Kimberly Ann Moreau was 17 years old when she disappeared from Jay, Maine, in May 1986. Public sources differ on the exact date and timing: the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children lists her missing date as May 11, 1986, while Maine State Police state that she was last seen at about midnight on May 9, 1986, and several news accounts describe the disappearance as occurring on May 10, 1986.
What is consistent across the official and media accounts is that Kimberly was a teenage girl from Jay who left home and never returned, and that investigators have long suspected foul play. She was described as blond or strawberry-blond, blue-eyed, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and about 135 pounds, with a surgical scar on her back and multiple ear piercings. The clothing and personal items associated with her disappearance have become important markers in the case: a white blouse, blue jeans, white high-top sneakers, and a men’s class ring engraved “Mike 87” and “Mike Staples.”
Kimberly was a junior at Jay High School, remembered as outgoing, social, and full of plans for the life ahead of her. She enjoyed writing poetry and suntanning, took part in gymnastics and cheerleading, and hoped to become a model; one account notes that she had become a contestant in the Miss Maine beauty pageant. Reports about the night she vanished describe her as having been with others in a white sports car, including a late-model white Pontiac Trans Am, after meeting or spending time with people earlier that day. NCMEC states that she was last seen leaving home with an unknown individual driving a late-model white Trans Am, while later news accounts say she had been riding around with a friend and two men and was eventually dropped off near the bottom of Jewell Street in Jay, about half a mile from her home. After that, Kimberly was never seen again.
The uncertainty around the final moments of Kimberly’s known movements has haunted her family and the community for decades. Maine State Police say extensive searches have been conducted throughout the region, and foul play is suspected. Over the years, investigators and family members have followed leads and searched properties, including a 2015 search of a five-acre property connected to a person of interest, but that search reportedly found nothing. The Charley Project notes that police have said they identified two prime suspects but did not publicly name them, and that one person of interest was never charged. Kimberly was declared legally dead in 1993, but her body has not been found, and the case remains unresolved.
The years since Kimberly disappeared have been defined by the persistence of her family’s search. Her father, Richard “Dick” Moreau, and her sisters have continued to hang posters, speak publicly, attend vigils, and ask anyone with knowledge to come forward. In 2026, as the case reached roughly 40 years without answers, news reports described her family’s enduring plea for closure and their hope to bring Kimberly home for a proper burial. WGME reported that her family has spent much of their lives searching for her and that her gravestone remains empty, while WMTW reported that her father has continued seeking directions to where her remains might be found. The family has said their focus is not simply on punishment, but on finding Kimberly, ending the uncertainty, and giving her a resting place beside loved ones.
Kimberly Moreau’s case remains an open and painful missing person case centered on a 17-year-old girl who left her home area in Jay, Maine, in May 1986 and vanished after being seen with people in or around a white Trans Am. Official records and public reporting differ on the precise date, so the exact date is unclear from the public record, though NCMEC lists May 11, 1986, and Maine State Police list an around-midnight sighting earlier that same period. What has never changed is the core of the story: Kimberly was a daughter, sister, student, and young woman with hopes of her own; foul play is suspected; searches and leads have not brought her home; and her family has carried the burden of unanswered questions for four decades. The case is an enduring search for truth, recovery, and peace for Kimberly Ann Moreau and for the people who have never stopped loving her.Last Seen: May 11, 1986
