Dochterman resided in Hayward, California with her family in 2001. She traveled to Europe on May 12, 2001 and visited Brussels, Belgium and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dochterman brought her black cat, Michael, along with her for the trip. She contacted her family for the final time from Amsterdam on June 5, 2001. Dochterman has never been been heard from again. She was scheduled to return to the United States and arrive in San Francisco, California sometime afterwards, but she never boarded her flight. Dochterman did not contact the airline or her family to report a change in her itinerary. Her loved ones are concerned that she was a victim of foul play in Belgium or the Netherlands. Dochterman's case remains unsolved.

is featuring Dochterman's case due to her American citizenship and the circumstances involved in her disappearance.