Tomorrow marks two years since Kara Kopetsky, age 17, became a missing person. She was last seen on May 4, 2007 at her high school in Belton, Missouri. Neither her cell phone or her bank account have been touched since that day.
I first heard of the Kara Kopetsky case when Kelsey Smith of nearby Overland Park, Kansas was abducted from a Target store and found murdered. The massive search effort for Kelsey Smith was hoped to also help locate Kara Kopetsky, but it didn't. Two years later, Kopetsky is still missing without a trace. Police in Belton and Overland Park compared notes but could find no connection between Kopetsky's disappearance and Kelsey Smith's abduction and murder.
As no body has been found, this gives her family a ray of hope that she may still be alive but in hiding somewhere. Recently, it was revealed at CNN that Kopetsky had an argument with a teacher that morning. This may also give some hope that this argument led to Kopetsky's disappearance.
Above, this image from Kara's high school security camera was taken the day she disappeared.According to CNN:
According to police in Belton, the case is being actively investigated. But with no certain evidence of foul play, police continue to characterize Kara's disappearance as an endangered and missing adult case.
The state of Missouri considers Kara Kopetsky to be an adult because she was 17 when she disappeared.
Belton Police Capt. Don Spears said police are looking at several persons of interest, but haven't narrowed their investigation to focus on a single suspect.
Kara was was featured on Nancy Grace’s Cold Case on April 28 in hopes that someone who knows something will come forward.
A website has been set up to help locate Kara Kopetsky:
findkarakopetsky.com
1 comment:
Nice article. It looks like you've got viruses at your site. AVG was going crazy while reading up on Kara and Kelsey.
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