1844DFAL - Kemberly Lorin Ramer



Fourth and Fifth Images: Progressed to age 26 (circa 2007) and age 32 (circa 2013)

Name: Kemberly Lorin Ramer

Case Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing

Missing Since: August 15, 1997

Location Last Seen: Opp, Covington County, Alabama

Physical Description

Date of Birth: May 18, 1980

Age: 17 years old

Race: White

Gender: Female

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 130 lbs.

Hair Color: Brown, long and straight.

Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has thick eyebrows. She wears contact lenses.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available. She has clear braces on her teeth.

Fingerprints: Not available

DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Possibly wearing gray cut off sweat pants and a white t-shirt with several bright colors on the front with the words "New Orleans" under the design. No shoes were missing but she wears a size 6 or 6 1/2.

Jewelry: Gold ankle chain and a gold rope necklace.

Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

Kemberly Lorin Ramer, known as Kem, was last seen leaving her boyfriend's residence around 11:45 p.m., to return to her father's house, where she lived, about five minutes away.

Her father wasn't worried when he saw Kem wasn't home the next morning, thinking she may have spent the night at her mother's house. He noticed Kem's bed was a bit more rumpled than usual, but there were no conclusive signs of a struggle and no signs of forced entry into the house.

Two days later, on August 17th, her parents reported her missing. Her family insists Kem wouldn't have run away, saying that despite her parents' divorce, she was happy and was looking forward to attending college in Mobile.

Investigators believe she disappeared sometime between midnight and 5:00 a.m., leaving behind her car, keys, clothes, money, and her contact lenses, which she couldn't see without.

Nine months after Ramer's disappearance, investigators searched a rural Walton County lake, acting on tips that her body was there. The search lasted three days and turned up no clues relating to the case. Again in 2001, a nonprofit group from Texas searched Baptism Hole, but turned up no clues. In 2006, investigators searched a sinkhole near Ponce de Leon, Florida, after receiving an anonymous tip, but that search also turned up no evidence.

Ramer was about to start her senior year at Opp High School when she suddenly vanished. She was a straight A student.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Opp Police Department

Agency Contact Person: LT Mark Kyser

Agency Phone Number: 334-493-4511



Agency Case Number: 97-080100

Agency Name: FBI

Agency Contact Person: Special Agent Stephen Cupp

Agency Phone Number: 251-438-3674



Agency Case Number: Unknown

Agency Name: Alabama Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Agency Contact Person: N/A

Agency Phone Number: 800-228-7688

E-Mail

Agency Case Number: Unknown

NCIC Case Number: M050308286

NamUs Case Number: 4025

NCMEC Case Number: 836649

Information Source(s)

NamUs

NCMEC

AL.com News Archive - 8-16-07

Admin Notes

Added: 1/10/06; Last Updated: 10/15/15