Kristin Thorne
She is the creator, writer, and producer of WABC's true crime series "Missing," in which she investigates the disappearances of people from the New York City area. The episodes are available at www.ABC7NY.com/missing.
Before joining the Eyewitness News team in January 2012, Kristin was a reporter at News 12 Westchester. Before that, she worked at WHTM-TV ABC 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Kristin graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and earned her master's degree in broadcast journalism from the prestigious Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She is an adjunct professor at Hofstra University teaching journalism in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication.
She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and has received numerous Emmy nominations. She has also been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and has received several Folio awards, which honor the best of Long Island journalism. She was honored with the "Excellence in Newscasting Award" at the 2021 Long Island International Film Expo.
Kristin competes in triathlons and is training for an Ironman. She enjoys reading, studying Spanish and traveling around the U.S and Europe. She loves exploring new places and has rarely visited the same place twice.
Kristin's Stories
'Missing': The mystery of Dr. Sneha Anne Philip - the woman who disappeared night before 9/11
One of the listed victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks may not have been at Ground Zero at all. Kristin Thorne examines the mystery of Dr. Sneha Anne Philip.
Join Reddit AMA with Kristin Thorne about 'Missing' tonight at 7
My series "Missing" tells the stories of missing people who never got the coverage they deserved.
Every single victim and every single family deserves justice - and that's my mission.
Tonight at 7, ask me a question about the series or follow along during our first AMA, or Ask Me Anything, on ABC7NY's Reddit.
'Missing' investigates small town girl's journey from cheerleader to sex-trafficked 'hostage'
Kristin Thorne examines the disappearance of Corinna Paige Slusser, who went from small-town Pennsylvania cheerleader to sex-trafficked "hostage" in New York City, where she vanished in 2017.
'Missing' investigates a Brooklyn mom's relentless quest to solve daughter's twisted disappearance
In this episode of "Missing" Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter Kristin Thorne profiles a young mother, Chelsea Michelle Cobo, who vanished from Brooklyn in 2016.
Summit on missing women and girls of color held in the Bronx
A summit was held in Mount Eden on Friday to discuss how New York City deals with cases of missing women and girls of color.
'Missing': Renewed search for Westchester mother and two small children who disappeared in 1977
A non-profit from Oregon - that specializes in finding missing people - has come to Westchester to search for a mother and her two children who disappeared in 1977.
Imposter posed as Queens man for doctor's visits in 'fraudulent' construction fall claim
Last month, a bill was introduced in Albany which would make staging a construction site accident for the purposes of insurance fraud a felony.
2 Long Island men indicted in near-deadly fentanyl poisoning of infant
Robert Mauro, 39, and a 35-year-old man from Lake Grove, who was not identified, were both indicted by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
Program teaching how to compost cut from NYC budget, as compost numbers 'poor,' says report
New York City's curbside composting is not off to a good start with low participation, according to a recent study, just as the Adams administration pulled funding for a program that could help encourage people to compost.
Columbine: 25 years later, what schools are doing to keep kids safe
Eyewitness News is looking back at 25 years since the shooting at Columbine High School and is taking a deeper look at how schools in our area are continuing to try to find the best ways to protect their students.