On this episode of MWMH, Payton and Garrett discuss the bizarre disappearance and murder of 67-year-old, Dexter Stefonek, while driving across the country.
Case Sources:
The Montana Standard, “Body identified as Wisconsin man,” March 20, 1986
The Montana Standard, “No clues in missing man case,” November 22, 1985
Ravalli Republic, “Missing man,” November 21, 1985
Kalispell Daily, “Missing Wisconsin man’s vehicle burns,” November 21, 1985
Green Bay Press-Gazette, “Missing Onedia County man on way home when car found,” by Press-Gazette
The Billings Gazette, “Denver hypnotist to probe for details in death case,” by Gazette
Glendive Bureau, April 22, 1986
The Billings Gazette, “Corpse may be missing driver,” by Evelyne Donkersloot, March 10, 1986
billingsgazette.com, “Dexter Stefonek,” by Gazette Staff, March 31, 2017
Wausau Daily Herald, “TV show features Rhinelander murder,” April 8, 1989
montanarightnow.com, “Montana Murder Mysteries: Bad Route Rest Stop Killing,” article and video, by ABC FOX Montana News Staff, September 23, 2019, updated January 8, 2021
montanarightnow.com, “stefonek photo,” September 25, 2019
unsolved.com, Dexter Stefonek
distinctlymontana.com, “Unsolved Montana Murders,” by Joseph Shelton, October 3, 2022
missoulian.com, “1985 Montana rest stop murder still puzzles law enforcement,” by Tom
Lutey, August 27, 2018
theslowlane.com, “Sign to Bad Route in eastern Montana Along I-94”
ancestry.com, Vivian Stefonek
The Billings Gazette, “Sheriff checks leads in Glendive slaying, “ by Jill Sundby, April 25,
1989
medium.com, published in True Crime Addiction, “Bad Route Rest Stop Murder,” by Lisa Marie Fuqua, January 22, 2021
simmondskimberly.wordpress.com, “Bad Route Road”
findagrave.com, “Dexter William Stefonek”
google maps
projectcoldcase.org, “Cold Case Homicide Statistics”
Glendive Ranger Review.com, web.archive.org, “Thirty-year-old Bad Route Rest Are Murder
Case Remains Unsolved,” by Jason Stuart, November 30, 2015
Assisted research and writing by Diane Birnholz
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