It’s crazy to think that with everything we have see uncovered in this case and things that look pretty solid in terms of leads, this case is still unsolved a quarter century later. This case was having tips and leads coming in left and right when it was appearing on tv shows and the news, if it gets back in the spotlight hopefully someone finally comes forwardThere have been promising leads that lead nowhere useful apparently. it is SO HARD to believe that the 26th year anniversary of her disappearance is comiung up on June 23.
Will this case ever be solved?????
Thank you for the romantic story and the link too!An article about Kristen Modafferi's disappearance and the search for her was posted today on the SFGATE website.
This one always stuck with me because my girlfriend at the time (today my wife) flew out to SF to visit me exactly one week before Kristen went missing, on the 16th, and I drove up from Los Angeles. I had a relative with an apartment right off Golden Gate Park, giving us a place to stay. We actually spent a fair amount of time that week going up and down Geary - we'd park in the Sutro parking lot and hold hands and talk, and look down at the surf, and then we'd go back up Geary to my favourite Hakka cuisine restaurant, Ton Kiang (now gone - the Spruce St branch if anyone remembers it!) I have no reason to think we ever crossed paths with Kristen, and by Friday afternoon we were up in Marin County... but it was all so close on the heels of Kristen's disappearance that I've never forgotten her case.
The article says about the now-retired detective that "he hopes the case will soon be solved", and I sure hope that's true, but I can't say that I read anything therein that suggests a new lead...
I've recently seen a few posts from San Franciscans who vouch for the treachery of Land's End, one of whom even lost a friend there. I'm still inclined to believe that Kristen suffered an accidental fall, and her body was never recovered. I certainly don't rule out the possibility of foul play as an alternative, but all the stuff with Jon Onuma muddied the waters.
Thank you, from link..
One correction to the post: Kristen did NOT actually clock out from work. She left her work station, but did not physically stamp her time card: was she distracted about something, or did she simply forget???Thank you, from link..
''Added: 01-21-2006; Last Updated: 03/16/2024 - By: mc''
Name: Kristen Deborah Modafferi
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 23, 1997
Location Last Seen: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Physical Description
Date of Birth: June 1, 1979
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair Color: Brown hair, below the shoulders in length
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Dark eyebrows; distinct facial dimples
Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Unknown
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Black t-shirt with Spinelli's Coffee Shop on it; tan slacks; dark blue plaid flannel shirt
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Dark green Jansport backpack with 2 library books in it
Circumstances of Disappearance
Kristen Modafferi was last seen at the Crocker Galleria Mall in the downtown financial district of San Francisco, California on June 23, 1997. She had just finished her shift at Spinelli's Coffee Shop.
Kristen had clocked out at 15.00, but was seen 45 minutes later on the second floor of the Galleria walking with a blonde woman carrying a backpack. That was the last time Kristen Modafferi was seen.
Earlier, Kristen had asked a coworker for directions to Baker Beach, which is next to Land's End Beach. With the help of a bloodhound, police went to Land's End Beach where Kristen's scent was picked up and lost at the water's edge. They also traced her scent in the Crocker Galleria and lost it at the bus stop.
Kristen was a design student at North Carolina State University at the time of her disappearance. She had arrived in San Francisco where she planned to spend the summer. Within three days of arriving in San Francisco, Kristen took a job at Spinelli's Coffee Shop (now known as Tulley's). Within three weeks, she went missing.
She disappeared the day before she was to attend a photography course at the University of California at Berkeley.''
I'm still in the camp that Kristen went to explore Land's End and had a fatal accident, but I was wondering what people thought about the mystery blonde woman? Why did she never come forward?
It's said that she looked quite pally with Kristen, so it's unusual that she was never identified. Unless of course the witnesses were mistaken, and it wasn't Kristen they saw with her.
A new Crime Junkie podcast episode came out yesterday on Kristen too. MISSING: Kristen Modafferi | Crime Junkie PodcastKristen Modafferi, then 18, was last seen on June 23, 1997, at the coffee shop where she worked in San Francisco, CA. She had completed her first year of college in North Carolina & had recently moved to the area for summer school. Help the #FBI find her: https://fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kristen-modafferi
THANK YOU for posting this. More than most cases, Kristen's case drives me NUTS!!!!A new Crime Junkie podcast episode came out yesterday on Kristen too. MISSING: Kristen Modafferi | Crime Junkie Podcast