Kristine Kupka.

MUS-2026-315

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

Kristine Kupka, five months pregnant, left her home in the 200 block of Westminister Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, at about 12:30 p.m. on October 24, 1998, to view Darshanand Rudy Persaud's new apartment in Queens. She left a message on her sister's answering machine saying she would return shortly, and never returned. Persaud has never been charged in connection with her case and maintains his innocence. Detectives believe she was a homicide victim, but no body has been found. She missed midterm examinations and midwife appointments after her disappearance, and was due to graduate from Baruch College in January 1999. In 2010, police dug up the basement floor of a shop once owned by one of Persaud's relatives. A cadaver dog indicated human remains, but nothing was found.

1. October 24, 1998

   Kupka was last seen leaving her home in the 200 block of Westminister Avenue in Brooklyn at about 12:30 p.m. She left a message on her sister's answering machine saying she was going to view Persaud's new apartment in Queens and would return shortly.

2. January 1999

   Kupka was due to graduate from Baruch College. She missed midterm examinations and midwife appointments after her disappearance.

3. 2010

   Police dug up the basement floor of a shop once owned by one of Persaud's relatives. A cadaver dog indicated human remains. Nothing was found.

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