In 1992 2-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank's family had wanted a fresh start. They bought a house-bus and left Otautau, Southland New Zeland and headed towards the west coast. On October 17, 1992, they boarded the house-bus and on the ride one of the windows shattered. They decided to stop in the small lakeside town of Kingston and stayed with a friend while the window was being repaired.
It seemed to have been a fun day full of lakeside activities like boating, jet skiing, and BBQing. It was thought at the time that Amber-Lee was inside the house being watched. When her mother went inside the home to check on Amber-Lee it was found she wasn't inside.
A search party soon ensued and people of the small town of Kingston searched for the toddler. Every house was searched more than once and police even searched water tanks for the girl. Lake Wakatipu was searched twice. Once on the first day and again a month later. Police are satisfied that the girl did not wander off. Amber-Lee also hated water and wouldn't go to it.
There were children's clothes found in a toilet in Queenstown. police were shown the clothes, but it wasn't connected to the case at the time and were disposed of by the people who found them. They were later asked if the clothes looked similar to what Amber-Lee was wearing and they said it might have.
SOURCES:
New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Missing
New Zealand Police
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