Sue Myrick: “I introduced it because Kristen Moderfferi, who was a constituent of ours in Charlotte, North Carolina, disappeared in…”

“I introduced it because Kristen Moderfferi, who was a constituent of ours in Charlotte, North Carolina, disappeared in 1997. She was a very bright, hard-working young lady and attended North Carolina State University. She had just finished her freshman year; and like so many other college students, she decided she wanted to go to another city to spend the summer and work and have a new experience. So she moved to San Francisco. She enrolled in photography class at Berkeley and got a job at a local coffee shop. She began settling in and making new friends. However, on Monday, June 23, which was just a mere 3 weeks after her 18th birthday, she left her job at the coffee shop and headed to the beach for the afternoon. She has not been seen since. When her panicked parents called the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, they heard the unbelievable words, I am sorry we cannot help you. They were shocked to discover that because Kristen was 18 the Center could not place her picture and story into its national database, or offer any assistance whatsoever.”