Kodie was last seen around 4 p.m. on July 6, 2020, near the 1100 block of 12th Street in Baraboo. After police responded to an apartment complex and spoke with her mother, authorities quickly recognized the urgency and issued an Amber Alert. Police officers, Baraboo Fire Department personnel, and K-9 teams from Wisconsin Dells joined the search, combing nearby areas for any sign of the missing child. Families and community members waited anxiously for news, hoping Kodie would be found safe. Instead, the search took a devastating turn the following morning when authorities discovered her body near 11th Street and County Highway T.

Kodie’s death transformed the urgent missing-child search into an investigation into what had happened. The information available does not establish a cause of death, leaving important questions unanswered and making speculation inappropriate. The timeline remains heartbreaking: a child disappeared one afternoon, an intensive search followed, and by the next day, the hope of bringing her home safely had been replaced by grief. For investigators, the focus shifted toward determining the circumstances surrounding her death. For those who loved Kodie, the tragedy meant confronting an unimaginable loss while waiting for answers that were not immediately available.