How she found out about Becky Sue Turner, who was born close to the same time as her, remains a mystery, but some speculate that she must have been in Washington and come across the headstone in her search for a new identity.

As for Kimberly’s family, they never understood why she left and spent years searching for her. They never filed a missing persons report because she was an adult that voluntarily left, leaving investigators with little motivation to pursue the case. In the 30 years since she had disappeared, Deanne said not a single day went by that she didn’t think about Kimberly.