Right: Age-progressed to 25 years (2009)

Wendy Kathlene Hudakoc
Missing since November 15, 1998 from Naples, Collier County, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

• Date Of Birth: August 12, 1984
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 14 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6" (168 cm); 130 lbs (59 kg)
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light brown, straight hair; hazel eyes. Pierced ears
• Clothing: Wendy was wearing jeans and a red, white and blue tank top.
• Marks, Scars: A scar on left hand, and a birthmark on back of neck.
• Dentals: Available. Braces on teeth
• DNA: Available.

Circumstances of Disappearance
On November 14, 1998, Wendy's parents were out of town at a seminar in Tampa. A family friend stayed with Wendy, a high school freshman, and her 16-year-old sister. Wendy moved to Collier County from Canada with her family about three years before.

Wendy wasn't allowed to go to a party in downtown Naples that night, but got a phone call just before midnight from a 19 or 20-year-old acquaintance. She'd sneaked out of the house to go to the party, she left the house sometime around 1:30 on November 15. Wendy was last seen leaving a party with an adult male on November 15, 1998. She left with a 19 or 20-year-old man who has said he brought the girl back to her Golden Gate home.

She took no clothes or cash and she hasn't been calling her friends or relatives. Her school locker appears to have been cleaned out Wendy had just enrolled in the Barbizon School of Modeling and doing well in school
Foul play is suspected.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Collier County Sheriff's Office
Lt. Paul Caltabiano
941-774-4434

Agency Case Number: 98-119538

NCMEC #: NCMC857694

NCIC Number: M-170248933
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Child Protection Education of America
Naples News
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Department of Justice Missing Children’s Clearinghouse
Naples Daily News (FL) 12/12/98
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