Katharina Buczek
But, while they were preparing to head out of the fair, Dave had trouble re-starting his car. The pair fiddled around with it, but he realized he had left his lights on and needed a jump.
Then, Dave allegedly told Erin that he planned to walk to a friend’s house for assistance and left her back in the car.
After he returned a few hours later, Erin was nowhere to be found.
Dave claims that he searched the fair for Erin until about one in the morning before traveling back to Anchorage. And, at 7:00 a.m., he called Erin’s sister– Stephanie– to ask if she had made it home. Erin had not.
So, Stephanie and her family drove to the fair, had Erin’s name announced on stage, and even searched the nearby woods.
Left without a trace, Stephanie reported Erin missing, and the police launched an intensive investigation.
Even after deploying search dog units and helicopters, though, Erin was never seen again. She has now been missing for twenty-six years, and her family is demanding answers.
Facebook; pictured above Erin smiles
A Change.org petition has been created in Erin’s name, urging community members to speak out against the underfunded and under-staffed cold case unit in Alaska.
“The Alaska Cold Cases Unit has low funding and only one detective,” wrote Diana Lynn, the petition’s organizer.
