MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Oct. 19, 2010. It’s a day Diane Streckenbach will never forget.
“I just wish someone would come forward and let us know so we can put some closure to this,” said Diane Streckenbach. “Tuesday morning, I got the phone call from her boss stating they could not get a hold of her. They text her, emailed her… phone and that’s not Debra. She came to work every day no matter how she felt.”
Streckenbach’s daughter died eight years ago. A fire burned Debra Streckenbach’s home in Stephenson to the ground. Fire officials found some of her remains inside the home.
“They did not find all of her remains so we know it was a homicide,” Diane Streckenbach said.
FOX 11 contacted the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office about the case. In an email, Lt. Barry Degnitz said:
The Marinette County Sheriff’s Office does not really have any comment regarding the fire/death investigation of Debra Streckenbach. We have been working with the Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation on the case from the start of the investigation. The case is still open and active.
“I’ve got my feelings as to who it was. There’s three people that I feel that are involved in this,” Diane Streckenbach said.
While the sadness still lingers, Diane Streckenbach knows, feelings aren’t as strong as evidence or a confession.
“We need to have somebody come forward with any kind of information that they have,”Diane Streckenbach said.
She is determined, refuses to give up and most of all misses her daughter who she considered her best friend.
“She always had that smile on her face,” Diane Streckenbach said.
Debra Streckenbach left behind two children. They’re now 16 and 20-years-old.
If you have information about the case, you’re asked to call the sheriff’s office at 715-732-7600.
