Lost but not forgotten: Search for missing Manhattan Beach woman ends in tragedy, hope for the future
Nancy Paulikas went missing in October 2016. Officials confirmed this week that bones found in a Los Angeles park belonged to her. Photo courtesy Kirk Moody Kirk Moody’s 26-month search for his missing wife ended as he had feared it might: with a phone call. The Manhattan Beach resident received the call the day after Christmas from Detective Mike Rosenberger of the Manhattan Beach Police Department. Officials from the California Department of Justice had confirmed through DNA testing that a skull and rib bones found in Fossil Ridge Park, in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, were the remains of his wife, Nancy Paulikas. Paulikas, who suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, had been missing since she wandered away from Moody at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in October 2016. In the ensuing months, Moody, friends and family built a professional and tireless search operation. He and his wife had both worked in the aerospace industry, and the many people who loved Paulikas brought an engineer’s disciplined, analytical approach to the search. Moody, who was in Colorado for the holiday when the call came in, said he was wary at first. The past two years of…
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