents say the man left her apartment around 7:30 a.m., and that police have video of him texting their daughter from a store near her apartment, saying he left and didn't see her and asking her what happened. The Stouffers tell WHP he has been cooperative with police.

Stouffer's parents also told the station that Kortne had argued with a neighbor early in the morning she disappeared and that police were called.

The missing woman's parents have now reportedly raised more than $25,000 for a reward.

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Friend who stayed with Kortne Stouffer before disappearance speaks

Aug 16, 2012 8:06 AM EST

According to family and friends, Kortne Stouffer went out dancing in Harrisburg on July 28, returned to her Palmyra apartment early the next morning, and then vanished.

One of Stouffer's friends stayed at her apartment that night. abc27 News tracked down the man who said he stayed at the apartment. He may very well have been last person to see the 21-year-old before she disappeared.

The man did not go on camera and he did not want to use his name, but he did give us some more insight into the hours leading up to Stouffer's disappearance.

He told us Stouffer got into an argument at a Harrisburg bar, as reported by another friend earlier this week. He said afterwards they ate at a pizza shop before he, the designated driver, drove Stouffer back to her apartment.

When they arrived, he said Stouffer got into an argument with a neighbor. He said the police responded and left.

Then, he said, Stouffer became upset. She lives upstairs and neighbors live on the floor below. He said she started stomping around her apartment. Supposedly, police were called to the apartment, but no one answered. According to the man, neither he nor Stouffer heard officers knocking on her apartment door.

The friend said before he fell asleep, Stouffer herself looked tired. When he woke up, he said he did not see Stouffer. He thought she might have been in another room. He said he did not know she was missing and left.

The man said he does not know where Stouffer is. He said he had nothing to do with her disappearance and has been cooperating with authorities.

When abc27 mentioned the man by name to Lebanon County officials, they said they could not comment on the matter.

Family members said they have spoken to the friend and do not know of any problems between him and Stouffer.

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Kortne Stouffer Missing: Two men interrogated in Pa. woman's disappearance, police say

August 20, 2012

PALMYRA, Pa. -Pennsylvania investigators interrogated two men who gave missing 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer a ride to her Palmyra apartment just hours before her disappearance, according to a copy of a search warrant obtained by CBS affiliate WHP-TV Friday.

The station reports that the warrant allowed police to search property belonging to Milton Rodriguez, Jr. and Cody Pruett, who gave Stouffer a ride from Harrisburg back to Palmyra.

The District Attorney's office of Lebanon County said the men are not suspects or people of interest in the missing person case. Investigators searched Rodriguez's 2004 Acura and Rodriguez's father also allowed police to search his home.

Rodriguez and Pruett drove with Stouffer in the early morning on July 29, the same day she disappeared. They dropped Rodriguez off at his home a few blocks away from Stouffer's apartment around 2 a.m., according to his father. Pruett reportedly then went home with Stouffer.

During the next few hours, police were twice called to the apartment on reports of a disturbance. The first time, police came to calm an argument between Stouffer and a downstairs neighbor. The second time, police were unable to make contact with Stouffer after they knocked on her door.

Pruett said he woke up later that morning and Stouffer was gone. He later headed back to the Rodriguez home.

It has been nearly a month since Stouffer's disappearance, and local businesses and community members are continuing to donate services and time to find the missing 21-year-old, WHP-TV reports.

The reward for any information regarding her disappearance is currently over $31,000. Mazzocca's Pizza Shop is one of several local businesses raising money, selling $10 "Peace Pizzas" inspired by Stouffer's love of reggae, the hippie lifestyle and peace. The owner said the pizzas are a big hit, and all the money goes straight to the reward.

In the meanwhile, Pruett has taken a polygraph test and offered his DNA, WHP-TV reported. Rodriguez's father said police also spoke with his son for five days in a row. He said Rodriguez has an alibi and he doesn't think either man is capable of hurting someone.

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Kortne Stouffer Missing: Milton Rodriguez, Jr., Cody Pruett Questioned About Disappeared Woman

Police investigators interrogated two of the last people to see a missing Pennsylvania woman just hours before she disappeared.

As part of the widening search for 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer, Lebanon County officials issued a search warrant for the car of one of her companions. She vanished on July 29 after a night out in Harrisburg ended in an argument with her downstairs neighbor.

