Kristin Joy Diede
Wishek, North Dakota
Kristen Joy Diede, 30, was last seen on the afternoon of August 15th, 1993 after she had traveled with her boyfriend, Robert Anderson, from Minnesota to Wishek, North Dakota to drop off her children to their paternal grandparents. on the 15th they stopped to speak with a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and asked about laws pertaining to child custody, as she was having trouble getting her children back. They told the trooper they intended to pick them up that afternoon and return to Minnesota. They disappeared shortly after their meeting with the officer and have never been heard from again. Kristen was in the process of a divorce at this time. On August 20, 1993, Robert's van was found abandoned in Aberdeen, South Dakota at a railroad station parking lot. The VIN number had been scratched off and the license plates were missing. Foul play is suspected in their disappearances.
Case # 950157
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
701-328-5500