Found Deceased NC - Diana Alejandra Keel, 38, car parked at home, Nashville, Nash County, 8 Mar 2019 *arrest*

[AmandaReckonwith]

Done for tonight, and updated.

Diana Alejandra Keel Case Archive:
Diana Alejandra Keel -NC- by amanda reckonwith

 

[misterfixit]

When we were in high school at Southern Nash Senior High he seemed to be a nice guy.

 

[HayLouise]

Joel Brown‏Verified account @JoelBrownABC11

“It’s very difficult especially when I see how fragile life is. And now we have a kid without a mother... and a lot of unanswered questions. — Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone on the ongoing Diana Keel murder investigation. Latest at 11 #abc11

Joel Brown on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Candace Sweat‏ @WRALCandace

Sheriff Keith Stone says Diana Alejandra Keel’s husband is a person of interest. Stone says he has been cooperating with the investigation, is not charged with anything and is “free to go”. #wral

Candace Sweat on Twitter

Candace Sweat‏ @WRALCandace

Sheriff Stone says he is “very pleased” with the conversations had with Keel’s husband.

Candace Sweat on Twitter

BBM

 

[HayLouise]

Linnie Supall‏ @LinnieSupall

@NashCountySO: Body found Tuesday is 38 y/o Diana Keel, who was reported missing last Saturday. “The most difficult aspect of this case is a 10 y/o son and an 18 y/o daughter are without their mother.” said Sheriff Keith Stone. Murder investigation is ongoing MORE:@SpecNewsRDU

Linnie Supall on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Gloria Rodriguez‏Verified account @GloriaABC11

Taryn Edwards, of Momeyer, said she and Diana Alejandra Keel had been best friends. She shared these pictures of the two of them. “She was such a sweet, sweet friend,” Edwards said, describing Diana as bubbly and always smiling. Diana was only 38. #ABC11

Gloria Rodriguez on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Anthony Wilson‏Verified account @AnthonyABC11

“There’s a killer on the loose,” said @NashCountySO during update of the investigation of Diana Keel’s murder. Earlier he confirmed discovery of the missing woman’s body in Edgecombe Co., miles away from her Old County Home Rd home in Nash Co. @ABC11_WTVD

Anthony Wilson on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Caroline Blair‏ @CarolineBNews

We've got the very latest this morning on the body found in Nash County that is that of mother of 2, 38 year old Diana Keel. @SpecNewsRDU

Body Found Confirmed to be Missing Nash Co. Woman

Caroline Blair on Twitter

 

[justme11]

Her poor children and family :-(

 

[GraceG]

What did this “person of interest” do for a living? Has he ever had a job, been in the military, anything?

I wonder if Elizabeth’s fall and injury to her forehead on January 1, 2006 had anything to do with anyone’s temper flaring, perhaps after drinking on December 31? I wonder if she had children who may be grown now? She was only 42.

Who’s so unlucky to have one 42 yo wife die from blunt trauma to the head in a home accident on New Years, then 13 years later have your 38 yo wife be killed by homicide?

The first wife's obituary did not list any children.

 

[HayLouise]

Joe Fisher WRAL‏ @JoeFisherTV

**PLEASE RETWEET** Sheriff asks public for surveillance video in hopes of catching Diana Keel’s killer. STORY: http://wral.com/18257376 @WRAL

Joe Fisher WRAL on Twitter

(Video at link)

 

[sloothseeker]

What we know about this couple and case from the media
2006 - 1st wife died
2019 - 2nd wife disappeared/deceased
10 year old son/18 year old daughter (assume step-daughter he adopted based on last name and age)
So between 2006 and 2009 (based on age of son) - he meets a woman from Columbia, she relocates herself and a young daughter to US and Nash County, they marry and son born.
She was 38, he's 58 (20 year age difference)
When she relocates she's no more than 28 and daughter no more than 10. I assume she has no family here and the one good friend she made says husband made the relationship end.
Were involved in church family
Wife did work outside the home as nurse, not sure what job husband had/has - maybe rental property
3/8 Daughter reports mother missing
3/9 hubby and mailman says that's last time they saw her; work reports she hasnt been to work in few days,
3/10 hubby tells church family Sunday wife is fine but she's not in church
3/11 sheriff's department has crime tape around house
3/12 DOT worker finds 'decomposing' body 30 miles from home (no media coverage there, only the places in Nash County being searched are shown)
3/12 Hubby (POI) questioned but released
3/13 Positive ID of body.
To date, no arrests.

2 lingering questions - what happened between 3/8 and 3/11 and why no LEO action until 3/11.

 

[HayLouise]

Amy Cutler‏ @AmyCutlerNews

The Nash County Sheriff is asking anyone with video between March 9 to March 12 around N.C. Highway 97, Battleboro Leggett Rd, N.C. Highway 33 and U.S. Highway 64 to contact them. Here’s the latest on the Diana Keel case.

Sheriff: Body found Tuesday is missing Nash County woman

Amy Cutler on Twitter

 

[TxMother67]

It is such a rural area; not a lot of businesses between her home and where she was found. Hopefully, a camera captured something in Rocky Mount.
Google Maps

ETA: a pic of the map. I still can't figure out how to do it!