The two individuals questioned -- Milton Rodriguez, Jr. and Cody Pruett -- gave Stouffer a ride home on the night that she went missing. The group dropped Rodriguez off at his home around 2 a.m. before Pruett and Stouffer continued to her apartment in Palmyra. The two men are among the last people to see Stouffer before she vanished,according to a copy of a search warrant obtained by WHP-TV Friday.

The two men are not considered people of interest or suspects in the investigation, the district attorney's office has said.

Investigators searched Rodriguez's 2004 Acura as well as the home of Rodriguez's father.

Police responded to a pair of noise complaints from Stouffer's apartment building on the night she disappeared. At approximately 3:15 a.m., police arrived following an argument between Stouffer and another building tenant. About an hour later,authorities returned, only to find the building quiet.

As the search for Stouffer enters its fourth week,the missing woman's family continues to struggle with her absence.

"It’s hard to be happy-go-lucky when one of your babies is not around and you have no idea what’s she been through or who might have her," Scott Stouffer, Kortne's father, told The Patriot News. "How are they treating her? Is she eating and drinking water? The reality is that we don’t know if she’s dead or alive. But nobody wants to think that we may never see her again."

Stouffer is five feet eight inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has green eyes and blonde hair worn in dreadlocks. She has a "One Love" tattoo on her right bicep, a star tattoo on her left foot and a flower and pistol tattoo on her left hip. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Palmyra Borough Police Department at [phone] or [phone].

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Second search warrant issued in Kortne Stouffer case

Posted: 08/20/2012 12:59:48 PM EDT

A second search warrant was issued recently in the case of a 21-year-old Palmyra woman who has been missing since July 29.

Lebanon County District Attorney Dave Arnold confirmed Monday that investigators filed the warrant and searched a car owned by Milton Rodriguez Jr. around Aug. 10. The search warrant is not an indication that Rodriguez is a suspect in the disappearance of Kortne Stouffer, he said.

Rodriguez is one of the acquaintances who drove to Palmyra from downtown Harrisburg with Stouffer on July 29, a few hours before she disappeared from her apartment, according to CBS 21 News.

Stouffer was last seen about 3:45 a.m. when police went to her apartment at 810 W. Main St. to investigate a noise complaint. According to her family, Stouffer had gone to a bar in downtown Harrisburg the previous night with several acquaintances. One of those acquaintances who reportedly is a close friend of Rodriguez's, spent the night at Stouffer's apartment, according to CBS 21 News.

When Stouffer did not show up for work on July 30, her mother, Wendy Stouffer, went to her apartment. She found the door unlocked, Stouffer's wallet and cellphone inside, and her car parked outside, but Stouffer was not there.

Lebanon County detectives impounded Stouffer's car on Aug. 1.

Although there was no new information released in the case Monday, Arnold said, "There are lots of things we are doing. The entire county detective bureau is working on the case, as well as the Palmyra Borough Police, Pennsylvania State Police and a host of other agencies."

Arnold said investigators continue to receive tips on the case, primarily from people in the area, but there are some from elsewhere.

"We ferret through them," Arnold said. "Every tip that comes in is looked at very carefully."

A reward for information leading to Stouffer's whereabouts now amounts to more than $25,000.

The family with the help of friends and others have handed out thousands of fliers photos of Stouffer, and three billboards with photos of Stouffer and information about her disappearance have been erected along routes 422 and 322.

An online tipline has been set up, according to Wendy Stouffer. She said anyone with any information can send it to [e-mail].

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The father of Kortne Stouffer expected on HLN

08/21/2012 5:51 PM

Kortne Stouffer's father planned to appear on HLN tonight to discuss her July 29 disappearance. Scott Stouffer was expected to appear at 7 p.m., said Matthew Scott, a family friend. Meanwhile, Scott said late Tuesday there are no new developments in the disappearance of the 21-year-old Palmyra resident. “There is nothing new coming out of law enforcement as far as leads or anything like that,” he said. Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold also said Tuesday he had nothing new to report.

Stouffer, a hair stylist who dabbled in modeling, disappeared in the early morning following a Saturday night of dancing in Harrisburg. She reportedly got into an argument with a woman at a Harrisburg bar, and later was driven home by a friend who dropped off another man in Palymra before accompanying her back to her apartment. Police were called to the apartment around 3:30 a.m. after a noise complaint and after Stouffer argued with a neighbor.

