DC DC - Eileen Kelly, 18, Washington DC, 14 Dec 1974

[Richard]

Eileen Marie Kelly
BIRTH 7 Jul 1956
DEATH 22 Dec 1974 (aged 18)

She disappeared after leaving her office on December 13, 1974, and her body was found in the District of Columbia on December 22, 1974. She had been strangled, and the coroner estimated she had been dead only 24-36 hours. Her murder is a cold case, under investigation by the DC Metropolitan Police Dept. [still as of 2021]

She was survived by her parents; four brothers; one sister; and aunts, uncles, and many friends.

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Eileen Kelly's father...


Patrick Francis Kelly
August 27, 1929 - February 2, 2021

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Patrick Francis Kelly (1929-2021) - Find a Grave...

Patrick Francis Kelly August 27, 1929 - February 2, 2021 Mr. Kelly was born Patrick Francis Kane on August 27, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was placed for adoption at birth in St Ann's infant home. He was fostered and adopted by his mother, Mary L. Kelly, as an infant. His early years were...

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[Richard]

Bumping this thread up. Could Eileen's
Murder be related to other unsolved cases?

 

[Richard]

This December will mark the 50 year anniversary of the murder of Eileen Kelly.

 

[Richard]

Eileen Marie Kelly, 18
Murdered December 1974

Hopefully new advances in DNA analysis will lead to identification of Eileen's killer.

 

[Richard]

This unsolved murder may have been committed by Lloyd Lee Welch, Jr. Or he may have been involved in it.

Eileen's abduction and murder occurred in December 1974 in either Maryland or the District of Colombia. Her body was found in DC, and therefore, the Washington, DC Police Department has jurisdiction.

Investigation concluded that she had been held captive for a week before being killed.

Welch was found guilty of the abduction and murder of the Lyon sisters; Sheila and Katherine, which took place only two months later and a few miles north of where Eileen's body was found.

Eileen had left her place of work in DC intending to take a bus to her home in Hyattsville, MD where her father was waiting to take her to a car dealership to look at a car. She never showed up at the bus stop.

Coincidentally, Lloyd Welch was living at his mother's Hyattsville house, only a few blocks from the Kelly home. It was at that house that he is alleged to have taken the Lyon sisters. BIG Coincidence.

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up. Eileen Kelly went missing on 13 Decenber 1974. Her body was found in Washington DC 22 December. It was apparent that she had been abducted in DC or in Maryland, kept alive as a prisoner, and then killed.

This unsolved cold case will soon be 50 years old.