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MissKitka731 · 11-06-2008, 04:07 PM

This case always bothered me. Kristi disappeared after crashing her car in the middle of the woods, the second time such an incident occurred. When the car was found, the interior had been wrecked and Kristi was nowhere to be found. Supposedly several truckers reported giving her lifts over the next few years.

Did she ruin the interior herself out of frustration? Do you think she had such a psychological break that she would have walked away from everything, never contacting her parents again?

lilmissd · 11-07-2008, 10:18 PM

I have always wondered about her myself. I think she did disappear of her own free will for whatever reason, and met with foul play later on, sadly. So many years have passed since her disappearance, why would she not have contacted her parents or any other family members in all this time? Maybe she intended to temporarily disappear and come back when she was ready, but met with foul play along the way somewhere. I hope I am wrong, but my gut is telling me that is what happened!

mphs95 · 11-08-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lilmissd

I have always wondered about her myself. I think she did disappear of her own free will for whatever reason, and met with foul play later on, sadly. So many years have passed since her disappearance, why would she not have contacted her parents or any other family members in all this time? Maybe she intended to temporarily disappear and come back when she was ready, but met with foul play along the way somewhere. I hope I am wrong, but my gut is telling me that is what happened!

I agree. I've always that was what might have happened. Her wires fried out and while she was wandering about, she died, either from foul play or by exposure out in the woods.

The_Urban_Prince · 11-08-2008, 10:38 PM

wasn't there another car involved in this wreck, or am i thinking of something else?

Researcher · 01-09-2009, 02:21 PM

Kristi's story is not the only one with the same basic facts. Most of the others are college students. Remember Brian Shaffer, Maura Murray, Michael Negrete, or Justin Gains? One student, Ron Tammen, has been missing fifty years.

The first cases noted were in 1880's France. One man walked from France to Moscow before recovering his senses and remembering who he was.

My site is about a little known feature of all human physiology that was discovered to cause mental breaks. The cubicle was designed to deal with it in business offices by 1968.

Kristi may be especially sensitive to Subliminal Distraction exposure. Her case is unusual because she had two mental events both happened after working in fast food establishments. There are comments in the story to show she might not have full amnesia.

SD is believed to cause a harmless temporary episode of confusion with possible psychotic-like features. It is unknown by anyone in mental health services. Experts in psychology and psychiatry believe mental illness is caused by "chemical imbalances" even though there is no evidence of that. They rely on statistical correlations and disregard the fact that some with the chemical imbalances don't have mental illness and some with mental illness don't have the chemistry problems.

The mental break from SD exposure is caused by repeated failed attempts to trigger the vision startle reflex. It is too complicated to explain in a forum comment window. You can read the first 400 words on my site and visit the Missing Students, Dissociative Fugue, and Mysterious Disappearances pages.

The evidence of this is in plain sight if you are aware of the accidental discovery that led to the design of the cubicle. There are four places that regularly cause these mental breaks, Qi Gong, Kundalini Yoga, hospital intensive care units, and a seminar from Landmark Eduction. In each case the people involved either don't know why the mental events happen or they blame supernatural forces, Chee in Qi Gong and Prana in Kundalini Yoga.

Daydreaming while working with others moving around you is enough dissociation to allow this problem to happen. While researching inherited Schizophrenia, Dr L Stephen Miller at UGa discovered a defect in the vision pathway that might make someone sensitive. It was hyperactivity of the M-Channel for vision. The trigger signal for the startle reflex is carried on that pathway.

VisionAndPsychosis.Net is a six year investigation of Subliminal Distraction.

egswanso · 01-09-2009, 02:50 PM

To me, the evidence and her rather precarious mental state suggest she had another break and wandered off. Given her ensuing vulnerability (hitchiking, etc.) she has likely met with foul play.

