Name: Aleida Maria Anderske Kaspersma
Case Classification: Endangered missing
Missing Since: July 2, 1978
Location Last Seen: Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Date of Birth: March 8, 1952
Age: 26 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6" - 170 cm
Weight: Slim
Hair Color: Auburn
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Aleida Kaspersma, Leidy
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pale complexion. Fluent in English, German, French and Dutch. Aleida is a citizen of Netherlands.
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available
Clothing: Brown boots, brown corduroy jeans, a cream woollen jacket and a cream woollen shoulder bag
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Contact lens
On the afternoon of July 2, 1978, Leidy and her boyfriend Nick travelled in their Opel Record Estate to Kenmare to do some shopping and Leidy is known to have dropped into a coffee shop. Locals later told a reporter she had seemed uneasy. Leidy and Nick camped in a hayfield in Earneen beside the home of Andrew and Cissy Woods - friends of Nick's. He had broken up with her shortly before she disappeared and told investigators that on their return, at around 4.30pm, as they approached the secluded Woods family home, Leidy asked him to stop the car. He said she turned to him, looked him directly in the eye and kissed him on the mouth. Wheatley claims Leidy then got out of the car and started walking back along the road they'd travelled. He believed she may have wanted some space to be by herself following the break-up and so continued back to the Woods home. The area is mountainous with deep ravines. Her AIB bank account, which she'd just opened and into which she lodged £10, was untouched since her disappearance. Her family is convinced that someone is responsible for her disappearance and doubt the integrity of the persons who knew her in Kenmare.
Agency Name: Kenmare Garda Station
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +353646641177
Agency E-Mail: Contact form
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Netherlands Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 0800-6070 or +31-343 57 8844 (from abroad)
Agency E-Mail: Tip form
Agency Case Number: 02050009
Agency Name: Garda Missing Persons Unit
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +353 1 666 9476
Agency E-Mail: missing_persons@garda.ie
Agency Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: Not listed
NCIC Case Number: N/A
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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