VA VA - Kelly Catalano, 40, Chesterfield, 15 Jan 2010 - #1

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  • #621
according to media, the neighbor said that Kelly had mentioned a few months back, that she thought someone had been in her house, moved some things around, etc. CinVA has talked to the neighbors so she might have more insight on this question.


I need to go back to find her post, but IIRC, I think she supposedly talked to another neighbor...the one from a TV report??

ETA : CiV also had some good info in the post regarding which door was visible from which neighbors house.
 
  • #622
I need to go back to find her post, but IIRC, I think she supposedly talked to another neighbor...the one from a TV report??
the links would be within the first 10? pages located here
 
  • #623
1) Kelly and I both had Lasik eye surgery several years ago, if glasses had been found (which I do not know if they have or have not), they would have most likely been safety glasses. They could be sunglasses, but she usually kept those in her car and she rarely wore them anyway. She did not label her goggles, but her gloves should have had her initials "KDC" written with a permanent marker. She was very specific about identifying what was hers. I don't know that glasses of any sort have been found, or what time it was when they were searching.

2) She kept her cell phone with her, usually in her shirt pocket, I think, but cannot be certain. The times I did see her at work, she was on her lunch break.

3) Her machine and work station are located right next to a door. The door towards the center of the building on the side of the building in the photograph where the employees parked their cars. I don't recall windows in the shop at all, but cannot be certain. There may have been windows higher up, but none near her work station.

4) It's a fabrication shop, some moments were louder than others, but Kelly always wore her hearing protectors, other employees probably should have been wearing theirs as well. I thought she left her phone on vibrate, but can't be certain.

5) I first heard the news of Kelly's disappearance at 5:30 or so, Friday afternoon. I received a voicemail from one of the detectives and called him back right away.

6) The neighbor who is feeding the cats was not at home. I left the bag of catfood at the front door of Kelly's house. The neighbor I spoke with was a different neighbor, the one from the newscast. I should not have been Kelly's emergency contact, but I believe the neighbor gave the police my name and contact information, but the company should have had it in their files as well.
7) When I stopped to visit the neighbor, another neighbor called because she thought I was Kelly. My neighbor informed her that it was me, not Kelly. The other neighbor said that Kelly and I walked alike. There were no patrol cars in the area, no cars out of place on the street.

8) The neighbor I spoke with is elderly, the front door is not visible from her house at all, but Kelly's back door is visible from certain parts of her house. She made no mention of anyone coming or going, aside from Kelly's family and the police.
9) The locks were definitely changed. Kelly gave me the original door knobs, deadbolts and keys. Kelly had changed the locks before I had removed all of my belongings from the house.

Hope that helps.


This is the post I was talking about with the "other" neighbor...not the "cat watcher"---> who I believe is the one who Kelly told about the house things being moved....also the other post is the one explaining the "views" from each neighbors places...
 
  • #624
This is the post I was talking about with the "other" neighbor...not the "cat watcher"---> who I believe is the one who Kelly told about the house things being moved....also the other post is the one explaining the "views" from each neighbors places...
from what I know, which may be wrong, Kelly's front door was in the middle but positioned on the side facing the neighbor to the right. The door did not face the street, in other words....not sure if I explained that right. Seems I remember someone saying she had double doors in the back...that I am not sure of. I think her house was looked at on bing or google earth 3-D.
 
  • #625
Do we know for sure if Kelly was seen running towards the river? She may have headed towards the parking lot to meet someone, her glasses could have been put on the ground the next day to make it look as if she went that way!
 
  • #626
For comparison, her sense of humor came across to me in sort of a John Ritter or Ellen D. (not as sarcastic) way.

If I make a stupid yoga joke during class (and I mean bad puns and things like "raise your hand if you're feeling this"--and everyone is in Triangle pose with one arm already in the air), I can always look at Kelly and know she'll laugh.
A short example about her easy going sense of humor: I had a status update on Facebook one day about making pancakes. She responded in the comments that she made pancakes that morning, too, but that she had to nuke them in the microwave because the middles were soft. When she came to yoga the next day, we joked about it. She made fun of her cooking skills.

She always comes across to me as outgoing with a side of shyness.

So, all of the above, just for what it's worth. With childish hope, I daydreamed for a moment that Kelly was reading this and laughing about the way people are describing her...

I wonder if CiV will agree with me when I say that Kelly has a very straight posture, she holds herself up high. Kind of reminds you of someone walking with a book on her head and as a matter of fact, she used to balance a ream of copy paper on her head. = ) When she walks, she kind of has a small bounce, like walking on the balls of your feet. She is energetic, with a wonderful smile and with a great since of humor. )

What amazed me more than anything is that she looks EXACTLY like she did when she was 15. Same hair, same smile, everything. Unreal. Then as I read through the posts I realized that her personality sounds the same too. .

Hearing these kind of things about Kelly makes me smile. This gives us a vision of Kelly the person, not Kelly the face on the flyer/news. I would love to see Kelly sitting and reading all of these things and seeing the love and support that friends/family/loved ones and STRANGERS bestowed upon her. Lifting her up like this makes her more endeared to our hearts and more real in our prayers.
 