I'm no psychologist, but it sure seems that if Kristi have received intense counseling and medications before her first break (where she was, as described in UM, already showing odd behavior) she wouldn't have disappeared.

lilmissd · 01-09-2009, 06:27 PM

I think that either 2 senarios are most likely in this case. Either Kristi chooses not to come home because she's afraid that her parents will have her committed to a psychiatric hospital if she comes home and she doesn't want that. Or she has suffered severe memory loss and doesn't remember who she is or how to get home or where home is! Or another possibility is that she hitched a ride with the wrong person and met with foul play.

LooksLikeCRicci · 01-12-2009, 10:17 PM

I tend to agree with the "mental break followed by foul play" scenario... Kristi was obviously troubled. I'm not a psychologist, either, but I do think that the theory that she had a mental break when she got her car stuck in the mud again is a solid theory.

Unfortunately, I think that in her mental state, she was particularly vulnerable to predators. As such, I believe she was murdered shortly after she left her car.

elorac · 03-22-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by LooksLikeCRicci

I tend to agree with the "mental break followed by foul play" scenario... Kristi was obviously troubled. I'm not a psychologist, either, but I do think that the theory that she had a mental break when she got her car stuck in the mud again is a solid theory.

Unfortunately, I think that in her mental state, she was particularly vulnerable to predators. As such, I believe she was murdered shortly after she left her car.

I am a friend of Kristi Krebs, i went to school with her and have known her and her family since I was 12. Kristi is a wonderful person. I had just moved back to Fort Bragg after living in another state when she went missing. I think of her very often and wish she would be found.

orginally there was some speculation if Richard Allen Davis who killed Polly Klaus would have had something to do with Kristi being missing.

I do not thinkk she would have left fearing her parents would commit her to a hospital, she would have come back if that were the case or would have contacted someone by now for sure. She is portrayed as a problematic person, but I remember Kristi as a sweet person, who was not always treated nicely by classmates. 22 is a vulnerable age where a lot of us begin dealing with issues, some of us deal with thembetter than others.

I want to think that Kristi has amnesia and is out there somewhere. It breaks my heart to think of any other circumstance.

sdb4884 · 12-22-2009, 09:31 AM

sad to hear she hasn't been found, how long has it been now?

Oldschooler81 · 12-23-2009, 02:15 AM

Yeah, this case always got to me too, especially since it seems like it could've been prevented so easily.

She seemed like a cool, nice girl who just was going through alot and maybe needed some help and someone to really understand her.

I think the reenactment was probably pretty right on, about how the second time she had similar car trouble (and thought back to 3 years earlier) could've been what broke her when she was already stressed about being overworked, among other things. I tend to believe that older guy who picked her up hitchhiking, it's too bad he didn't know about her being missing BEFORE then. I always find situations like that the saddest - like when they were so close to being potentially rescued.

I'm pretty sure this was 1992 or 93 so she'd be in her late 30s now (probably a youngish one though). I also hope she's still alive and maybe had a case of amnesia - that's plausible actually considering what she seemed to have been going through.

wonderfalls · 12-23-2009, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Oldschooler81

I'm pretty sure this was 1992 or 93 so she'd be in her late 30s now (probably a youngish one though). I also hope she's still alive and maybe had a case of amnesia - that's plausible actually considering what she seemed to have been going through.

Yes, there's no reason why she couldn't be still wandering around without the capacity to reconnect with her family.

Apostapler · 12-23-2009, 07:24 AM

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/krebs_kristi.html

Link to Kristi's Charley Project page with details.

sdb4884 · 12-23-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Apostapler

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/krebs_kristi.html

Link to Kristi's Charley Project page with details.

thanks

marahnna · 06-08-2010, 12:54 AM

Like many, I've always wondered what happened to Kristi Krebs. Hers was one of the cases on Unsolved Mysteries that intrigued me the most. It seems like a very strange coincidence (although it really couldn't be more than that) that her car was stuck in the mud twice under similar circumstances. From the sounds of the details, I would tend to agree with those who think that Kristi wandered off and fell victim to foul play. It seems like far too long a time has passed since her disappearance for her to simply have amnesia. One thing about her disappearance that strikes me as particularly odd, based on the Charley Project's account, is that her bra and panties were found in her car, but the rest of her clothing was missing. Assuming that the trucker who picked up the hitchhiker was correct in identifying his passenger as Kristi, she apparently left the site of the crash alive and clothed; why would she undress, remove her underwear, and then dress again without it?

