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issing From: San Francisco, California
Missing: June 23, 1997
Age at Disappearance: 18
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 140
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos:
Caucasian female. Kristen has facial dimples.
Details of Disappearance: Kristen was an industrial design major at North Carolina State University in 1997. She arrived in San Francisco, California on June 1, 1997 to attend a summer photography course at the University of California at Berkeley. She was employed part-time at the former Spinelli’s coffee shop (now called Tully’s Coffee) at the Crocker Galleria in San Francisco’s financial district during the work week. She worked at Cafe Musee in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art during the weekends. She lived with a roommate on Jayne Avenue in Oakland, California at the time, and was also taking a dance class. Kristy asked a co-worker at Spinelli’s for directions to Baker Beach, which is located next to Land’s End Beach, on June 23, 1997. Her shift ended at 3:00 p.m. that day, but she was seen approximately 45 minutes later on the Crocker Galleria’s second floor with an unidentified blonde woman.The unidentified blonde woman with Kristen has never been located. Witnesses said that she was holding a green Jansport backpack, like Kristen’s, at the time they were in the Crocker Galleria. Kristen’s family believes that it may be possible the female and Kristen had plans to meet at the Galleria and may have departed together. The manager of Spinelli’s, however, told authorities that Kristen left the building by herself on June 23. Regardless, she has never been seen again.
Investigative Agency: Oakland Police Department 510-238-3641
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