Edna Anne Kaminski was 23 and living in Maspeth, Queens, when she disappeared around the first of August 1944. She shared a home with her husband John and their young daughter JoAnn, then about 20 months old; some accounts also mention a young son named Franklin. Family members last saw Edna leave the house, and she reportedly took none of her personal belongings. The exact date she vanished is uncertain and contemporary records are scarce.

Very few details have been made public about any immediate investigation. Decades later a formal report was filed with the Michigan State Police on July 1, 2014, reportedly after an unverified record of a 1968 death in Michigan was associated with her name. No definitive evidence has emerged to explain what happened after she left home. If anyone knew Edna, her family, or has information about her whereabouts after August 1944, please share what is known.