Kortne Stouffer Missing: Pa. woman's disappearance could be kidnapping, according to warrant

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

Kortne Stouffer, 21, of Palmyra, Pa.

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(CBS/WHP) PALMYRA, Pa. - A new report indicates that police may be investigating last month's disappearance of 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer as a possible kidnapping.

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According to CBS affiliate WHP, a two-week-old search warrant police used to search Stouffer's apartment lists kidnapping as a possible crime. The rest of the document is sealed.

For now, the DA reportedly says authorities are still investigating the case as a suspicious disappearance, and not necessarily a kidnapping.

Stouffer went missing July 29, when neighbors last saw her returning from a night out in Harrisburg. Police say they think her disappearance is suspicious since her Palmyra apartment was left locked with personal belongings inside, including her purse and cell phone. Her dog was at the apartment and, a family member told WHP, her keys were in her car.

According to WHP, Stouffer's parents, Wendy and Scott, said their daughter has a boyfriend who wasn't there the night she disappeared, and who has an alibi. But the parents say there was another man who stayed the night.

Kortne's parents say the man left her apartment around 7:30 a.m., and that police have video of him texting their daughter from a store near her apartment, saying he left and didn't see her and asking her what happened. The Stouffers tell WHP he has been cooperative with police.

Stouffer's parents also told the station that Kortne had argued with a neighbor early in the morning she disappeared and that police were called.

The missing woman's parents have now reportedly raised more than $25,000 for a reward.

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by kjagorist August 15, 2012 1:01 PM EDT: Sounds akin to the Lauren Spierer story.; Reply to this comment


by ladyroller95 August 15, 2012 2:16 AM EDT: I agree with merrymrs.. I think that young man she was with knows more than he is saying. I don't believe it was premeditated, but rather, they were out partying, she was under the influence of something and the mix wasn't good. She probably passed out and the 2nd 911 call was a call for help. The guy panicked he was going to get in trouble (comatosed/dead body, illegal drugs, etc.) and decided not to answer the door. He did something with her, then went to the store where he could be seen texting her. If someone was missing when you woke up, the normal thought would be to text them as soon as you used the bathroom or before you started the car to pull off from the house, etc. You wouldn't wait that long to go to a store and text. That doesn't make sense to me. Smells like a Natalee Holloway crime. IF it wasn't the guy who spent the night, was there possibly someone else there in the house with them? Someone else who panicked and did something with her? This is so very sad. Someone needs to tell the truth. Praying for Kortne's safe return!; Reply to this comment

by rwsmith29456 August 15, 2012 12:02 AM EDT

Young, attractive woman..... uh oh.

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by Well_You_Aint_Me August 15, 2012 8:29 AM EDT: you left out "white" ... after all isn't that what makes this story even more important than other missing persons reports?


by merrymrs August 14, 2012 8:00 PM EDT: I think the mystery as to what happened to this young lady can be found if the young man she was with until 4:00 in the morning is interigated by some hard core detectives/cops.Break him down. He needs to come clean with what he knows and he knows something.; Reply to this comment