Kimberly LaWanda Carter Missing 1984 MO
Woman Hopes Reward Boosts Leads In Disappearance Carter Vanished In 1984 POSTED: 10:52 am CST November 6, 2006 UPDATED: 11:16 am CST November 6, 2006 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Pennsylvania businessman is offering $2 million in reward money to help police solve 20 missing person cases, and a missing Kansas City woman is on the list. The reward breaks down to $100,000 per missing person. Vera Owsley's daughter, Kimberly LaWanda Carter, disappeared in 1984. "Well, I know somebody knows something; whoever knows, they aren't talking," Owsley said. But after years of silence, Owsley hopes the money will change someone's mind. "One hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. I hope someone will come forward and bring my child home," Owsley said. KMBC's Chris Nagus reported that the Pennsylvania businessman is offering the reward to find 20 missing people in 20 days. Carter's missing person case was randomly selected. "I just know it's an act of God because I've been praying, 'Lord send somebody to help me,'" Owsley said. Police said that Carter was last seen at 45th Street and Kensington Avenue. "She left behind three babies, which I raised," Owsley said. Carter's children are now adults. They have never known their mother, Nagus reported. "It doesn't even go through my mind that she's dead. I have a spark of hope she's alive somewhere," Owsley said. "Sometimes the telephone rings, nobody says anything. I feel it's her." In order to be eligible for the $100,000 reward, Nagus reported that tipsters must provide information to the Kansas City Police Department that either locates Carter or leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for her disappearance, and they must do so within the next 19 days. http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/10251948/detail.html