Based on what I've read and seen of her case, it seems undeniable that Kristi probably suffered another mental breakdown triggered by the sort of "deja vu" she must have experienced with her second car accident. Whatever happened to her after that is anyone's guess. Unfortunately, it looks like she just didn't get the help she needed. I'm sure there were several contributing factors to this - the job stress, a situation mirroring the one she had before her first breakdown, etc. - and as little as doctors are able to understand mental illness now, it was even more the case twenty years ago. I have to wonder if things would have been different for her if this had happened today.

11-06-2008, 04:07 PM	#1
MissKitka731 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 24, 2006 Location: N Posts: 19	Whatever happened to Kristi Krebs? This case always bothered me. Kristi disappeared after crashing her car in the middle of the woods, the second time such an incident occurred. When the car was found, the interior had been wrecked and Kristi was nowhere to be found. Supposedly several truckers reported giving her lifts over the next few years. Did she ruin the interior herself out of frustration? Do you think she had such a psychological break that she would have walked away from everything, never contacting her parents again?

01-09-2009, 02:21 PM	#5
Researcher Researcher First Time Poster Join Date: Jan 09, 2009 Location: Montgomery Al Posts: 1	Dissociative Fugue Kristi's story is not the only one with the same basic facts. Most of the others are college students. Remember Brian Shaffer, Maura Murray, Michael Negrete, or Justin Gains? One student, Ron Tammen, has been missing fifty years. The first cases noted were in 1880's France. One man walked from France to Moscow before recovering his senses and remembering who he was. My site is about a little known feature of all human physiology that was discovered to cause mental breaks. The cubicle was designed to deal with it in business offices by 1968. Kristi may be especially sensitive to Subliminal Distraction exposure. Her case is unusual because she had two mental events both happened after working in fast food establishments. There are comments in the story to show she might not have full amnesia. SD is believed to cause a harmless temporary episode of confusion with possible psychotic-like features. It is unknown by anyone in mental health services. Experts in psychology and psychiatry believe mental illness is caused by "chemical imbalances" even though there is no evidence of that. They rely on statistical correlations and disregard the fact that some with the chemical imbalances don't have mental illness and some with mental illness don't have the chemistry problems. The mental break from SD exposure is caused by repeated failed attempts to trigger the vision startle reflex. It is too complicated to explain in a forum comment window. You can read the first 400 words on my site and visit the Missing Students, Dissociative Fugue, and Mysterious Disappearances pages. The evidence of this is in plain sight if you are aware of the accidental discovery that led to the design of the cubicle. There are four places that regularly cause these mental breaks, Qi Gong, Kundalini Yoga, hospital intensive care units, and a seminar from Landmark Eduction. In each case the people involved either don't know why the mental events happen or they blame supernatural forces, Chee in Qi Gong and Prana in Kundalini Yoga. Daydreaming while working with others moving around you is enough dissociation to allow this problem to happen. While researching inherited Schizophrenia, Dr L Stephen Miller at UGa discovered a defect in the vision pathway that might make someone sensitive. It was hyperactivity of the M-Channel for vision. The trigger signal for the startle reflex is carried on that pathway. VisionAndPsychosis.Net is a six year investigation of Subliminal Distraction.

11-07-2008, 10:18 PM	#2
lilmissd Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 28, 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 172	I have always wondered about her myself. I think she did disappear of her own free will for whatever reason, and met with foul play later on, sadly. So many years have passed since her disappearance, why would she not have contacted her parents or any other family members in all this time? Maybe she intended to temporarily disappear and come back when she was ready, but met with foul play along the way somewhere. I hope I am wrong, but my gut is telling me that is what happened!

