Amber Lynn Wilde,Missing, Sept. 1998 WI.Amber Lynn Wilde
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: September 23, 1998 from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: March 26, 1979
Age: 19 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4 - 5'6, 135 - 140 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, brown eyes. Wilde has eight piercings in each ear.
Clothing Description: Eight small gold hoop earrings in each ear.
Medical Conditions: Wilde was pregnant at the time of her disappearance; estimates as to how far the pregnancy had progressed range from two to six months. She also sustained a slight head injury in a car accident on the day of her disappearance.
Details of Disappearance
Wilde was a junior and a pre-medicine major at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay at the time of her disappearance, having transfered there from the West Bend campus. She last spoke to her family September 23, 1998, after she got into a minor car accident. She was not seriously injured in the accident. The other person involved in the accident called Wilde's apartment in the 2000 block of August Street that evening to work out damages. The next day Wilde's father, who lives in Mayville, Wisconsin, called his daughter to wake her up for her classes but received no answer. He drove to Green Bay and reported her missing.
More than a week after Wilde's disappearance, her car, a gray four-door 1988 Subaru GL, was discovered unlocked and abandoned in the parking lot of a sports bar in Green Bay, near Lambeau Field on the south side of Lombardi Access Road, near Ridge Road. There was no sign of Wilde at the scene, but her purse and cellular phone were locked inside the trunk of the Subaru, which is the place where she usually kept them, and the car keys were in the ignition. Some evidence pertaining to her disappearance was also found in the vehicle, but police have not said what it was. Some authorities do not believe the car had been at that location for the whole week Wilde had been missing.
Wilde is a native of Campbellsport, Wisconsin and a graduate of Campbellsport High School, and her mother still lives in that area. Wilde's family says it is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Her aunt had offered to take care of her child once it was born, so Wilde could finish school. She wanted to become a doctor.
Police suspect foul play in Wilde's disappearance and have done several unsuccessful searches for her body. Her family has suspicions directed at the father of her unborn child, who has not been ruled out as a suspect. No one, however, has been charged with any wrongdoing in Wilde's case. There is some speculation that her case may be connected somehow to the 2003 disappearance of Areerat Chuprevich from Allouez, Wisconsin, but there is no evidence to support this theory. Both cases remain open and unsolved.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Green Bay Area Tipline
920-432-7867
OR
Washington County Law Enforcement Tip Line
800-232-0594
OR
Green Bay Police Department
920-448-3221
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