Stephanie Sempell

S11E23 - Stephanie Sempell

Published: July 23, 2026

Duration: 29:29

"I always thought she would walk through the door."

In late December 1976, a camper was spending time down in the Florida Keys. He was camping in an area known as the rock pit alongside US Route 1 on Grassy Key, a limestone quarry site used by campers and party-goers alike. While there, though, he was approached by a man he later described as a "hippie-type," who offered to show him a decomposing human body for a quarter. The camper declined and called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

On December 30th, Detective Richard Roth was dispatched to investigate...