Police were soon called back for another noise complaint, but no one answered when police knocked on Stouffer's door. The friend left the following morning and told police he believed she was sleeping in another room and didn't realize she was missing. Stouffer left behind items including her car, wallet, phone and dog.

A search of nearby parts of Palmyra involving dozens of friends and family along with police failed to find signs of Stouffer. Police have obtained several search warrants, but they are sealed.

Her friends have raised more than $30,000 toward a reward for information. Any information regarding her disappearance can be emailed to Palmyra police at [e-mail].

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Psychics have offered their assistance to help find Kortne Stouffer

Psychics have approached the family of missing woman Kortne Stouffer.

It's not uncommon for law enforcement officials to use mediums for help. But in this case, it's not police reaching out.

The Lebanon County DA's office is not commenting on the psychics that have approached the Stouffers. But Kortne's dad says some of the details at least one shared with him were chilling.

The search for Kortne Stouffer is in week four. When father Scott Stouffer got approached by psychics, “my emotions in it were like a roller coaster some of it was good, some wasn't,” he told us.

He says investigators were receptive and followed leads. He would not tell us details but admits some of what he was told scared him.

“Some of it I can’t comment to you because it doesn’t express the best outcome,” Stouffer stated.

The Lebanon County DA’s office isn't commenting on the psychics and it's unclear if they would consider it.

But it's not uncommon and in Central PA has been done before. Dauphin County First Assistant District Attorney Fran Chardo wouldn't confirm which cases they called in mediums to help.

But they were reportedly called in by police in the cold case of Halifax teen Tracy Kroh, who has now been missing for 20 years.

“We have done it in cases where it’s a long running investigation and we accepted help from psychics,” stated First Assistant DA Chardo. “It has not led us to a conclusion in those cases but we're not going to turn away help from a source.”

Stouffer said he gave the information from the psychics to the Lebanon investigators and the DA’s office. He says they listened to him and have followed up.

The information hasn't pointed to any leads.

The reward for information on Kortne is at $34,000.

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Inmates think they can help find woman

Updated: 08/24/2012 12:07:48 PM EDT

We are a group of seven inmates currently detained at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility. We don't have much access to the media, but all of us have been following the Kortne Stouffer disappearance very closely.

We are all fathers of daughters her age, or we have sisters her age, and we all feel that we would be an asset in the search for clues of her whereabouts.

Due to our unique backgrounds, we are confident we can bring something new and different to the investigation. Therefore, we are offering our services to aid in the investigation and search regarding this grave and dire set of circumstances.

Please contact us at the prison with any suggestions on how we can help bring Kortne home.

TIMOTHY MARSH
JOEL HARVEY
GEORGE KEMRER
PATRICK FAHEY
COLBY KOHR
KASEY BROWER
PAUL NEUIN
SOUTH LEBANON

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Kortne Stouffer disappeared amid volatile circumstances, her father says

08/25/2012 12:00 AM

PALMYRA — Scott Stouffer has received dozens of calls from people claiming to have information about his daughter.

One told of seeing her alive. In a cage.

The person described a spot along Swatara Creek. It was near where another person described seeing her walking along the road.

Stouffer went.

“How can I go to bed at night if I know that I heard something that day and I didn’t follow up on it, as ridiculous as it possibly could be?” he said in an interview this week.

Kortne Stouffer of Palmyra disappeared 28 days ago after a night out in Harrisburg.

Her father, friends and relatives have scoured many spots in search of the 21-year-old or clues to her disappearance. Stouffer has questioned friends and neighbors who were around Kortne in the hours before she seemingly vanished from her West Main Street apartment around 4 a.m. July 29.

Police, who have executed several search warrants, have named no suspects and are releasing little information.

Stouffer, however, said his own efforts have revealed she disappeared amid volatile circumstances.

Police calls

Stouffer said his daughter lived with her boyfriend who was on house arrest and probation for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs while underage.

On Saturday, July 28, just hours before she disappeared, there was a gathering at their second-floor apartment, and beer.

When a probation officer showed up, her boyfriend was arrested. He ended up spending about a week in prison, Lebanon County court records show.

According to Stouffer, his daughter believed the probation violation would trigger a long jail sentence. She became angry at her neighbors, who she thought called police about the party.

