Crime & Safety
30 Years Missing: Authorities Asking For Help Finding Kerry
It has been 30 years since Kerry A. O'Brien Krueger supposedly left Wisconsin for a trade show in Wyoming. She has been missing ever since.
RACINE COUNTY, WI — It has been 30 years since Kerry A. O'Brien Krueger disappeared, and the Racine County Sheriff's office is asking for the public's help to find out what happened.
According to the Racine County Sheriff's office, Kerry was reported missing by her husband Tracey Krueger and also her parents on Dec. 7, 1989 from her Burlington, Wisconsin home.
When police questioned Tracey about his wife's disappearance, he reportedly told police Kerry told him she received a phone call from her employer, Gander Mountain, asking her to attend a trade show in the place of a coworker who couldn't make the trip to its location in Wyoming.
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Sheriff's officials said Tracey told investigators that she left their home at about 4 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1989 for a flight out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
But when Kerry's supervisor told police that no trade shows were scheduled and no employees, including Kerry, were scheduled to attend any trade shows, an investigation into her whereabouts began.
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At the time, authorities did not know whether she left of her own accord, or if a crime was involved.
Sheriff's officials say Kerry has neither been seen or heard from since. Kerry, 31 years old at the time of her disappearance, left behind a 3-year-old daughter.
In a podcast published by the Vanished, an online podcast that explores in-depth the stories of missing people. In Kerry's case, her family, friends and local law enforcement sat down for interviews detailing what happened before her disappearance and relating their desire to simply understand what happened roughly three decades ago.
At the request of Kerry's family, the Racine County Sheriff's Office participated in a podcast
highlighting details of this case. You can listen to the podcast here.
If you have any information about the disappearance of Kerry O’Brien Krueger, you are urged to contact Investigator Heather Spranger with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office at 262-636-3367 or the local Crimestoppers at 888-636-9330.
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