Two years after Stephanie Warner's disappearance, Jackson County Sheriff's Department detectives now believe the Applegate woman is dead and that her boyfriend knows the location of her body.
Detectives have identified 62-year-old Lennie Ames, her boyfriend at the time of her disappearance on July 4, 2013, as a suspect but no charges yet have been filed. Investigators say their suspicions are based on physical evidence they have collected and alleged inconsistencies in Ames' statements about Warner's whereabouts.
"We believe he's responsible for her death, and that he took her somewhere, and that he knows where she's at," said sheriff's Detective Eric Henderson. "He holds the key."
Investigators believe Ames is in Georgia, but they haven't been able to get in touch with him for about a year. What led to Warner's death remains unclear.
"The only two people that would know that are Stephanie and Lennie, and Stephanie is no longer here," Henderson said.
Warner, 43 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at the Ashland Independence Day parade in 2013. She wore black pants and a pink tank top at the event. Days later, police visited Warner's home for a welfare check after receiving concerned calls from family in Louisiana.
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STEPHANIE WARNER has been missing from Ruch, OR since JULY 4TH, 2013. A person of interest in her case moved to the other side of the country.....
Warner, 43 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at the Ashland Independence Day parade in 2013. She wore black pants and a pink tank top at the event. Days later, police visited Warner's home for a welfare check after receiving...
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