Later, she met friends and spent the evening at Harrisburg night spots.

Early Sunday morning, when she and a male friend returned to her apartment, they saw several neighbors in the first-floor apartment. Kortne vented her anger at them, her father said.

In an interview this week, Janice Riemenschneider and Rich Sheetz, who live in the apartment below Kortne’s, said they saw Kortne kick and swing at Todd Saksek, who lives in the other half of the duplex.

They said Kortne’s friend stepped between them. The neighbors said Kortne’s friend also made hostile remarks toward them. At that point, Riemenschneider and Sheetz said they closed their door and called police.

Police got the call shortly after 3 a.m. and stayed until almost 4, when everyone had returned to their apartments.

Another call came within 30 minutes.

According to Kortne’s father and neighbors, Saksek called police after Kortne stomped on her apartment floor in anger.

Police said they knocked on both doors but made no contact with Kortne or Saksek, according to Matthew Scott, a Stouffer family friend.

Saksek, 44, declined to discuss the night’s events on the advice of a lawyer.

Stouffer said he had a long conversation with Kortne’s friend. The man had known her for two years and regarded her as a “sister,” Stouffer said. He told him he went to sleep after the stomping and believed Kortne did, too.

The friend woke about 7 a.m. and, not seeing Kortne, figured she was sleeping in another room. He went to a nearby convenience store, where a surveillance camera recorded him buying food and a drink and texting Kortne.

Stouffer said he has read the text — Kortne’s cellphone was left behind — which told Kortne he couldn’t find her after he awoke and would see her later.

Kortne also left behind her car, wallet, her dog and another dog that belonged to her boyfriend.

So in that narrow window of time, in a small, peaceful town where information spreads far and fast, Kortne somehow vanished.

Lives overturned

The story of the disappearance of the beautiful young blonde is making national news. Utility poles in Palmyra are plastered with posters asking for information. More than $30,000 in reward money is being offered.

Meanwhile, Riemenschneider, 49, and Sheetz, 57, said their lives have been overturned also.

They said they allowed police and dogs to search their apartment and have talked extensively with police and Stouffer’s family.

“We have given the police department anything and everything they have asked for,” said Sheetz, adding that other neighbors also have cooperated fully and allowed searches.

Yet people have been driving down the street behind their home and making harassing remarks, as if the neighbors had something to do with the disappearance. They avoid going outside.

Riemenschneider said she’s amazed that there seems to be a continued focus on the neighbors, when it’s obvious to her that whatever happened to Kortne took place elsewhere. The couple believe Kortne left her apartment and encountered someone who took advantage of her.

Riemenschneider, who has a college-age daughter, said she prays for Kortne continually.

“Regardless of what she did that night, she was a child of God and a child of good people, and they love her and need her home,” she said.

Scott Stouffer, 47, admits his suspicions run in all directions.

“I honestly believe that one of the people that was there that night with my daughter is withholding information. They know something or they know the person who knows something. There is no doubt in my mind,” he said.

Stouffer said he has spoken with everyone involved in the early morning disturbance. He said he’s also learned of potentially dangerous circumstances beyond his daughter’s immediate neighborhood.

On that night in Harrisburg, for example, when Kortne argued with a young man and his girlfriend, she was thrown out of the bar. Stouffer said Kortne knew the man, but he doesn’t know the source of the dispute.

He said another man had been angry with Kortne because she owed him money.

Growing frustrated

Kortne worked as a hairstylist and pet groomer and had done modeling. She was fond of peace signs, and many likened her to a “flower child.”

One of five children, she was close to her siblings and her parents, who divorced in 2005.

Stouffer owns a business just outside Fort Indiantown Gap that distributes equipment including environmental recycling machines. The office is decorated with mounted deer heads, family photos and youth sports trophies.

Stouffer said his daughter has many friends whom he knows well and likes. But she also had newer friends, who he believes were involved with drugs and whom she didn’t bring around her parents.

“It’s not that she was there 24/7. But she put herself in that environment enough to basically, I think, allow those people to change the course of her life,” he said.

On the Saturday night before she disappeared, Kortne parked her car at a gas station before traveling to Harrisburg with friends in a different vehicle. The friend who returned home with her was a designated driver of another friend’s vehicle, and they dropped that friend off in Palmyra before returning to Kortne’s.

