The year is 1941, and a young woman, Kate Kensington, is struggling with the loss of her fiancé, William H. Mahler, who is stationed In, Oahu, Hawaii during the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor on, December 7, 1941.
Due to the tragic loss of her fiancé, Kate slips into a severe depression and she begins to drift away from reality.
Feeling helpless, Kate’s father, Dr. Robert Kensington, places his daughter into a mental institution for treatment.
While Kate is at the asylum, she receives various forms of treatment; however, things begin to slowly spiral out of control as Kate slips further into psychosis.
After nine months of unsuccessful treatments, with her family’s insistence, Kate is released into their care on October 29, 1942.
Two days later, October 31, 1942, the Kensington maid reported seeing Kate running into the wooded trails behind the family home, wearing her wedding dress.
A massive twenty-two day search was conducted by the Citrus County Sheriff’s department without turning up a single clue to Kate’s whereabouts.
In a statement made by Captain Donald Harper,
“This has been a tough case for all of us to endure. We are confident, with the aggressive search of the area surrounding where Kate disappeared, that she is no longer there. This case will remain open and our thoughts and prayers go out to the Kensington family”.