Kimberley Ann Amero vanished from Saint John, New Brunswick, in the late summer of 1985, two days before her 16th birthday. On the evening of September 3 she attended the Atlantic National Exhibition with her younger sister Tammy, walked Tammy to the bus stop after the fireworks, said she’d be home in a few hours, and was never seen again. At the time she wore pleated navy slacks, a white short-sleeved Esprit t-shirt with red and green squares, an oversized navy cardigan, and jade green flat-heeled loafers.

Her disappearance was initially treated as a runaway case, a decision the family says hindered early investigation. Over the years the family endured misleading confessions and false leads, including a 2010 anonymous letter and cassette tape directing them to a wooded area; an extensive search there produced no remains. The investigation remains open and the family continues to press for answers about what happened to a teenager described as energetic and social.

If anyone remembers Kimberley in Saint John in 1985 or has information about that night, please come forward.