Kimberly Ann Kahler was 15 and living in Marina del Rey, California, when she was last seen on January 1, 1980, in the Venice area. Reports agree she was in the company of an unknown male near her home; some records give January 17 as an alternate date and offer slightly different locations for that last sighting. She is described as 5 feet 8 inches, blonde hair, blue eyes, with a small scar on the left side of her upper lip.

Few concrete details about what happened that day have emerged. Her case has been revisited over the years; age-progressed images have been released and DNA information is available, but the identity of the man seen with her was never established and Kimberly’s whereabouts remain unknown. If anyone knew Kimberly, saw her in Venice in January 1980, or has information about the man she was with, please come forward.