Strite's mother, Charlyn McClain, told Dateline that her daughter had been staying with a friend in De Soto prior to her disappearance. Strite has four children ranging in age from three to 17. Her three youngest children live with their father. McClain said Strite told her she was going to see her children the last time they spoke.

April 12, 2024, was the last time Charlyn McClain spoke to her daughter, 33-year-old Emily Strite.

The remains of Emily Strite, a 33-year-old mother of four who mysteriously disappeared in mid-April, have been found in the same St. Louis, Missouri, suburb where she went missing.