I had to join this site to add to this thread. I lived in a small town named Fonda for about 15 years & know the whole area VERY well. My son & his family still live in Amsterdam.
Anyway, I know a lady that still lives in Johnstown who went to school with Kellisue & said she was a sweet, honest, kind person who wouldn't hurt anyone & NOT the type that would disappear without anyone in her immediate family (siblings, daughter) knowing where she went. Her husband, Jayson, on the other hand, she described as just one of a bunch of 'dirtbags', & that things were NOT going well between Kellisue & Jayson for a long time, but she would NEVER leave without taking her daughter with her.
That being said, I ended up finding Jayson's MySpace page. According to him, he's "single" & "horny". Seems to me, if he gave a single damn at all, he wouldn't be advertising either fact, much less both. 'nuff said??
When Kellisue went missing, Jayson & his family spread the rumor that she 'ran away with another man' & because he has some area connections, the Johnstown/Gloversville police (keystone cops?) took the easy way out & initially shrugged the disappearance off as what Jayson said was probably the truth, after the initial search. The state police, FBI, etc. were not even called in & to my knowledge the car was junked soon after the fire.
I was responding through the Leader Herald comment section after their stories, and people who commented with their opinions were harassed by a couple of people who made very nasty comments about the posters & Kellisue, including some very foul comments. It seems they were Jayson's family members, & possibly Jayson himself. The Leader Herald no longer allows comments after most of it's stories, thanks to that.
I think it was a damned shame that the police couldn't be bothered to call in the FBI. I wonder how they would be if their sister, daughter, mother, or wife disappeared & it was shrugged off. It made me SO mad that I even sent an email to Criminal Report Daily's David Lohr & thankfully he has investigated & added it to his site. I no longer live in the area, or I'd be searching for her every possible chance I had.
I never met Kellisue, but NOBODY deserves to "disappear" like that without everything being done to find her or what happened to her.
My personal opinion? Jayson killed her, possibly with his sister's help, & since he knows the area (he grew up there) he stashed her body where it won't be found- at least, not too soon. The area is FULL of old sites with old wells, holes in between rocks, creeks & rivers, & various other places where bodies can be stashed.
And the reason why Kellisue's not on the list of missing is because of how the local cops (mis)handled the case.
JMHO