Therese Rose Vanderheiden-Walsh was five years old when she vanished from a supervised summer program at the Kokokahi YWCA in the Kaneohe/Kailua area of Oahu on June 22, 1990. She is described as a small white child with blond hair, hazel or green-hazel eyes, pierced ears, and moles on her back and shoulders; she was reportedly wearing pink shorts, a pink T-shirt, and pink-and-white Nike sneakers that day.

A staff member reported seeing a woman near the program grounds that day wearing dark sunglasses and a hat; when the children returned inside, Therese was gone. Authorities came to believe the woman was her non-custodial mother, Merle Marie Vanderheiden, and a felony warrant for interference with custody was issued for Merle on July 26, 1990. Therese’s father, Francis Walsh, had sole legal custody at the time; Merle had been restricted from unsupervised visits unless she completed a psychological evaluation.

Therese’s case remains publicly listed through NamUs, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and Hawaii’s missing children clearinghouse, which notes she may be with an adult female relative and may use the last names Smith, Doherty, Hamm, Johnson, or Cochran. Does anyone have information about Therese’s whereabouts or recall seeing her in Hawaii in June 1990?