KY KY-Valeri Brooks, 22, last seen working late-night shift@ Thornton's gas station, kidnapped, raped, & murdered, rural Versailles, 31 Dec.,1990,*DNA*.

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By: Kayleigh Randle Jan 01, 2026

'It was a crushing wave': Valeri Brooks kidnapping, murder case remains unsolved 35 years later

A cold case remains unsolved more than three decades later, and it's a case LEX 18 has followed closely since the 1990s.

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''It's been 35 years since 22-year-old Valeri Brooks was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in Versailles. Valeri, a mother to two boys, was working the night of December 30, 1990, when she took on an extra late-night shift. It was the last time anyone would see her alive.

Versailles police say that night they were called to a robbery alarm at Thornton's, but the gas station was empty. Five hours later, on December 31, police say they were contacted by a woman traveling down a rural road when she spotted something: Valeri's body.''

 

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Jun 1, 2018
New Hope For Valeri Brooks' Family
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A cold case remains unsolved more than three decades later, and it's a case LEX 18 has followed closely since the 1990s. Throughout the years, DNA evidence has been found, and potential leads haven't panned out.LEX18's Kayleigh Randle spoke to the brother of Valeri Brooks, who was kidnapped and murdered in Versailles, about the answers he still seeks to help bring the murder of his sister to justice.