The Halloween Murder of Ernestine Andregg

Halloween is usually a night where fear meets fun—a holiday for finding joy in the things that scare us. But Halloween night in 1995, the horrors became all too real in Rogers when 50-year-old Ernestine Andregg was stabbed to death in her own home. Thirty years later, police have yet to make an arrest. And while several suspects were developed in the aftermath of the killing, each was eventually dismissed. Who killed Ernestine Andregg? Why has the case never been solved? And is this a mystery lost to time—or does someone out there hold the missing piece of information that could finally bring her killer to justice? In this episode of Crime in the Ozarks, a Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette podcast, we look at who Ernestine was, what happened that Halloween night, and the lingering questions that still haunt investigators and her family three decades later. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode contains discussions of murder. Please consider this when and how you listen. If you have any information about this case, contact the Rogers Police Department at (479) 621-1172. Read reporter Tracy Neal’s full article about the case this Sunday, November 2, in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — available in print, on the app, and at nwaonline.com.