Police have executed a search warrant of the vehicle of the friend who was dropped off, as well as of Kortne’s 2002 Ford Focus and her apartment. The warrants are sealed.

But Scott Stouffer has grown frustrated with the investigation. He believes surveillance cameras at local businesses weren’t checked until some had recorded over footage from July 29.

During this interview, he took a call from a friend who owns a helicopter. Stouffer wants to conduct an air search of areas including local quarries.

He said he won’t stop until he finds Kortne, although he has begun to brace for the outcome he dreads. Nor will he rest until he learns the facts behind her disappearance.

“I want her found, either way. I want her found for my family, and I want her found for her. I want her to know she matters, that she’s not just transient person they could just take advantage of and nobody’s going to do anything,” he said. “I want those people looking over their shoulders every day until we find my daughter.”

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Kortne Stouffer's 'very suspicious' disappearance continues to mystify, frustrate family and friends

10/13/2012 10:18 AM

Police, family and friends have tried searching for Kortne Stouffer on foot, by horseback and with dogs. They have used prayers and psychics. They have plastered her photo in stores, on utility poles and signs and pleaded for information on national TV.

But more than two months after the 21-year-old woman, described by her parents as a flower child, mysteriously disappeared from her Palmyra apartment July 29, they still have no idea where she is or what happened to her.

It’s frustrating for the family, friend Matthew Scott said.

“You wouldn’t think in this day and age someone could just disappear,” he said. “The police aren’t giving much feedback. That’s a tactic, but it’s also frustrating.”

Not a day goes by that the family doesn’t think about and talk about Kortne, although there are more questions than answers, he said.

It seems everybody, including anonymous bloggers, have theories. Is it related to one of the arguments she was involved in that night? Could it be drug related? Or because she owed someone money? Jealousy? A stranger abduction? Or did she decide to leave on her own?

The endless speculation “makes your head spin,” Scott said.

Brian Boyer, a family friend who owns Boyer’s Signs and Truck Lettering in Palmyra, has been selling signs for $10 or $12 featuring Kortne’s picture in order to raise money toward the reward, which has reached $34,000. Lately, however, he has been giving them away as interest in her plight wanes.

“I haven’t heard anything at all. No leads whatsoever,” he said. “It seems it just stopped.”

Boyer said Kortne’s disappearance is weird.

“Everybody is clueless right now,” he said.

Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold said the investigation is still active and detectives have not run out of leads. He is calling her disappearance “very suspicious” but is not yet ready to call it criminal.

“There are definitely things we’re continuing to work on,” he said. “We’re not out of leads or things we can look into.”

Arnold said he could not be specific. Investigators have interviewed the downstairs neighbors, the friends she spent her last night with and many others, he said.

The FBI has helped with data collection, although their agents are not an integral part of the investigation. FBI and state police spokesmen said they have offered help if needed.

Police have searched the area of her apartment with dogs on several occasions but “haven’t found anything to lead us conclusively in any direction,” Arnold said.

Several psychics have contacted the department “to provide us what they believe might happen, but none have panned out,” he said.

Nevertheless, “we listen,” he said.

According to FBI statistics, 678,860 people were listed as missing in 2011. By the end of the year, 85,158 were considered active cases. Of the total number, 19,508 were people suspected of leaving involuntarily, possibly as a result of kidnapping or foul play.

What is known about Kortne Stouffer’s whereabouts on the weekend of July 28-29, have been gleaned from prior interviews with her parents, police reports and news reports.

Police were called to the apartment shortly after 3 a.m. July 29 after Kortne Stouffer and a male friend argued with neighbors. Police left around 3:50 a.m., but were called back within a half-hour, apparently after Stouffer stomped on her top-floor apartment’s floor in anger.

Her family said police arrived but didn’t make contact with anyone in Kortne Stouffer’s apartment or with the neighbor who called police.

The male friend who spent the night at Kortne Stouffer’s apartment said he awoke Sunday morning, didn’t see her and assumed she was sleeping in another room.

A surveillance camera at a nearby convenience store recorded him buying food and a drink and texting a message to Kortne Stouffer around 7:30 a.m.

Police have searched neighbors’ apartments as well as her car and a car she rode in after the night in Harrisburg.

When Kortne didn’t show up for work or answer phone calls, her mother, Wendy, went to her apartment that afternoon. The door was unlocked and her car was parked outside. Kortne’s wallet, cellphone and dog were inside her apartment.

