Missing
Stephanie Collette Wallace
Wallace, approximately 2005
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/09/2005
Missing location (approx) :
Richmond, Virginia
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
Age at the time of disappearance: 45 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5 - 5'7, 130 - 155 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A sterling silver dolphin necklace.
Medical conditions : Wallace has a history of cocaine abuse.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Wallace's nickname is Cherry. She is missing her three top front teeth and she has a large cyst on her left wrist.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Wallace was last seen during the evening hours of January 9, 2005 in the 3100 block of 5th Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. She attended a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Hampton, Virginia between January 7 and January 9, then returned to Richmond.
She left a voice mail messAge at the time of disappearance: for a relative saying she had arrived home. She has never been heard from again. Family members reported her missing on February 18.
At the time of her disappearance, Wallace lived with her boyfriend and another couple in the 3100 block of Utah Place and frequented the Highland Park area of Richmond. She has previously worked as a housekeeper, construction laborer and landscaper, and has also been involved in prostitution. Her mother stated it was uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning.
Wallace's mother says her daughter hoped to enter drug rehabilitation at the time she went missing. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Richmond Police Department
804-646-6842
804-646-5034
September 2021 updates and sources
Richmond Police Department
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Virginia State Police
October 12, 2004. December 4, 2017; picture added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: updated.
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