NOV 16, 2020
Musician and activist Kelley Brannon still missing four months after disappearing from Florida hotel
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... Around 10:30 p.m., he said he went outside to check on Kelley and found she had been drinking and crying outside of the hotel.
“I slipped her car keys off her waist so she couldn’t drive,” Eddie said. ...
It was the last time he saw Kelley.
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The next morning Eddie said he woke up to a voicemail from Kelley that he still plays over and over. In the voicemail, which Eddie shared with Dateline, says she got another room at the Sunshine Inn and reported her car stolen by Eddie because she was angry he took her keys. Police later told Dateline that an official report by Kelley was never filed.
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The voicemail suddenly cuts to Kelley announcing that she was “getting in a car.” Her phone has been off ever since and her car was left unlocked at the hotel ...
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... Kelley’s group of friends spans the country from her travels over the years, but not one of them has heard from Kelley.
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... Guests of the hotel that evening later told officials that they saw Kelley outside of the hotel with her guitar around the same time she left the voicemail for Eddie.
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Over the months, there have been reported sightings of Kelley in Tallahassee, High Springs and Live Oak, as well as Lake Park and Camilla, Georgia, according to Captain Rountree. But after collecting witness statements and security video, the sightings could not be confirmed to be Kelley, he said. ...
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“From the time Kelley was reported missing, all aspects and possible outcomes have and are continually being considered,” Capt. Rountree said. “There is no specific piece of information as of this time that leads us to determine -- or to rule out -- that foul play has occurred. ...
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This week marks four months since Kelley has been gone, but Eddie told Dateline he won’t give up searching for her. In September, he went back to Live Oak, Florida to continue hanging fliers and talking to locals. He also recently traveled to New Hampshire to deliver Kelley’s belongings to her mother.
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A Facebook page “
Missing Kelley Brannon” was created to help generate information and one of Kelley’s friends, BM, started a [fundraiser] page to finance a private investigator as well as a $1,500 reward for information that leads to her whereabouts.
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