MO MO - Kimberly Carter, 19, Kansas City, 5 July 1984

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An east coast millionaire is offering a lot of cash to help find a metro woman who has been missing since July 5, 1984.

Kimberly Carter's mother is still looking for her daughter after 22 years. Now she is thankful someone else is, too. "It's like she really did vanish without a trace," said Vera Owsley

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/kshb/nw_local_news/article/0,1925,KSHB_9424_5109679,00.html

Any connection?
Carter would now be 42
http://mas.scripps.com/KSHB/2006/11/01/kim_carter_e.jpg
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/kshb/nw_local_news/article/0,1925,KSHB_9424_5109679,00.html
". . .Kimberly Carter, 43, was wanted for questioning in the death of Harry Phillips, 42, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. . . "
http://wcbstv.com/kcbs/topstories/local_story_067105411.html

Interesting.......trying to post them side by side....not having any luck.

To me they don't look like the same person. But, in 22 years people can change a lot. It looks like in the old photograph KC has dimple on her left side (right side in the pic) right next to the lip. I don't think I see it in the picture on the right.

Their noses don't look the same, but that could be the angle of the picture.

Kimberly LaWanda Carter
Photos of Kimberly:

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: July 5, 1984 from Kansas City, Missouri
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: April 21, 1965
Age: 19 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 115 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A black pantsuit and a white cap.




Details of Disappearance

Carter was last seen in the vicinity of the 4500 block of Kensington in Kansas City, Missouri at 6:00 p.m. on July 5, 1984. She left her three children in the care of a girlfriend and went to work. Afterwards she called a friend, indicated she was in some kind of trouble, and asked for a ride home. Carter only had time to say the phrase "20 in Kansas" before the line went dead. She never arrived home.
One of Carter's friends claims he heard from her on July 7, when she called him between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. She told him she was on Interstate 35 in Kansas and asked for a ride home. Her friend told her he could not pick her up, and she said, "One of the men said he would take me home." Carter may been seen riding a green Chevrolet Nova during this time period. She has not been heard from since. Carter dropped out of high school before graduation, and had her first child at age 15. At the time of her disappearance, she was allegedly leading a risky lifestyle and had some unsavory acquaintances. Carter's family believes she met with foul play, as it is uncharacteristic of her to abandon her children. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Kansas City Police Department
816-234-5136
OR
816-234-5000

http://charleyproject.org/cases/c/carter_kimberly.html

Today, July 5, 2007, marks the twenty-third anniversary of Kimberly's disappearance. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers. If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Kimberly Carter, please call the Kansas City Police Department at
816-234-5136 OR 816-234-5000, or your local police department (you can remain annonymous)

Bumping for Kimberly. It's unfortunate that the reward that was offered back in 2006 didn't lead to a conclusion and she's still missing. I can't find any other updates since then but I hope her case gets solved and her family can receive some answers.

The articles posted on this thread no longer work but you can read them on the Project Jason thread for Kimberly:

Kimberly Carter- Project Jason Thread

In one of the articles about the reward, Kim's mom (Vera Owsley) is interviewed and she talks about the difficulty she had getting media attention for this case. Over the years, she heard less and less from the investigators since no new tips were being reported. Owsley raised Kimberly's three children. She has kept the same number and address, just in case.


When Missing Women of Color Become Endangered: The Disappearance of Kimberly Carter

Doe Network

NamUs

KCPD Case File

Could it be her?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1608

Moonwalker9 said:

Could it be her?

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/1608

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I don't think it looks like her but, it is hard to tell without a full face photo. I also think the hyperpigmentation would be a very good descriptor from the original report, no?

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Kimberly LaWanda Carter – The Charley Project

Kimberly LaWanda Carter

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Carter, circa 1984

• Missing Since07/05/1984
• Missing FromKansas City, Missouri
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth04/21/1965 (54)
• Age19 years old
• Height and Weight5'3, 115 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA black pantsuit and a white cap.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Carter's ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance
Carter was last seen in Kansas City, Missouri at 6:00 p.m. on July 5, 1984. She asked a friend to babysit her three children, one of whom was only two months old, and dropped the children off at the friend's home in the vicinity of the 4500 block of Kensington before she went to work.

Later, Carter she called a friend, indicated she was in some kind of trouble, and asked for a ride home. She only had time to say the phrase "20 in Kansas" before the line went dead. She never arrived home.

One of Carter's friends claims he heard from her on July 7, when she called him between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. She told him she was on Interstate 35 in Kansas and asked for a ride home. Her friend told her he could not pick her up, and she said, "One of the men said he would take me home."

Carter may been seen riding a green Chevrolet Nova during this time period. She has not been heard from since.

Carter dropped out of high school, and had her first child at age 15. At the time of her disappearance, she was allegedly leading a high-risk lifestyle and had some unsavory acquaintances. Her family believes she met with foul play, as it is uncharacteristic of her to abandon her children. Her case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency

• Kansas City Police Department
• 816-234-5136
• 816-234-5000

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The DoeNetwork page states "She may have used the names "Laranda," "Lorandra," or "L.A" paired with the surname "Anderson" and/or one pronounced similarly to "Sharpcheck."

Pretty close to "Lawanda"

Bumping for Kimberly...