During that afternoon, Denise spends much of her time speaking with her boyfriend over the phone. At this time, he is out of state visiting a sick relative in Pennsylvania.

Denise's Home

"It was my 19th birthday and I called from a pay phone to tell my mother I was getting on the subway home to our place (in the Mets apartments at 4815 46th St.) from my job at AT&T in Manhattan," says Diehl.

Lorraine's Place Of Employment (Approx. Location)

Denise's mother smells what she believes to be alcohol on Denise’s breath and an argument breaks out. Her mother threatens to tell her father when he returns home from work at the post office. 

Denise's Home

Denise and her mother argue at dinner because her mother thought Denise had been drinking alcohol. She leaves the house angrily and without taking any personal belongings. She never returns home and has not been heard from again.

Denise's Home

A neighbor sees Denise climb over a fence behind the building and leave the complex via an adjacent Mets building.

Denise's Home

Denise is reported missing the next day when she didn’t return home. Her family waited all night for her to come back. Investigators are unsure if she ran away or if foul play is involved.

In 2006, an age-progressed image of Denise is released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The picture depicts what Denise may look like at age 52.

A second age-progressed image of Denise is released in 2012 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, showing what Denise may look like at 58-years-old.