On the morning of December 6, 1989, 32-year-old Kerry O’Brien Krueger quietly left her home in Burlington, Wisconsin before sunrise, or so her husband, Tracey Krueger, told police. He said Kerry had received a late-night phone call from work and was unexpectedly sent to a trade show in Wyoming. There was just one problem….the trade show never existed. More than 35 years later, Kerry O’Brien Krueger has never been found.
In this episode, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat investigate one of Wisconsin’s most baffling missing persons cases, a story filled with contradictory timelines, suspicious financial records, missing evidence, and a mystery investigators believe Crime Junkies may be able to help solve.
You’ll hear about: Kerry O’Brien Krueger’s final known movements on December 5–6, 1989, the mysterious business trip that investigators say was fabricated, the inconsistencies in Tracey Krueger’s account of the hours before Kerry disappeared, the unusual medical episode that abruptly halted the investigation, newly uncovered investigative details from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, two critical clues investigators believe could finally break this case open, and why detectives are asking the public for help interpreting evidence that’s been sitting in the case file for decades.
This investigation also explores the evolution of the case from the Burlington Police Department to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, modern searches using cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar, questions surrounding physical evidence collected during the original investigation, a possible connection to a violent convicted offender who lived nearby, and why investigators believe someone may still hold the missing piece to solving Kerry’s disappearance.
Kerry O’Brien Krueger was a public relations professional at Gander Mountain. She was a devoted mother to her three-year-old daughter, beloved sister and daughter, and a woman her family says would never have willingly walked away from her child.
More than three decades later, investigators believe the truth is still within reach.
If you have any information that may assist with the investigation into the disappearance of Kerry O’Brien Krueger, you can call the Racine County Sheriff’s Office at 262-930-8254. You can also call Crime Stoppers of Racine County anonymously at 888-636-9330.
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Glad to be back I used to watch every single one so much so I ran out life’s been crazy, good to hear and see you both
The lady on the left looks perpetually confused, the surprised expressions are over the top
What about Phil’s basement
Damn ,i was born and grew up around here. Went thru Burlington, racine ,Milwaukee, all that frequently
The most insane part about all these episodes is the fact that once a murder happens and investigators start looking into it they not only find that people in there own family have motives to kill but then there is casually like a person across the street accused of homicide or there is a suspected serial killer that lives down the street. How is it that at any given moment in most people’s lives we are surrounded by at least one or more people that could and would do us harm if the opportunity were to arise? I looked us the sex offenders list for my area and why is it that the radius is most dense around the elementary school and the offenders have child abuse on their record? They shouldn’t be allowed to live within a mile of the nearest school! Crazy world we live in. Every has probably walked past or spoken to someone that has killed someone. A scary and depressing thought.
Omfg Tracy is so annoying like he makes my blood boil BAD
I just wanna say, within the first moments of the show starting, I could tell the sound quality was so much better! It looks just as amazing, ladies! Love it!