Vancouver police are asking for the public’s help in gathering information on 18-year-old Nikki G. Kuhnhausen, who went missing nearly four months ago.
Kuhnhausen, whose legal first name is Nikolas, identifies as a female. Police described her as being 5 foot 8 inches tall, 120 lbs. with black hair.
According to the Facebook page Help Find Nikki, overseen by the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation, Kuhnhausen went missing on June 5 from a friend’s home near Fourth Plain Boulevard. It was about 6:30 a.m., and she was with a man.
Detectives with the Vancouver Police Department’s Missing Person Unit are continuing their investigation and ask anyone who may have information about Kuhnhausen’s whereabouts to contact Crime Stoppers of Oregon.
Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony crime. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
In a July 14 Facebook post, NWCAVE said more than 1,000 flyers were printed and distributed throughout Vancouver and Portland. The flyers can still be seen throughout both cities. The story of Kuhnhausen’s disappearance has been shared widely on social media, according to the post, leading to some tips that have been handed over to investigators.
Additional flyers have been printed since mid-July. In fact, more flyers have been printed in the effort to find Kuhnhausen than in any other cases pursued by the Vancouver-based women’s coalition, said Michelle Bart, president and co-founder.
Police and NWCAVE have been coordinating to determine the credibility of tips, and some have panned out, Bart said.
“Someone knows where she is, or what happened to her,” she said.
Four months could be considered a long time for a person to be missing, but it depends on the circumstances. If the missing person happens to be a chronic runaway, several months is not uncommon. But in Kuhnhausen’s case, she was last seen with someone and has no reason to not return home, Bart said.
“Four months is a very long time,” she said.
Kuhnhausen’s missing flyer will be updated, Bart said, to include information about the reward money.
