All Episodes

June 23, 2021 20 mins
Kristen Modafferi flew from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina to San Francisco, California on her 18th birthday. A Park Scholar who had just completed her freshman year at North Carolina State University, Kristen had decided to attend a summer photography course at the University of California at Berkeley. By the time she arrived in San Francisco, she had already found a room to rent at a home in Oakland with four other roommates, and within days she had already landed not one, but two jobs at two different coffee shops in the city.

After clocking out of work at 3pm on June 23rd, 1997, Kristen was spotted wandering around the second floor of the mall where she worked, allegedly accompanied by a strange woman. After 3:45pm on that day, Kristen vanished. Her summer photography course was set to begin the next day, June 24th.. but Kristen never showed up. Twenty four years later, and still no arrests have ever been made in connection with her disappearance.

_________________________

Patreon
Request a Case
YouTube Channel
Goodpods: Leave a review!
Podchaser: Leave a review!

Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi
_________________________

Sources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kristen-modafferi
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4015/details
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179518/kristen-deborah-modafferi
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristen-modafferi-cold-case_n_7673236
http://www.kristenfoundation.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=hw&report=sp&ID=000
https://abc7news.com/kristen-modafferi-disappearance-san-francisco-coffee-shop/2134466/
https://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2138162/
https://www.timesunion.com/local/slideshow/Kristen-Modafferi-182430.php
https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/136150/
https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/168446/?comment_order=forward
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Disappearance-Of-Woman-18-Linked-to-Ad-3007247.php
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/new-evidence-emerges-in-1997-oakland-cold-case-of-kristen-modafferi/1989678/
Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

United States of Kennedy
Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

Stuff You Should Know

Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.