  • #627
from what I know, which may be wrong, Kelly's front door was in the middle but positioned on the side facing the neighbor to the right. The door did not face the street, in other words....not sure if I explained that right. Seems I remember someone saying she had double doors in the back...that I am not sure of. I think her house was looked at on bing or google earth 3-D.
at this point, I am not sure what is fact and fiction. I have sent a few emails to her family in hopes of getting updates. Understandably, they are looking for her, posting the flyers and trying to remain sane at this point and time. Hopefully one of them will be able to get on here and post something since they are posting on other news channel sites. I am pretty sure she did not run towards the parking lot or may have not been running at all...again, there are so many reports going out, it's hard to understand.
 
  • #628
Another option is that she headed towards the river then came back up to the parking lot!
 
  • #629
She could have received a phone call as she headed to the river.
 
  • #630
I was just thinking...if Kelly has a newer car, it probably has some type of GPS tracker to it. I wonder if Police have even thought to see if they could retrace her steps prior to Friday IF she has one? PLUS another option would be GPS for directions. You can put address in them so maybe they could look at addresses visited previously although I know she would not use it in town but if it's something she's not familiar with how to get to, who knows?
Also if memory serves me correct, according to pictures, there is a parking lot across the street and at a certain spot towards the water, trees would be obstructing the view. Someone could park there and no one really be able to see the vehicle that well...of course, I could be wrong now since there is no telling how old that pic was.
 
  • #631
The night before Kelly disappeared she went to visit a friend, did they ever identify the friend?
 
  • #632
Who is this stalker who has been mentioned in other posts? Does anyone have information on who this might be? And what about the guy who was fired from BP the same day? Can anyone add any insight or clarify this information? Confirm/deny, etc...
 
  • #633
Who is this stalker who has been mentioned in other posts? Does anyone have information on who this might be? And what about the guy who was fired from BP the same day? Can anyone add any insight or clarify this information? Confirm/deny, etc...
If it came from the "psychic", Kelly's family says not to sweat since they are not working with her. However, anything is possibly I suppose!
 
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The night before Kelly disappeared she went to visit a friend, did they ever identify the friend?
nothing has been mentioned yet although I am sure that Kelly's family as well as police have been keeping tight lipped on a lot things for good reason.
 
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I hadn't heard of the stalker or the guy being fired but I must say there are some crazy sounding people on T***x
 
  • #639
I cant get past then planned walk at 1130 and then the sudden one at 10-1030. Why? Someone help me move past this.
The pychic is nuts. I do however think it is very possible Kelly was being stalked if she thought someone was in her home. Kelly is very careful with her belongings and where she put them and if she choose to share them you better treat whatever it was good because she might find it personaly insulting. Kelly may have tried to blow it off to herself ,that someone was in her house,but she didnt truely blow it off. Kelly seemed to be making excuses for her friends which is why she told the neighbor she thought someone had been moving things in her home as a prank,AND it is my belief when Kelly mentioned this it was because she THOUGHT is was that neighbor who did it. It was maybe her way to ask her to stop. Then the neighbors reaction to it may have thrown her off.AS it might not have been the neighbor but Kelly was hoping it was. I wouldnt doubt if the conversation started with "did you come over while I was at work today?""
I am basing all this on the what I think , based on the description of Kelly from this thread. And i really do not think it to far out of the realm for Kelly to have thought that. Even if the neighbor wasnt in the home Kelly had wondered if it was. Because it is logical for Kelly to think that. Kelly should have mentioned this to someone else ,I have not heard it but if it is true and Kelly thought this then I would think someone else is just remaining quiet about the conversation.

If Kelly was going to commit suicide she would have made damn sure the cats had food! possibly even new homes.
 
  • #640
I cant get past then planned walk at 1130 and then the sudden one at 10-1030. Why? Someone help me move past this.
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Kelly seemed to be making excuses for her friends which is why she told the neighbor she thought someone had been moving things in her home as a prank,AND it is my belief when Kelly mentioned this it was because she THOUGHT is was that neighbor who did it. It was maybe her way to ask her to stop. Then the neighbors reaction to it may have thrown her off.AS it might not have been the neighbor but Kelly was hoping it was.

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This is a great insight, and makes complete sense (re: bolded portion).

As regards the first part of your post, IF there is any truth to there being another employee fired that morning (we have no confirmation of this yet, that I know of), then perhaps Kelly saw him walk out and was concerned enough to follow? Purely speculation. However, if it is the case, taking it a step further, maybe she even felt she had something to do w/ this person's firing? She had made the comment about thinking someone might've copied her keys (which I believe she kept at work), and then some of her photos of herself & her ex were said to have disappeared from the top of her toolbox, IIRC. What if her level of concern had recently been amped up and she felt she finally had to say something, and this led to one of her co-workers being terminated? (Hypothesis only!)

In both cases (1. The belief that someone might've entered her house when she was gone, and 2. When she discovered personal photos missing from her toolbox), it seems she made the assumption that someone was just fooling with her in a good-natured way. I think that's because SHE was so good-natured, it was probably difficult for her to get into that frame of mind and understand the thinking of someone who was warped, and may have been violating her personal space in these ways out of an obsession with her, or whatever.

Just tossing this out there in case it helps connect any dots. It very well may not!
 
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