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Naomi Kelly

Case from Kansas City, MO dated Aug 16, 1986

Victim Details

Naomi Kelly

Female

Black / African American

Kansas City

MO

1986-08-16

23

Naomi

Kelly

07/07/2026

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On August 16, 1986, the body of 23-year-old Naomi Kelly was discovered in a park located at 10th and Harrison streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. A single mother of two who was attending business school to improve her family's future, Kelly had been brutally strangled. When authorities found her, a towel was tied around her neck and face. Her death was part of a terrifying string of homicides targeting women in the area, yet for decades, the case remained unsolved, leaving her grieving fa ...
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