Police have named no suspects or offered any theories regarding her disappearance.

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After Two Months Family Continues Search For Missing Kortne Stouffer

PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY— Family, friends and police have been searching for over two months for 21- year old Kortne Stouffer. Her mom is asking anyone with information to please come forward. "She just never went longer than two days without contacting somebody. It's been 77 days and it's been so hard," says Wendy Stouffer. "If anybody can remember anything, if they remember seeing Kortne or hearing her or heard people talking any little bit of information, anything will help us find her. I think something happened to her and I think someone knows, I know someone knows."

Kortne has been missing since July 29, 2012. Police were called to the apartment two times that morning, the first when Kortne and her friend got into an argument with neighbors. They came back later for a noise complaint but no one answered her door. The friend who spent the night at her apartment said he awoke Sunday morning and left because he didn't see her.

Wendy Stouffer is also asking the public to keep up their support, "People that knew Kortne and even people that don't know us have just been amazing with keeping her face out there, keeping it fresh, and replacing the signs. I put on Facebook please help me replace signs that are torn down and worn out and weathered. I just want to keep her face out there."

Police have not named any suspects. A reward in her case is now over $30,000.

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Despite rumors, Palmyra's Kortne Stouffer still missing

Nearly three months have passed since the 21-year-old mysteriously disappeared

Updated: 10/24/2012 02:42:37 PM EDT

If you've heard that Kortne Stouffer's body has been found, you're not alone. So has her father, Scott Stouffer.

The problem is, it's not true.

Like many others, Scott Stouffer frequently hears the rumors about his daughter on Facebook and elsewhere. And he would like people to know that, while his daughter's story might be a juicy rumor to pass along, it is much more serious to him and his family.

"I can't explain why people do the things they do," he said. "There's people sitting on pins and needles waiting for true information."

And they have been waiting for a long time. Next Monday will mark three months since Kortne Stouffer mysteriously disappeared from her Palmyra apartment.

Scott Stouffer said there is not much new to report in the case. But he said state police are about to get more involved in the case, and he is happy about that.

"It's been 80-some days since her disappearance, and we still have nothing," he said. "It doesn't make any sense."

Stouffer said he was scheduled to meet with state police investigators today.

"Hopefully they can find something that Palmyra and Lebanon (Lebanon County detectives) missed," he said.

Palmyra police Chief Stanley Jasinski referred calls to the district attorney's office. District Attorney David Arnold said county detectives and Palmyra police are still working on the case. He admitted that some comments on social media also frustrate investigators.

"We read some of these posts, and they're completely false," Arnold said. "If somebody legitimately knows something, we want to know that."

Nearly every day, he said, his office gets emails and information, and each is checked out.

Kortne Stouffer vanished from her apartment between 3:45 and 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 29. She was last seen officially when a Palmyra police officer responded to her apartment for a disturbance at 3:12 a.m.

The officer returned for another call at 4:12 a.m., but nobody answered the door at Kortne's

apartment.

A man who spent the night at Kortne's apartment told her father he did not see or hear anything. The man said he awoke about 7:30 a.m. and did not see Kortne, so he left.

When Kortne did not show up for work the next day, her mother, Wendy, went to her apartment. She found the door unlocked, her wallet and cellphone inside and her car parked outside. But Kortne was not there.

Since then, police have interviewed dozens of people, including three men with whom Kortne went to Harrisburg the night she disappeared. They also searched one of the men's cars and impounded Kortne's car.

Kortne's family and friends also have been searching for her, on horseback and foot and with dogs. The last search was about two weeks ago. They have raised $42,000 in reward money for information leading to Kortne's whereabouts.

Another event to raise reward money will be held on Black Friday, Nov. 23, at Overtime Sports Bar in Hershey, Scott Stouffer said.

"Somebody out there knows something," he said. "They know something, and they're not telling. We would really appreciate if they would come forward."

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Palmyra Woman Missing for Nearly 4 Months; Kortne Stouffer’s Family Copes with Holidays

PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY

It’s been nearly four months since 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer disappeared from her Palmyra home. To date, Kortne’s family and friends are still doing all they can to find her and bring her home. The holidays however are making the pain they feel almost unbearable.

