Do you know who murdered Kathy Kelly?
On a hot Saturday, the first of September in 1984, the body of a young Caucasian female named Kathy Kelly was discovered in a cornfield just northwest of Wichita, Kansas. Kelly, who was either 21 or 22 years old, had been shot five or six times in her head and upper body. Her body was already in a state of decomposition, suggesting she had been killed several days before being found by hunters at 2500 N. West St.
Investigators found no identification on her person, but a piece of paper in her pocket with a phone number on it led to her tentative identification. Curiously, she had never been reported as a missing person. The secluded location where her body was found, apparently dragged into the field after her death, presented immediate challenges for the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office as they began their investigation.
Despite the efforts of law enforcement, including the Wichita Police Department, the murder of Kathy Kelly remains unsolved. Over the decades, her case has become one of Wichita's cold cases. There have been no arrests made in connection with her death, and no suspects have ever been publicly named. The circumstances surrounding her killing remain a mystery, a lingering question in the history of the Wichita community. The case is still open, awaiting any new leads that might finally bring a resolution to this decades-old homicide.
