MUS-2026-0555
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MUS-2026-0555
Missing person
- Incident
- 2005
- Indexed
- Oct 30, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- La Crosse Police Department
- Location
- La Crosse WI
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Madeline Kelly Edman was 15 and lived on the north side of La Crosse, Wisconsin. On July 29, 2005, she went with her mother to a laundromat at St. James and Caledonia Streets, helped get the laundry started, and then left to walk home while her mother stayed behind. When her mother arrived home a short time later, Madeline was not there, and she has not been heard from since. Investigators classified the disappearance as an endangered runaway, and reported sightings in the months that followed were never confirmed. Wisconsin's missing persons poster notes her distinguishing features, including a blue right eye and a brown left eye, a scar, and several tattoos, and her photo has been age progressed. Her mother died in 2010, and her obituary listed Madeline as a surviving daughter.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- July 29, 2005
Edman leaves the laundromat at St. James and Caledonia Streets to walk home and disappears.
- 2010
Her mother dies. Her obituary lists Madeline as a surviving daughter.
- July 29, 2025
On the 20th anniversary, La Crosse police renew their public appeal for information.
Key people
The people in the file.
15, of La Crosse. Last seen July 29, 2005, leaving a laundromat to walk home. She has a blue right eye and a brown left eye. NamUs case MP2721.
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