Kirsten Renee Hatfield was eight when she disappeared from her Midwest City, Oklahoma home on the night of May 14, 1997. She was a second-grader with light brown hair and a mole near her left eye. Her mother tucked her into bed in the room she shared with her sister; by the next morning, sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., Kirsten was gone.

An unlocked but closed bedroom window was found, an article of her clothing was recovered in the backyard, and a small amount of blood was discovered at the scene. Tracking dogs followed a scent about three blocks from the house before it ended. The blood on the windowsill was tested but early DNA technology did not yield a match to Kirsten.

Local police and the FBI conducted an intensive, nationwide search, but the case grew cold for years. Investigators continued to review the evidence while Kirsten’s family and the community endured unanswered questions about what happened and where she might be.

If anyone in Midwest City in 1997 remembers unusual activity or has information about Kirsten’s disappearance, please come forward.