Kathleen Hurley was 47 when she vanished from the streets of Poughkeepsie, New York, in January 1997. Her disappearance came amid a worrying pattern of women going missing in the city that winter, leaving family and neighbors searching for answers.

Investigators later tied Hurley’s fate to Kendall Francois, a man who preyed on vulnerable women in Poughkeepsie between 1996 and 1998. After an assault victim escaped and reported him in September 1998, police executed a search warrant at Francois’s Fulton Avenue home and uncovered remains hidden in the attic and basement, including those identified as Hurley’s. Francois was arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder; he confessed to the killings and was convicted and sentenced to life without parole.

Anyone who knew Kathleen, her routines in Poughkeepsie, or who may have seen her in January 1997 is asked to come forward with information.