A YOUNG mum who disappeared while on a five-minute walk to meet friends for a night out is still missing 35 years on - but cops are no closer to finding out what happened. Stephanie Rose Whittaker, from Newport, Monmouthshire, in South Wales , had given birth to her third child just months before "vanishing off the face of the earth " in March 1990. 5 Stephanie Whittaker, 34, vanished while on her way to meet friends on a Friday night Credit: Facebook 5 The mum of three disappeared in March 1990 Credit: Facebook 5 She set out from her home on Llanthewy Road in Newport, South Wales Credit: Facebook 5 Police have confirmed she remains missing Credit: Facebook 5 Her body has never been found and there are few clues as to what happened to the 34-year-old in one of Britain's most baffling missing person cases.
It had cops so stumped the lead detective told a local newspaper months into the search: "Basically, we don't have a bloody clue." Since a brief segment on a 1994 episode of BBC's Crimewatch, in which it was reiterated police considered her disappearance was "highly suspicious", Stephanie has had little public mention, with no fresh appeals ever launched. In April, Gwent Police confirmed as part of a Freedom of Information request, she is, however, "still regarded as a missing person".
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