Kirsty Marianne Bentley was a teenager living in Ashburton, New Zealand, who went missing while walking her family dog on the afternoon of 31 December 1998. After an extensive search lasting several weeks, her body was found in dense scrub approximately 40 km away placed in a fetal position and clothed. Special care was taken to preserve the body, and the father never had an alibi. Yet this remains one of New Zealand's most high profile unsolved cases.