Name: Stephen Victor Lapthorne
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 25, 1978
Location Last Seen: Pymble, New South Wales, Australia.
Date of Birth: September 20, 1956
Age: 21 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 175 - 180 cm.
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue eyes and a mustache
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Medium build.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: He was wearing cream trousers, a white check shirt and brown lace-up shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Lapthorne was last seen with Michelle Pope at 22:30 on August 25, 1978, leaving his home at West Pymble to drive her home to Berowra. They never arrived and have not been seen or heard from since.
Adding to the mystery is Stephen's green Bedford van, NSW registration SL-710 , which has never been located. Detectives who originally investigated the case suspected the couple had been murdered and that their bodies were buried in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
All leads received since their disappearance have been followed up, but to no avail.
Agency Name: Hornsby Police Station
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 9476 9799
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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