GUILTY CA - Julia 'Deede' Keller, 54, El Segundo, 8 July 2004

[CaliMom]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif -- A missing South Bay real estate agent may have been abducted from her El Segundo home, police said Monday.

Julia Buchanan Keller has been missing for four days. The woman, also known as "Deede," was last seen around 11:30 p.m. Thursday at her residence in the 500 block of Richmond Street, El Segundo police Sgt. Carlos Mendoza said.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3523237/detail.html

This one is waaaay too close to home for me.

 

[englishleigh]

OMgosh!! CaliMom, please keep us updated on this one!!

 

[CaliMom]

EL SEGUNDO — A candlelight vigil is planned in El Segundo later today for a missing South Bay woman. Fifty-four-year-old Julia Keller was last seen Thursday night. Police say they still have no real leads.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/071404_nw_realtor_update.html

 

[IdahoMom]

Thanks for the update, CaliMom. Please keep us posted. Thanks.

 

[CaliMom]

LOS ANGELES -- A silver Mercedes-Benz belonging to a missing El Segundo Realtor was found parked at an expired meter in San Diego Thursday, and police discovered a body in the trunk, a sheriff's deputy said.

The Mercedes E320 was found in the 1000 block of 11th Avenue about noon, said Deputy Bill Spear of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3533903/detail.html

 

[englishleigh]

LOS ANGELES -- A silver Mercedes-Benz belonging to a missing El Segundo Realtor was found parked at an expired meter in San Diego Thursday, and police discovered a body in the trunk, a sheriff's deputy said.

The Mercedes E320 was found in the 1000 block of 11th Avenue about noon, said Deputy Bill Spear of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3533903/detail.html

Oh, NOOOOO!!

 

[englishleigh]

And it sounds like the ex-husband may be a suspect....drat. How awful.

 

[Juliana]

Oh jeez, I am so sorry to hear this. Another article I read (now I can't find it), said the ex-husbands story of visiting a sick relative in ??Bolivia?? checked out (maybe it had been pre-planned - I don't know). I'm sure the date who dropped her off at 11:30 has been checked out.


Sympathy to her family...

 

[IdahoMom]

This is so sad. I had hoped for a different outcome. Darn it!

 

[CaliMom]

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3533903/detail.html

This is so sad. She worked at the same real estate agency that my realtor does. We just bought our first home four months ago. It's such a small community, I know her presence will be missed.

The ex's story sounds fishy and a little too convienient, but one never knows. I just hope they can nail whoever did this.

 

[IdahoMom]

Here's a link to her website. There are several good links at the bottom of this page:

http://www.deedekeller.org/

Calimom-
Is her ex of South American descent? His story is peculiar. Way too much of a coincidence, imo.

 

[Ghostwheel]

Weird. They aren't saying if it is her or not. There must be something really odd about the body, or a relative should be able to ID it.

 

[englishleigh]

Maybe they know it's her but they are withholding the ID as part of a way to smoke out the perp...maybe they are playing mindgames with the ex-husband or something.

 

[CaliMom]

Body Confirmed To Be Missing Realtor
Realtor Had Been Missing Since July 8

POSTED: 7:51 am PDT July 17, 2004
UPDATED: 11:11 am PDT July 18, 2004

SAN DIEGO -- Sheriff's detectives have confirmed that the body found in the trunk of a car in San Diego is that of missing local realtor Julia "Deedee" Keller.

Police found Keller's body inside her Mercedes last Thursday, NBC4 reported.

Keller was last seen alive at her El Segundo home on July 8.

Detectives are calling the case a murder investigation, NBC4 reported.

As of early Sunday, there was no word on any possible suspects.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3541403/detail.html

 

[CaliMom]

IdahoMom,

I haven't heard much about the ex, someone stated that they heard his story checked out, so who knows. I'm keeping up with this one, so I'll let you know if I hear anything more.

 

[IdahoMom]

Thanks CaliMom. This is not the ending I had hoped for. What about the boyfriend- has much been said about him?

 

[peggy]

Announced this morning that autopsy records are sealed so don't know cause of death. If ex flew out of San Diego enroute to Bolivia, or wherever, he would be a major suspect. Haven't heard much about date--sure he is high on suspect list too - what a waste, to take a human life for what = happens every day, I know, but always shocked.

 

[BlueJeanne]

Several years ago there was a serial abductor, rapist who preyed upon real estate agents operating in several states. I was selling real estate at the time and every office in the tri-county area had the drawing of the guy posted in the office for customers and agents to view. We started using the buddy system if our clients were single men. This was before cell phones or beepers--the 80's!

 

[CaliMom]

Looks like the date and the ex-husband were cleared. I hope they can find out who did this. It's so sad.

Funeral Services Set For Slain South Bay Realtor
Services Will Be Open To Public

POSTED: 6:39 pm PDT July 20, 2004
UPDATED: 7:17 pm PDT July 20, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- Funeral services -- which will be open to the public -- are scheduled July 29 in Manhattan Beach for slain South Bay Realtor Julia "Deede" Keller, it was announced Tuesday.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3557495/detail.html

 

[Ghostwheel]

Several years ago there was a serial abductor, rapist who preyed upon real estate agents operating in several states. I was selling real estate at the time and every office in the tri-county area had the drawing of the guy posted in the office for customers and agents to view. We started using the buddy system if our clients were single men. This was before cell phones or beepers--the 80's!

But she disappeared after 11:30 PM. Do Real Estate agents go out to show houses that late?