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Kimberly Carter Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kansas City, Missouri on Jul 05, 1984

Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

May 23, 2024

Kimberly

Carter

61

19

63 inches

115 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Jul 05, 1984

Kansas City

Missouri

Jackson County

6239

Kansas City Police Department

Kansas City

Missouri

Jackson County

64106

Derek Sanders

Detective

1125 Locust Street, Missouri

8162345136

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.kcpd.org/

00-W15987

Kansas City Police Department

4095

Black

Brown

Brown

Yes

07/15/2026


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On July 5, 1984, in Kansas City, Missouri, 19-year-old Kimberly Lawanda Carter, a mother of three, vanished under troubling circumstances. That evening, she left her children with a friend to go to work. This was the last time she was seen by her loved ones. Later that night, Kimberly made a distressing phone call to a friend, stating she was in trouble 'somewhere in Kansas' and needed to be picked up. Before she could provide her location, the phone line disconnected. Accounts suggest ...
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Last Seen: Jul 05, 1984

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  • Kimberly LaWanda Carter - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP231 - Office of Justice Programs
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