“Thanksgiving was terrible,” said Wendy Stouffer, Kortne Stouffer’s mother. “She has never in 21 years missed a Thanksgiving with her family.”

On Wednesday instead of eating lunch with her daughter, as she did most Wednesdays before that day in July, Wendy Stouffer filled that time hanging pictures of her daughter and sprucing up a memorial that sits in front of Kortne’s apartment.

“If there`s a sign that`s torn down or weathered, I replace it,” said Stouffer. “I spend a couple hours every couple of days just re-hanging the flyers, stopping in at businesses, putting up posters, handing out flyers. I`m just doing whatever I can to keep her face out there and get her home.”

Signs of Stouffer’s disappearance can still be seen at her home as caution tape lines several banisters.
The investigation continues as Wendy prepares her heart for the possibility of spending another holiday without her child.

“I can`t even imagine Christmas without her with us,” Stouffer. “So I`m gonna do whatever I can and I`m not giving up. I will not give up until the day I die.”

The family is currently offering a $42,000 reward. Bumper/Window stickers bearing Kortne’s picture and contact information for anyone with tips can be purchased from Blose in Campbelltown. Yard signs can be purchased from Boyers in Palmyra.

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Palmyra Woman Missing for Nearly 4 Months; Kortne Stouffer’s Family Copes with Holidays

PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY

It’s been nearly four months since 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer disappeared from her Palmyra home. To date, Kortne’s family and friends are still doing all they can to find her and bring her home. The holidays however are making the pain they feel almost unbearable.

“Thanksgiving was terrible,” said Wendy Stouffer, Kortne Stouffer’s mother. “She has never in 21 years missed a Thanksgiving with her family.”

On Wednesday instead of eating lunch with her daughter, as she did most Wednesdays before that day in July, Wendy Stouffer filled that time hanging pictures of her daughter and sprucing up a memorial that sits in front of Kortne’s apartment.

“If there`s a sign that`s torn down or weathered, I replace it,” said Stouffer. “I spend a couple hours every couple of days just re-hanging the flyers, stopping in at businesses, putting up posters, handing out flyers. I`m just doing whatever I can to keep her face out there and get her home.”

Signs of Stouffer’s disappearance can still be seen at her home as caution tape lines several banisters.
The investigation continues as Wendy prepares her heart for the possibility of spending another holiday without her child.

“I can`t even imagine Christmas without her with us,” Stouffer. “So I`m gonna do whatever I can and I`m not giving up. I will not give up until the day I die.”

The family is currently offering a $42,000 reward. Bumper/Window stickers bearing Kortne’s picture and contact information for anyone with tips can be purchased from Blose in Campbelltown. Yard signs can be purchased from Boyers in Palmyra.

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It's all been very frustrating here. Still no news on Kortne's whereabouts.I google her name every few days to see if they've found anything. So far nada.

It's all so very sad, her posters are plastered everywhere, literally, there's four of them on one of the entrances to Walmart alone. Nearly every telephone has one, nearly I say, because some people thinks it's great fun to tear them down.

One of the young ladies I work with is friends with her. There's alot of rumors but little else. I was hoping with hunting season starting that we might get some answers. Not yet anyway....it's like Natalee all over again.

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Local bounty hunter claims he can help find missing Kortne Stouffer

There could be a new lead in the case of missing Lebanon County woman Kortne Stouffer.

The 21-year-old has been missing since July. Now, a bounty hunter believes he knows who killed her and he says its a serial killer who is still in the area.

James is a bounty hunter in Dauphin County and believes the man pictured in a sketch could be responsible for as many as eleven murders and sexual attacks dating back to 2005.

“When you look at all areas where something happened, the common denominator is the military,” the bounty hunter stated. “Same unit, always at that area. That unit trains at Fort Indiantown Gap and Fort Bragg.”

It's a theory shared by others online and could include missing Lebanon County woman Kortne Stouffer.

“There's no fact it has to do with Kortne Stouffer, but there’s no way you can rule it out,” James stated.

James believes the man stalks the women when he's traveling with the National Guard. They are all built alike and similar in appearance.

“He watches, he knows them, and I don’t think they really know him,” the bounty hunter stated.

James says he knows first hand the suspect, who he has identified but doesn't want to name publicly, was in the area when Stouffer went missing.

