Ten-year-old Kodie vanished from Baraboo, and the search ended in heartbreak. On a July evening in 2020, she was reported missing without her shoes or phone, prompting an urgent search through streets and wooded areas. As police, firefighters, and neighbors waited for news, the next day brought a devastating discovery that left her family and community facing painful answ… Continues…

Officers responded to a Baraboo, Wisconsin, apartment complex on July 6, 2020, after Kodie’s mother reported her daughter missing. The circumstances raised immediate concern: the 10-year-old had left without shoes or her phone, and her mother reported that she had threatened to harm herself. Police, firefighters, and K-9 teams searched near the 1100 block of 12th Street before widening their efforts. As evening turned to night, the urgent task remained the same: find Kodie and bring her home safely.

On July 7, authorities confirmed that Kodie’s body had been found. The announcement ended the search, but it did not answer every question surrounding her disappearance and death. The account provided does not establish a cause of death, and the earlier concerns should not be mistaken for a confirmed explanation. What remained was the loss of a young child, a grieving family, and a community confronted with an outcome no searcher wanted.