The San Francisco Police Department is seeking information regarding a missing San Francisco family of four. On Friday, November 17, 2006, James Kim, his wife, Kati Kim, and their children, Penelope Kim and Sabine Kim left on a road trip to Seattle, Washington. The family was expected to return to San Francisco on Monday, November 27th, 2006. When both James Kim and Kati Kim did not show up for their appointments on Tuesday, November 28th, it caused their co-workers to be worried for their safety. The Kim’s are known to always keep in touch daily either by phone or e-mail with their friends and co-workers. The last known whereabouts of the Kim family was in Portland, Oregon on Saturday morning, November 25, 2006. They were driving a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with California personalized plates of “DOESF”.
Photos of the Kim family can be found on the SFPD website: www.sfgov.org/police.
The San Francisco Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating the Kim family. Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts should contact the following numbers:
SFPD Missing Persons Unit: 415-558-5508
Operations Center: 415-553-1071
CBS 5 TV has a good article with details of their travel plans and photos.
[...] I kept trying to write this post, but just couldn’t. James Kim and his family have captured my heart and hopes, and I was so saddened to hear that, while they found the wife and girls safe in the car, stuck in the snow, James himself didn’t make it. Two days before his family was found, he’d made the decision to leave the safety of the car and try to find help. [...]