The Strange Disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel
The 24-year-old went out for a run and was never seen again.
Amy Bechtel had a list of things she wanted to get done when she left her Lander, Wyoming home around 9:30 am on Thursday, July 24, 1997. The 24-year-old spent several hours checking items off her to-do list, and at 2:30 pm she went to a local photography shop to ask about getting some pictures framed. When Amy left the shop, she planned to go for a run so she could map out the route for an upcoming race she was organizing in the Shoshone National Forest. She never made it back home and she was never seen again.
Amy’s husband, Steve Bechtel, had gone rock climbing with a friend that day and was somewhat surprised when he got home late that afternoon and Amy wasn’t there. At first, he thought she might have gotten a late start on her run, so he waited for a couple of hours to see if she returned. When there was no sign of her by the time it started to get dark, Steve started calling some of their friends, but none of them had seen Amy that day and didn’t know where she might be.
By 10:30 pm, Steve was growing increasingly concerned that something had happened to Amy. It was unlike her to be out of contact for an extended period of time, so he decided to call the police and report her missing. While he waited for…