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This person was missing Missing Since 10/29/1996

Missing Since:

Missing Since 10/29/1996

Missing From:

Missing From Aurora, Colorado

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 07/30/1977 (47)

Age:

Age 19 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’5, 130 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue jeans and an ocean-blue colored SuperShuttle uniform jacket with yellow letters stitched on the left lapel and across the center of the back of the jacket.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Kimberly’s nicknames are Kim and/or Kimmy. Some agencies give her eye color as brown.

Details of Disappearance:

Kimberly Medina disappeared on October 29, 1996, in Aurora, Colorado. Her husband, Michael, said she went to a nearby convenience store and never returned. He waited two days to report her missing. While Michael claimed Kimberly might have left him for a coworker, her family said this was out of character. She left behind her last paycheck ($800+) and her purse.

A bloodhound followed her scent for a while, but the trail ended near a highway. Years later, there were unconfirmed reports of possible remains found in a rural area.

Michael and Kimberly had a troubled relationship. He was arrested twice for domestic violence before her disappearance; once in Arizona, where Kimberly got a restraining order, and again in New Mexico. Kimberly told her father she was leaving Michael just days before she vanished.

In 1998, a farmer reported a possible gravesite and a maroon truck leaving the scene—Michael owned a similar truck. The search yielded nothing.

In 2005, Michael was arrested for murdering his sixteen-month-old son, Degan. His second wife, Becky, testified that Michael confessed to killing Kimberly, saying he beat her and buried her. He then drowned Degan. Michael was convicted of child abuse and Degan’s death but maintained it was accidental.

Despite no new physical evidence, Michael was indicted and later convicted of Kimberly’s murder in 2013, partly due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding her disappearance and the confession to Becky. There’s been no activity on Kimberly’s accounts since she vanished, strongly suggesting foul play.

Agency:

Aurora Police Department 303-739-6127

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