11-08-2008, 10:38 PM	#4
The_Urban_Prince Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 43	wasn't there another car involved in this wreck, or am i thinking of something else?

01-09-2009, 02:50 PM	#6
egswanso Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 06, 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 463	To me, the evidence and her rather precarious mental state suggest she had another break and wandered off. Given her ensuing vulnerability (hitchiking, etc.) she has likely met with foul play. I'm no psychologist, but it sure seems that if Kristi have received intense counseling and medications before her first break (where she was, as described in UM, already showing odd behavior) she wouldn't have disappeared.

01-09-2009, 06:27 PM	#7
lilmissd Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 28, 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 172	I think that either 2 senarios are most likely in this case. Either Kristi chooses not to come home because she's afraid that her parents will have her committed to a psychiatric hospital if she comes home and she doesn't want that. Or she has suffered severe memory loss and doesn't remember who she is or how to get home or where home is! Or another possibility is that she hitched a ride with the wrong person and met with foul play.

01-12-2009, 10:17 PM	#8
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	I tend to agree with the "mental break followed by foul play" scenario... Kristi was obviously troubled. I'm not a psychologist, either, but I do think that the theory that she had a mental break when she got her car stuck in the mud again is a solid theory. Unfortunately, I think that in her mental state, she was particularly vulnerable to predators. As such, I believe she was murdered shortly after she left her car.

12-22-2009, 09:31 AM	#10
sdb4884 UM Meme Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,234	sad to hear she hasn't been found, how long has it been now?

12-23-2009, 02:15 AM	#11
Oldschooler81 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 03, 2009 Location: Northern CA Posts: 457	Yeah, this case always got to me too, especially since it seems like it could've been prevented so easily. She seemed like a cool, nice girl who just was going through alot and maybe needed some help and someone to really understand her. I think the reenactment was probably pretty right on, about how the second time she had similar car trouble (and thought back to 3 years earlier) could've been what broke her when she was already stressed about being overworked, among other things. I tend to believe that older guy who picked her up hitchhiking, it's too bad he didn't know about her being missing BEFORE then. I always find situations like that the saddest - like when they were so close to being potentially rescued. I'm pretty sure this was 1992 or 93 so she'd be in her late 30s now (probably a youngish one though). I also hope she's still alive and maybe had a case of amnesia - that's plausible actually considering what she seemed to have been going through.

12-23-2009, 07:24 AM	#13
Apostapler Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 06, 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 872	http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/krebs_kristi.html Link to Kristi's Charley Project page with details.

06-08-2010, 12:54 AM	#15
marahnna Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 04, 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 54	Like many, I've always wondered what happened to Kristi Krebs. Hers was one of the cases on Unsolved Mysteries that intrigued me the most. It seems like a very strange coincidence (although it really couldn't be more than that) that her car was stuck in the mud twice under similar circumstances. From the sounds of the details, I would tend to agree with those who think that Kristi wandered off and fell victim to foul play. It seems like far too long a time has passed since her disappearance for her to simply have amnesia. One thing about her disappearance that strikes me as particularly odd, based on the Charley Project's account, is that her bra and panties were found in her car, but the rest of her clothing was missing. Assuming that the trucker who picked up the hitchhiker was correct in identifying his passenger as Kristi, she apparently left the site of the crash alive and clothed; why would she undress, remove her underwear, and then dress again without it? Based on what I've read and seen of her case, it seems undeniable that Kristi probably suffered another mental breakdown triggered by the sort of "deja vu" she must have experienced with her second car accident. Whatever happened to her after that is anyone's guess. Unfortunately, it looks like she just didn't get the help she needed. I'm sure there were several contributing factors to this - the job stress, a situation mirroring the one she had before her first breakdown, etc. - and as little as doctors are able to understand mental illness now, it was even more the case twenty years ago. I have to wonder if things would have been different for her if this had happened today.