Kristen Modafferi is a former college student from Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

, who vanished without a trace on June 23, 1997, barely three weeks after her eighteenth birthday. Having just completed her freshman year at North Carolina State University, she had gone to spend the summer in the San Francisco Bay Area for the purpose of working and going to school. She has been profiled on Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

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, Primetime Live and America's Most Wanted

America's Most Wanted

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As the result of lobbying

Lobbying

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by her parents, Kristen's Law established the National Center for Missing Adults.

External links

• The Kristen Foundation
• FindKristen.com