Kathleen Dale Wattley, known as Kathy and sometimes using the names Karen, Banks, Malone or Summerfield, vanished from Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in early summer 1992. She was last seen on or about June 13, 1992, at age 32. Kathleen was a mother of two young children; those who knew her say it was out of character for her to abandon them.

Described as a Black female, thin build, about 5 feet 2 inches tall and 110 to 115 pounds, she had brown eyes, black shoulder-length wavy hair and a scar near her mouth. When last seen she reportedly wore a yellow blouse and a black miniskirt. Her history included periods living in New York State, California, Washington State and Alberta, and reports note past involvement in drug use and sex work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. She had separated from a common-law spouse two months before she disappeared and had survived a shooting in May 1987 when she was shot in the mouth in a cocaine-related incident.

Authorities have suspected foul play and have linked her disappearance to other cases of missing women from the Vancouver area. If anyone knew Kathleen, her whereabouts in June 1992, or has information that could help her children find answers, please come forward.