Kathy Wilkerson was 42 when she checked out of the Women in Crisis Shelter in Arvada, Colorado, on April 23, 2000. That departure is the last confirmed sighting; after she walked away from the shelter her whereabouts became unknown and no significant leads or sightings were reported in the immediate aftermath.

At the time she was described as a white female with blond or strawberry-blond hair, blue eyes, about five feet four inches tall and approximately 102 pounds. The Arvada Police Department opened an investigation under case file number 00-10932, but the lack of information about her life and why she was staying at the shelter made progress difficult and the case later went cold.

Anyone who knew Kathy, saw her in Arvada around April 23, 2000, or has information about her movements after she left the shelter is asked to come forward.