Stephanie Ann Drnovsek, 27, was last seen September 5, 1984, leaving her Lakewood, Colorado, home in the 10600 block of West Virginia Avenue. She was driving her live-in boyfriend’s vehicle and never made contact with family, which was out of character for someone who kept regular contact with loved ones. She sometimes used the last names Heckel or Henckel.

Stephanie is described as a white female, blonde hair, hazel eyes, about 5 feet 4 inches and 120 pounds, with a butterfly tattoo on her abdomen, another tattoo on her left hip, a hysterectomy scar on her abdomen, and a prior fractured right femur. On September 22, 1984, the boyfriend’s vehicle was found abandoned and stripped at Colorado Boulevard and Mexico Avenue in Denver. The boyfriend did not report Stephanie missing to Lakewood police until September 24, nineteen days after she was last seen and two days after the car was recovered.

The condition of the vehicle and Stephanie’s unexplained silence prompted investigators to consider foul play. Anyone who knew Stephanie, her movements that week, or who has information about the vehicle’s location on or around September 22 is asked to come forward.