AUPE hopes for break in two-year-old Stephanie Stewart case
EDMONTON – Two years have passed since Stephanie Stewart disappeared from the Athabasca Lookout Tower she worked at near Hinton, but AUPE President Doug Knight still hopes that the right tip will solve the case and bring closure for her family.
“The hurt felt by Stephanie’s family, friends and colleagues continues as long as the circumstances of her disappearance remain unknown,” said Knight.
He confirmed that the $20,000 reward offered by AUPE and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Stewart’s disappearance, still stands.
“We hope that the right person will come forward with the right information and finally bring some closure for those who were closest to Stephanie,” he said.
Craig Albers, acting media relations officer for RCMP “K” Division said the case, which is being treated as a homicide investigation, remains open.
“[RCMP] continue to get tips and follow up on them, however nothing has led to an arrest,” said Albers, adding that the family speaks with the investigator assigned to the case “routinely.”
The RCMP put up new posters in the Jasper and Hinton town sites and area campgrounds last spring soliciting new information about Stewart’s disappearance.
“Sometime, someplace, someone will say something,” Albers said.
Stewart went missing on Aug. 26, 2006. Anyone with information regarding her disappearance is urged to contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or the Hinton RCMP at (780) 865-5544.