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A Missouri woman was killed in 1989. Three men are now charged in the crime
A Missouri woman was killed in 1989. Three men are now charged in the crime
Updated: 1:26 AM EST Feb 23, 2024
DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS NEWS 100% OUT OF THE BLUE. I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I MEAN, MY JAW DROPPED 40 YEARS AFTER HER MOTHER WAS LAST SEEN IN MASSACHUSETTS. MEGAN SMITH GOT A CALL FROM FLORIDA. SHE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED. WE KNEW IT WAS HER 100%. THE WOMAN ONLY KNOWN AS BROWARD COUNTY, JANE DOE, 1984, WAS HER MOTHER, LORI KASI IDENTIF SIDE. ALL THESE YEARS LATER, USING DNA, I GUESS IT’S CLOSURE THAT I NEVER REALLY KNEW THAT I NEEDED. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEARD IT, IT REALLY, LIKE, OPENED SOMETHING UP AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT WAS THERE. MEGAN WAS JUST FIVE WHEN HER MOTHER VANISHED IN 1983. HER PARENTS WERE DIVORCED, AND SHE LAST SAW HER MOM WHEN SHE DROPPED HER OFF AT HER DAD’S HOUSE JUST MONTHS LATER. A WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN A SOUTH FLORIDA CANAL. THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE, BUT SHE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. WE KNEW THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO A PRETTY INFAMOUS CRIME FAMILY AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE EARLY 80S. WE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE THERE. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT TOOK HER 23 YEAR OLD MOTHER TO FLORIDA, BUT MEGAN SUSPECTS SHE MAY NOW GET MORE ANSWERS AS THE DECADES OLD MYSTERY BEGINS TO UNRAVEL. I FEEL A SENSE OF PEACE. OF COURSE, I WOULD WANT JUSTICE, BUT I’M OKAY WHERE I’M AT. THE FACT THAT I KNOW NOW IS REALLY BE ENOUGH FOR ME. AND AT THIS POINT, NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THIS CASE, BUT POLICE IN DAVIE, FLORIDA, JUST OUTSIDE FORT LAUDERDALE, ARE LOOKING FO
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A Missouri woman was killed in 1989. Three men are now charged in the crime
Updated: 1:26 AM EST Feb 23, 2024
Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about the crime.Douglas County authorities announced Wednesday that three men have been arrested and indicted on first-degree murder, forcible rape and first-degree kidnapping charges in the 1989 killing of 24-year-old Kelle Ann Workman. Court records show that the men do not yet have listed attorneys. All three are jailed on $250,000 cash-only bond.Video above: Massachusetts woman identified as victim in 40-year-old cold caseWorkman was last seen cutting the grass at a rural cemetery in southwestern Missouri on June 30, 1989. Her body was found submerged in a creek more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) away a week later.“I think we’re able to give Kelle some justice and hopefully give the family some closure, knowing that these guys are not here running around and simply getting away with it,” Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase said at a news conference.Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Weatherman said the information from the person who came forward is “rock-solid.”Asked if he was confident in the case, Weatherman said, “It’s as good as a 1989 case can ever be.”Workman was last seen at the Dogwood Cemetery near a Baptist church in a rural area of Douglas County. Several people joined police in searching for her. Her body was found on July 7, 1989, in a creek near Oldfield, Missouri.
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Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about the crime.
Douglas County authorities announced Wednesday that three men have been arrested and indicted on first-degree murder, forcible rape and first-degree kidnapping charges in the 1989 killing of 24-year-old Kelle Ann Workman. Court records show that the men do not yet have listed attorneys. All three are jailed on $250,000 cash-only bond.
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Video above: Massachusetts woman identified as victim in 40-year-old cold case
Workman was last seen cutting the grass at a rural cemetery in southwestern Missouri on June 30, 1989. Her body was found submerged in a creek more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) away a week later.
“I think we’re able to give Kelle some justice and hopefully give the family some closure, knowing that these guys are not here running around and simply getting away with it,” Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase said at a news conference.
Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Weatherman said the information from the person who came forward is “rock-solid.”
Asked if he was confident in the case, Weatherman said, “It’s as good as a 1989 case can ever be.”
Workman was last seen at the Dogwood Cemetery near a Baptist church in a rural area of Douglas County. Several people joined police in searching for her. Her body was found on July 7, 1989, in a creek near Oldfield, Missouri.
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