Kutz, Elizabeth Ann

Missing Since: July 27, 2000

From: DeForest, Dane County

Age: 30 years old

Date of Birth: May 10, 1970
Height and Weight: 5'1, 110 pounds
Race: White

Sex: Female

Hair: Black

Eyes: Green

Marks: She has a scar on her forehead.
Clothing: A white t-shirt with an image of the cartoon character Winnie-the-Pooh on the front, denim shorts with plaid or multicolored pockets, white socks, brown or tan ankle boots, a gold ring with a diamond, and a Mickey Mouse wristwatch

Exclusions: 2

Details of Disappearance

Elizabeth was last seen leaving work at Demco Plastics in DeForest at approximately 3:15 p.m. on July 27, 2000. She was driving a borrowed green Jeep Cherokee with vanity license plates; it was later found abandoned on a parking ramp at Meriter Hospital in downtown Madison. She has never been heard from again and extensive searches of the area turned up no evidence as to her whereabouts.

Elizabeth's husband of twelve years, Daniel H. Kutz, was arrested a day after his wife disappeared and charged with misdemeanor counts of stalking his wife and of obstructing an officer. He was charged with Elizabeth's murder a month later and convicted five months after that, in January 2001.

Daniel maintained that he and Elizabeth rode around in the Jeep Cherokee and discussed their failed marriage on the day of her disappearance, and she dropped him off at a gas station in Madison and said she would continue to Portage. He stated that he never saw her after that and he never harmed her. Daniel was picked up by police at 11:00 p.m. that day as he walked down the road, soaking wet, without shoes or a shirt. He said he had left his shoes in the Jeep Cherokee and was walking home, which was thirty miles away. Traces of Elizabeth's blood were found on Daniel's wristwatch after his arrest, and drops of her blood were in the storage area of the Jeep. The vehicle had been wiped clean of fingerprints on the inside, but Daniel's prints were found on its exterior. Daniel is serving a life sentence for Elizabeth's murder. He maintains his innocence in her case. Elizabeth's remains have never been found, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.

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