MISSING: Kristen Modafferi
A vibrant young woman from North Carolina decides to spend the summer between her freshman and sophomore years clear across the country, in the Bay Area. But alarm bells start going off when she leaves her job at a coffee shop… and is never seen again.
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A screenshot of one of the notes written by Jill Lampo’s unknown uncle. His wife then sent these copies to Dennis Mahon.
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Episode Source Material
- Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina (Season 7, Episode 9) via YouTube.
- The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC): North Carolina girl missing, family and friends terrified, by Associated Press via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Family joins Calif. Effort to find teen, by David Perlmutt and Diane Suchetka via Newspapers.com.
- The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC): Ribbons to signal concern for missing NCSU student, by Laurie Wells via Newspapers.com.
- Readers Digest: Without a Trace, by Matt Birkbeck via Internet Archive.
- The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA): Teen vanishes- foul play feared, by Jim Herron Zamora via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Missing girl’s parents come home, but still hope, by Erin Lee Martin via Newspapers.com.
- SF Gate (San Francisco, CA): ‘Turn over one more rock’: The San Francisco disappearance of Kristen Modafferi, by Andrew Chamings and Katie Dowd.
- The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC): NCSU student’s disappearance baffles family, by Kyle York Spencer via Newspapers.com.
- The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA): Her face on poster is parents’ latest hope, by Marsha Ginsburg via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Parents plea for help in ’97 disappearance, by Meghan Cooke via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Police want to question man in disappearance, by Diane Suchetka via Newspapers.com.
- SF Gate (San Francisco, CA): What happened to Kristen Modafferi? One man’s 20-year search for answers in San Francisco cold case, by Mike Moffitt.
- ABC News: Shadow of Laci: Kristen Modaferri, by ABC News.
- The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA): Family tries again to find missing student, by Eric Brazil via Newspapers.com.
- FindKristen.com: 25 Year Case Summary, by Dennis Mahon.
- The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA): Cops find man sought in woman’s disappearance, by Associated Press via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Police have possible suspect in Kristen Modafferi case, by Diane Suchetka via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer: Missing student’s family consult a psychic, by Phuong Ly via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Disappearance drives him, by Diane Suchetka via Newspapers.com.
- Agromeck: North Carolina State University The Year in Brick, 1998. – pp. 48 & 49 of yearbook, pp. 54 & 55 of PDF version
- The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): As may yield clues in NCSU student’s disappearance in ’97, From staff and wire reports via Newspapers.com.
- The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC): Police deny rumor in California case, by Dawn Wotapka via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer: Reward is raised in disappearance, by Tony Mecia via newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Missing woman’s family doubles reward, tries again to find leads, by Leigh Dyer via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Kristen’s Act, named for Charlotte woman, now law via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Missing adults lost in shuffle, by Shirley Hunter Moore via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Bill would use federal money to find adults, by Diane Suchetka via Newspapers.com.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): 9-year search for daughter continues, by Melissa Manware via Newspapers.com.
- FindKristen Podcast, by Dennis Mahon. (All Episodes) via Spotify.
- FindKristen.com: Jill Lampo, by Dennis Mahon.
- ABC 7 News (San Francisco, CA): The Kristen Modafferi Mystery: 20 years later, private investigators shed light on cold case, by Katie Utehs.
- ABC 11 (Durham, NC): Durst arrest raises questions in case of missing NCSU student, by ABC 11.
- True Crime Bullsh** Podcast: The NAMUS-44: Kristin Modafferi, by Josh Hallmark accessed via Spotify.
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC): Possible break in Kristen Modafferi case after 18 years, by Karen Garloch and Adam Bell.
- WBTV (Charlotte, NC): Human remains being sampled in Kristen Modafferi missing persons case, by WBTV Web Staff and Dedrick Russel.
- SF Gate (San Francisco, CA): Potential lead in Kristen Modafferi cold case goes uninvestigated, by Mike Moffitt via Internet Archive.
- FindKristen.com: The 25-year summary, by Dennis Mahon.
- FindKristen.com: The Roommates, by Dennis Mahon.
- FindKristen.com: The Neighbors, by Dennis Mahon.
- ABC 7 News: The Kristen Modafferi Mystery: Persons of interest in 20-year-old case speak out, by Katie Utehs.
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