They Still Haven't Found The Rest Of Stephanie Casberg's Body Or Her Killer.

Stephanie Marie Casberg

She was described as a beautiful girl with long red hair. She was well-liked, popular and a very good student. She was outgoing, liked fun, excitement and going to dances. Stephanie was always happy and wherever she would go she'd make friends.

She was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on July 11th, 1951. Her mother's name was Mary Alberts, and her father, was Charles Casberg. Charles was an employee at Fisher Body until he moved the family to Milwaukee in 1957. Stephanie also had a grandfather that was a former police officer.

In June of 1969, 17-year-old Stephanie graduated from Riverside High School. She lived with her parents and six brothers in an East Side duplex. 

She worked as a part time waitress at Marc's Big Boy in Juneau Village, 1111 N. Van Buren St.

On Monday, July 7th, 1969, Stephanie's youngest brother, Kevin, watch her as she got ready for work. She left home at 5:30 p.m. When she didn't show up for work her manager called Stephanie's home and was told that she wasn't there.

Sometimes Stephanie would stay at various friends' houses, so her family wasn't concerned when she didn't come home on Tuesday. After there was still no word for her on Wednesday, her family was going to call the police and report her missing. However, they never did report her missing. 

Stephanie's family heard on the radio, the discovery of  a young woman's severed head and arms and a leg by a fisherman, Charles April, and his two sons. They were just off the 8 Mile Road Bridge when Mr. April's 10-year-old son noticed what appeared to be a leg on the bank of the Root River. Mr. April then drove down the road until he met Robert Koeing, who was operating a road grader.  After he told Koeing what happened, Koeing ran to the home of Mrs. Edmund Matuszewski, who called the sheriff's department.

On the way to report Stephanie missing, her father decided to stop by and make sure that it wasn't his daughter's remains that had been found. Charles showed police a photo of his daughter and in turn they showed him negatives of the girl's head that had been found wrapped newspaper, in a brown paper bag. The officers then took him to the morgue. There, Charles' darkest fear was realized. It was in fact Stephanie, her life cut short, just days before her 18th birthday.

Divers searched the area for three hours, but could not locate Stephanie's missing parts.

Searches followed the river upstream to Franklin in Milwaukee  County where they found a pink blanket and Stephanie's purse in a clearing. Also, a photo of Stephanie had been found, torn to shreds and discarded by Franklin road.

Authorities were never able to determine a cause of death. There were no serious abrasions or contusions and no broken bones. Though there were two small puncture wounds found on her neck and she had been dead for a day or two. 

Stephanie had been dismembered by something sharp and the limbs and head had been removed at the joints. And near her remains, detectives found a brown shoe. In her left ear was a bronze, rectangular shaped earring with a blue oval stone.

Police questioned several people, such as her school teachers, people she worked with at the restaurant, including a young cook who dated her until May.

After an anonymous tip, police arrested an 18-year-old East Side Milwaukee man at a bus depot on Friday the week Stephanie's body was found. However, he was released after lengthy questioning.

To this day, police have not made an arrest in Stephanie's murder, leaving her family to wonder for all these years what happened to her.

Her youngest brother, Kevin, says he still feels the loss of his sister and keeps a photo of her on his mantel.

“It hurts,” he said. “Hurts to this day.”