Kelly Dunn Missing Person Case

Oct 15, 2009

Aug 01, 2024

Kelly

Dunn

57

29

70 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the early summer of 1998, a 29-year-old woman named Kelly Sue Dunn vanished from Anchorage, Alaska. Her family last heard from her sometime that year, with the date of last contact officially noted as June 1, 1998. At the time she went missing, Kelly was a striking woman, standing five feet ten inches tall and weighing around 160 pounds. She had blue eyes, and her hair, naturally blond or brownish, was often dyed. Distinctive tattoos marked her body: a rose on her left ankle and a dagger on her left shoulder. She also had a surgical scar on her stomach. In Anchorage, she was known to use aliases, including Nicole Marie Erickson and Catrina Jordon. Kelly's life leading up to her disappearance was fraught with hardship. Raised in Oregon by adoptive parents, she fell into a difficult life involving drugs and sex work during her mid-teens. For years, she worked in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, before relocating to New York City in the 1980s with her pimp. A pregnancy prompted her to return to Oregon, where she made the difficult decision to leave her first daughter in the care of her parents. Seeking a new beginning, Kelly moved to Anchorage, Alaska, and enrolled in cosmetology school, hoping to build a different future for herself. However, she soon fell back into the familiar cycle of drug addiction and sex work. During her time in Alaska, she had a second daughter, but struggled to stay sober and ultimately lost custody of the child. Despite the immense challenges she faced, including addictions to heroin and crack cocaine, Kelly maintained a connection with her family back in Oregon. She was in regular contact with them and, at the time she disappeared, was actively trying to regain custody of her younger daughter. Her disappearance left her family with unanswered questions and a profound sense of loss. The specific circumstances of what happened to Kelly Dunn remain unclear. Her case is classified as an endangered missing person, and it remains an unsolved investigation with the Anchorage Police Department. The lack of clear details surrounding the moment she went missing has made the search for answers a long and difficult one for her loved ones.

Jun 01, 1998

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

No

3339

Anchorage Police Department

Anchorage

Alaska

Anchorage Borough

99501

716 West 4th Avenue, Alaska

9077868900

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.muni.org/Departments/police/Pages/default.aspx

00-29140

Anchorage Police Department

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

07/17/2026