National Center for Missing Adults

Kristen Modafferi
Kristen Modafferi, whose disappearance led to the creation of the National Center for Missing Adults, in 1997.
Born June 1, 1979
Danbury, Connecticut[1]
Disappeared June 23, 1997
Crocker Galleria Mall
California San Francisco, California
Status Missing for 21 years, 3 months and 19 days
Nationality United States American
Known for Missing person, believed murdered
Home town Charlotte, NC
Parent(s) Bob and Debbie Modafferi

The National Center for Missing Adults is a United States organization which assists in tracking missing adults.

The organization was created in response to the disappearance of Kristen Modafferi of Charlotte, North Carolina, who vanished without a trace on June 23, 1997, three weeks after her eighteenth birthday. Having just completed her freshman year at North Carolina State University on a Park Scholarship,[2] she had traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area for the summer to study photography at the University of California, Berkeley and had been working at a coffee shop in the Financial District.[3][4] Because she was 18 at the time of her disappearance, the lack of resources available for searching for her were noted.[5]

Kristen's Act was introduced by Representative Sue Myrick in 1999 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000. From 2001-2004, Kristen's Law "provided assistance to law enforcement and families in missing persons cases of those over the age of 17" and authorized $1M per year to support organizations including the National Center for Missing Adults.[6]

The center's federal funding ran out in 2005 when Kristen's Law expired. It has continued with volunteer efforts.[7] Modafferi's case has been profiled on Unsolved Mysteries,[8] Primetime Live[9] and America's Most Wanted.[10] It remains unsolved.

References

  1. ↑ "FBI - Kidnapping and Missing Persons". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Park Scholarships :: NC State University". ncsu.edu.
  3. ↑ Moore, Lisa (March 7, 2012). "Foundation Keeps Memory of Kristen Modafferi Alive". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Moffitt, Mike (June 19, 2018). "What happened to Kristen Modafferi? One man's 20-year search for answers in San Francisco cold case". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "National Center for Missing Adults (NCMA)". Archived from the original on 2004-12-10.
  6. ↑ Myrick, Sue. "STATEMENT to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security from Rep. Sue Myrick in support of HR 423, Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2007" (PDF). United States House of Representatives: Judiciary Committee. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Fenske, Sarah (15 January 2009). The National Center for Missing Adults’ Funding Was Slashed by the Feds, but Volunteers Are Keeping It Alive, Phoenix New Times
  8. ↑ "Unsolved Mysteries On Spike TV". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Kristen Modafferi on Primetime Live".
  10. ↑ "Kristen Modafferi: Americas Most Wanted Episode".

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