Kitten vanished into thin air.. cannot cope

My cat, Ducky, went missing 2 months ago. I’m wondering if there is any hope in finding her. Hoping to hear some success stories from you guys being reunited with your missing pets.

A little backstory. Ducky was 9 months when she went missing. I have had many cats, but really formed a bond with this one. She’s from a shelter, spayed, claws in tact, microchipped. Never been outside, indoor only. However, she was DYING to get outside. Ran out multiple times and I had to wrangle her back.

The reason I say “missing” is because she could still be in the house. We have a crawl space in our basement that she loved to explore. At a point we had to Macgyver it so she couldn’t get up there anymore. But with Ducky.. where there’s a will there’s a way. She could have still weaseled her way up into the crawl space.

Alternatively, on the night she went missing I had a friend over who (unpurposefully) left the front door cracked for a brief period. Ducky could have made her escape that way. Regardless, we never saw her leave. Just noticed we couldn’t find her in the morning.

Anywho, we never saw her again. We have made missing pet reports online, been up to shelters, put up flyers, searched the neighborhood high and low. Nothing. We are even offering $100 reward.

Ducky is very friendly. Almost more of a dog than a cat. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone snatched her up. I hope that is what happened at this point. She has a brother cat we adopted who has been crying for her everyday since she left. I miss her a lot.

What do you guys think? Is there still hope? Is she probably dead? Could she have gotten stuck in crawl space? Are there any other options I haven’t exhausted?

Thanks in advance. Sorry for the long post.