He also says he was in Charlottesville, Virginia in October 2009 when Morgan Harrington was killed. Her remains were found three months later in a field and the FBI linked her killer to a 2005 sexual assault in Fairfax County.

Her mother says she's cautiously optimistic her daughter's killer could be close to caught if the theory is correct.

“This bounty hunter may be on to something he may be connecting dots. and similarities between young women is startling,” commented Morgan’s mother, Gil Harrington.

But also says she's prepared to wait, the same way she's waited since 2009.

“It's been a long time, three years and five months but not a roller coaster of tips and evidence, this is the first one, but all it takes is one,” Harrington admitted.

Again, police in both Virginia and in Pennsylvania say they have nothing that proves this theory is anything more than a theory.

Of course if you have information into the disappearance of Kortne, call police.

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Flyer claims to have information on missing Palmyra woman

March 04, 2013 10:23 PM EST

Kortne Stouffer was last seen at her home on the 800 block of West Main Street in July.

News 8 learned that a flyer, picturing a man and suggesting he may have had something to do with Stouffer’s disappearance, was being put up around Palmyra and other areas. The flyer was also posted on Facebook.

It said that the man pictured was also wanted in connection with a North Carolina woman’s disappearance.

News 8 reached out to Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold, who says the man posting the flyers has not only held up the investigation, but is spreading false information about the case.

“Our investigators spent a great deal of time speaking with him, getting through the information that was contained in that flyer that he posted. None of it can be substantiated and some of it is flat out false,” said Arnold.

Arnold says the man posting the flyer says he is a bail bondsman and is no way connected to the investigation, or Stouffer’s family.

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Police Still Searching For Kortne Stouffer


Updated: 05/09/2013 09:59:26 AM EDT

The case of three women who had been missing about a decade and were rescued alive this week from a Cleveland home where they were being held is giving new hope to the search for a Lebanon County woman who vanished almost a year ago.

Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold said the search goes on for Kortne Stouffer, who would now be 22 years old.

"We haven't lost hope," Arnold said Wednesday. "The case is still being worked."

Palmyra Borough police Chief Stanley J. Jasinski Jr. agreed: "We will never give up hope of finding Kortne alive,"

Three women, Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, were found alive inside a Cleveland home on Monday. All three had been missing for 10 years, kidnapped and held hostage by three brothers until Berry escaped and called police.

"Hopefully, this case will cause people to keep their minds open and their eyes open" for Kortne Stouffer, Arnold said.

Scott Stouffer, Kortne's father, said he doesn't watch the news but he followed the coverage of the case earlier this week. Hearing the news of the three Cleveland women gave him hope, he said, but also created some anxiety because of what they had to go through.

It has been 10 months since Kortne Stouffer was last seen, and Lebanon County detectives and Palmyra police are continuing their search for her. On July 29, Kortne vanished from her 810 W. Main St. apartment in Palmyra sometime between 3:45 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. She was last seen officially when a Palmyra police officer responded to her apartment for a disturbance at 3:12 a.m. The officer returned for another call at 4:12 a.m., but nobody answered the door that time.

A man who spent that night at Stouffer's apartment told her father, Scott Stouffer, that he did not see or hear anything. When he awoke about 7:30 a.m. that day and did not see Kortne, he left, he told police. When Kortne did not show up for work the next day, her mother, Wendy, went to her apartment. She found the

door unlocked, her wallet and cellphone inside and her car parked outside. But Kortne was not there.

Since then, numerous searches - on foot, with dogs and on horseback -have been conducted for Stouffer in areas near her home and other places around the Palmyra area. A reward for information that leads to the discovery of her whereabouts now stands at $42,000.

Arnold said detectives continue to investigate tips that come in from people.

"I don't have a conclusive theory on what happened to her," he said. "I think the most likely scenario that she was kidnapped."

Arnold said it is an active investigation. Detectives are studying a number of different avenues and haven't closed the door on things that they're already looked at, he said.

Jasinski added police are still taking tips.

"Tips have slowed down considerably," he said. "We continue to request the public's support by providing us with any information they may have regarding this case."

Stouffer encouraged others to be aware of their surroundings and keep an eye out for unusual things. "She could be in a house next door to them," he said.

The "cold reality" of the Cleveland case, he said, has even police rethinking everything.

If you have information about Kortne's whereabouts, email [e-mail], or call police at 717-838-8188.

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