 

[Boodles]

What we know about this couple and case from the media
2006 - 1st wife died
2019 - 2nd wife disappeared/deceased
10 year old son/18 year old daughter (assume step-daughter he adopted based on last name and age)
So between 2006 and 2009 (based on age of son) - he meets a woman from Columbia, she relocates herself and a young daughter to US and Nash County, they marry and son born.
She was 38, he's 58 (20 year age difference)
When she relocates she's no more than 28 and daughter no more than 10. I assume she has no family here and the one good friend she made says husband made the relationship end.
Were involved in church family
Wife did work outside the home as nurse, not sure what job husband had/has - maybe rental property
3/8 Daughter reports mother missing
3/9 hubby and mailman says that's last time they saw her; work reports she hasnt been to work in few days,
3/10 hubby tells church family Sunday wife is fine but she's not in church
3/11 sheriff's department has crime tape around house
3/12 DOT worker finds 'decomposing' body 30 miles from home (no media coverage there, only the places in Nash County being searched are shown)
3/12 Hubby (POI) questioned but released
3/13 Positive ID of body.
To date, no arrests.

2 lingering questions - what happened between 3/8 and 3/11 and why no LEO action until 3/11.

I don’t think the daughter reported Diana missing until the evening of Saturday, March 9. And didn’t the UPS driver/mailman see her on Thursday, not Friday?

Who reported husband going to church and saying she was fine? I hadn’t read that. Did he attend regularly?

 

[sloothseeker]

I don’t think the daughter reported Diana missing until the evening of Saturday, March 9. And didn’t the UPS driver/mailman see her on Thursday, not Friday?

Who reported husband going to church and saying she was fine? I hadn’t read that. Did he attend regularly?

Nash County sheriff confirms body found is that of missing woman, says foul play involved


"Edwards said she met Diana around 2009 when they were both attending Momeyer Baptist Church. "

"Pastor Daniel Parker, of Christian Fellowship Church, said Diana used to attend the church."

"Diana was first reported missing by her daughter on March 7."

"Nash County deputies went to the home two days later, where her husband told them he'd last seen her Friday. "

"Diana's employer told investigators she had not reported to work in several days. "

 

[HayLouise]

Tom Cleary‏Verified account @tomwcleary

Lynn Keel, 57, has been named as a person of interest and has been questioned in the death of his wife North Carolina. Diana Keel, a 38-year-old nurse, was found dead Tuesday: http://bit.ly/2Hwllyp

Tom Cleary on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Heavy.com‏Verified account @HeavySan

Lynn Keel, 57, has been named as a person of interest and has been questioned in the death of his wife North Carolina. Diana Keel, a 38-year-old nurse, was found dead Tuesday:

Lynn Keel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

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[HayLouise]

Lynn Keel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

1. Lynn Keel Was Brought in for Questioning After His Wife’s Body Was Found, but He Has Not Been Charged, the Sheriff’s Office Says

2. He & Diana Keel Have a Son Together Along With Her 18-Year-Old Daughter, Who Was the One to Report Diana Missing, Police Say

3. Lynn Keel’s First Wife Died in 2006 at Their Home in Nash County


4. He Was ‘Controlling’ of His Wife & Wouldn’t Let Her be Alone With Anyone, Says a Friend Who Also Accused Lynn Keel of ‘Verbal & Emotional Abuse’

5. Diana Keel, Who Was Originally From Colombia, Was a Registered Nurse & Began a New Job in the Wilson Medical Center Emergency Department in 2017

Lynn Keel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

 

[HayLouise]

1. Lynn Keel Was Brought in for Questioning After His Wife’s Body Was Found, but He Has Not Been Charged, the Sheriff’s Office Says


Lynn Keel, whose full name is Rexford Lynn Keel Jr., was brought in for questioning by the Nash County Sheriff’s Office after his wife, Diana Keel, was found dead on Tuesday, March 12. The sheriff’s office said at a press conference that Keel was “very cooperative” with investigators and was released. Authorities said there are “persons of interest” in the case along with Keel, but the other potential suspects have not been named.

Investigators also seized evidence from the Keels’ home on Old County Home Road in Nashville. Diana Keel was reported missing on March 7 by her 18-year-old daughter. The sheriff’s office has said they do not know why Lynn Keel did not report her missing first. He told investigators he had last seen her on Friday, March 8, when questioned on Saturday, March 9, the sheriff’s office said.

“He said that she leaves from time to time and will stay gone a couple of days,” Stone said. The sheriff said Keel appeared to be surprised when he learned his wife’s body had been found.

Diana Keel had also not reported to work for several days, her employer, a local hospital, said. Her car was still parked at her Nashville home and her cell phone and credit cards had not been used. “There’s been no use of her cell phone. We’ve reached out, tried to call her several times and can’t get anything,” Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone told reporters in the days before Diana was found dead.

Diana Keel’s body was found Tuesday by workers with the NCDOT in woods in Edgecombe County about two to three miles away from Leggett on Polk’s Hole Road, the sheriff’s office said. Stone said the body was decomposed and foul play was suspected from the beginning.

Stone said there was a “domestic issue” between Lynn and Diana Keel about a year ago.

“There had been concerns between the husband at one time and Mrs. Keel but there has been nothing lately that has been reported on that,” he told reporters at a press conference.

He said the previous incidents were “small domestic issues” and “communication problems.”

Stone said it was unusual for Keel to disappear. He said she never missed work and would keep in touch with family. When they hadn’t heard from her and when she didn’t show up at the hospital, her family grew concerned, according to Stone.

“She talks to other family members quite often, every day, texting, communicating, FaceTimes and then all of a sudden it stops. And there are no sightings of her since Friday. There’s no communications, there’s no track record of financials that she’s did. Her vehicle’s still in her yard and nobody’s heard from her,” Stone told reporters.

Diana Keel’s body was found about 30 miles from her home in Nashville.

Lynn Keel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com