Amber Wilde Missing Over 9 Years

February 2, 2008

Amber Wilde was a 19 year old, vibrant, college student at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, living in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. She was from Campbellsport, in Washington County, Wisconsin. She disappeared on September 27, 1998.

Amber Wilde

Amber had suffered a bump to her head in a minor traffic accident on September 23. She asked her father, Steve Wilde, to call her the next day to make sure she woke up for class.

She didn’t answer. Steve drove from his home in Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin to Ashwabanon. There he found her apartment locked, both her purse and her car were gone.

Amber Wilde was also 4-1/2 months pregnant and had missed a doctor’s appointment. She was due in mid February.

Steve reported her missing on September 27. On October 1, one week later, her car was found in the parking lot of a bar, across the street from Lambeau Field. Her purse was in the trunk. The keys were in the ignition and the seat was pushed back. Amber was short and needed the seat pulled foward so she could reach the pedals.

The lead detective in the case said he was sure the car had not been in that parking lot, unnoticed, for more than a week. He also indicated that evidence was found in the car but he did not elaborate.

Source: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Police immediately suspected Amber’s former boyfriend, the apparent father of her unborn child. Wisconsin Highway 29 between Langlade and Brown Counties was under reconstruction at that time. Her former boyfriend reportedly had a connection to a road crew that was working the Highway 29 project in Shawano County.

Amber had attended the University of Wisconsin-Washington County after her graduation from Campbellsport High School. That campus is located in West Bend, Wisconsin. According to some news reports from years ago, the Green Bay police headed the investigation because she disappeared from the Green Bay campus. The theory is, though, that someone in Washington County knows something, but no one has stepped forward.

Source: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

In December, 2007, new information in the case caused Green Bay police to return to a field in Shawano County. The field, which had been used as a staging area for equipment during the WI 29 project, had been the subject of a fruitless search in 2001. New information took police back to the same field with heavy equipment. A trench, about 30 feet wide and over 100 feet long, revealed nothing. Cadaver dogs had been very excited about the area until temperatures dropped, along with the dogs’ effectiveness. After a week of digging, the search was called off because of unseasonably cold weather.

Amber remains missing but her family remains hopeful. Perhaps you can help? If you know anything at all about the disappearance of Amber Wilde, please contact the Green Bay Police Department.

Investigative Agency: Green Bay Police Department
Phone: (920) 448-3221
Investigative Case #: 98-59126
NCIC #: M-156863774

For More Information, See They Are Missed

Amber has two threads in the Help Find The Missing forums:

In the Missing Adults Forum:  Amber Wilde 19, UGBW Student Disappeared in 1998 

New Developments In Old Cases Forum:  Amber Wilde - UWGB Student Missing Since Sept 27, 1998 - NEW SEARCH UNDERWAY 
 

Written by Ghost Writer · Filed Under Amber Wilde, Cold Cases, Missing Women 

Comments

4 Responses to “Amber Wilde Missing Over 9 Years”

  1. Marie Flanagan on December 4th, 2008 4:36 pm

    It should be noted that the father of Wilde’s baby was not - and never had been -her boyfriend.

  2. Danie on December 8th, 2008 1:38 am

    To Amber’s family,

  3. Danie on December 8th, 2008 1:40 am

    don’t give up someone somewhere knows something.

  4. Danie on December 8th, 2008 1:45 am

    Marie,

    Really noone cares if he was or ever was her boyfriend, if he fathered the baby they at some point had a relationship. The real issue is there is a young woman who has been missing for 9 years and a family who loves her and deserves to have closure.

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