Samantha Jo Stewart, 26, of Weirton, West Virginia, was last seen alive on July 30, 2016. Her body was found on August 4, 2016, in a rural area of Columbiana County, Ohio; a farmer investigating a smell on Alderlick Road in Salineville reported the discovery. Her death was ruled a homicide from blunt force trauma to the head. Investigators believe she traveled to Steubenville, Ohio, to buy drugs the day she disappeared and that she may have been killed elsewhere before her body was dumped about twenty miles north of Steubenville.

The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office has interviewed witnesses and traced Stewart’s last known movements but has not announced any arrests or identified suspects. The case remains unsolved and investigators are asking the public for information.

If anyone knew Samantha, saw her around July 30, 2016, or has information about her movements in Steubenville or along Alderlick Road, please come forward.