MUS-2026-0042
Archive card
MUS-2026-0042
Missing person
- Incident
- 1997
- Indexed
- Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Fremont County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Lander WY
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Amy Wroe Bechtel, 24, an Olympic-hopeful runner, vanished on a training run in Shoshone National Forest near Lander, Wyoming, in 1997. Her car was found abandoned. Her body was never recovered, and she was declared dead in 2004. A convicted killer was named as a suspect but never charged. The case has a Wikipedia page, Unsolved Mysteries and Disappeared segments, and multiple podcast episodes.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1997
Amy Wroe Bechtel, 24, vanishes on a training run in Shoshone National Forest. Her car is found abandoned.
- 2004
With her body never recovered, she is declared dead.
- 2026
A convicted killer was named as a suspect but never charged. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
24, an Olympic-hopeful runner. Vanished on a training run in Shoshone National Forest in 1997; declared dead in 2004.
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Investigating agency
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