WA WA - Kelli McGinness, 18, Seattle, 28 June 1983

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Kelli Kay McGinness

Endangered Missing

Missing From: Seattle, Washington

Missing Since: June 28, 1983

Age: 18 -- Height: 5'5" -- Weight: 155-160 lbs -- Hair Color: Blonde -- Eye Color: Blue/Green

Kelli may also spell her name Keli or Kelly, or her last name McGinnes. She may use one of nearly two dozen alias names.


Kelli was last seen leaving a motel in Seattle, Washington on June 28, 1983. She planned to work as a prostitute in the area that night. At first, authorities believed Kelli left of her own accord, but they no longer believe that. Kelli may have been a victim of the Green River Serial Killer, Gary Ridgeway.


Doe Network

Charley Project

 

[newfiedee]

Can anyone tell me if it true that Keli dna was found in remains found

 

[dotr]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/auburn-skull-bones-idd-as-likely-green-river-victim/

Also in 2003, Ridgway claimed to have killed three other women: Kelly Kay McGinness, 18; Kassee Lee, 16; and Patricia Osborn, 19. But the women’s remains have never been found and he wasn’t charged in their slayings because of a lack of sufficient evidence.

 

[dotr]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mcginness_kelli.html

 

[badhorsie]

This is a bit random but has she been compared to 81UFAR

 

[Dr.Strangelove]

This is a bit random but has she been compared to 81UFAR

Has she been ruled out? Honestly I see a huge resemblance in the face from the few pictures I've seen of Kelli

 

[Sailor Haumea]

Has she been ruled out? Honestly I see a huge resemblance in the face from the few pictures I've seen of Kelli

The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Elaine Allenbach 1965 Washington
Veronica Brewer 1962 Texas
Janet Brice 1961 Louisiana
Sherry Bynum 1957 Colorado
Tracy Byrd 1968 Pennsylvania
Melinda Creech 1900 Indiana
Linda Davis 1946 Oklahoma
REBECCA DUNN 1958 Nevada
Elizabeth Gill 1962 Missouri
Cynthia Gooding 1958 Florida
DEBORAH GREEN 1961 Florida
Shelley Hoke 1969 Arizona
Wendy Huggy 1965 Florida
Cheryl Ann Iacovone 1960 Pennsylvania
Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona
Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona
Kimberly Kahler 1964 California
Tricia Kellett 1973 Illinois
Winnie Kersey 1955 Florida
Cindy King 1961 Oregon
Kim Leggett 1962 Texas
Jackie Leslie 1961 Arizona
Laurie Lucas 1966 Colorado
Staci Madison 1970 Arkansas
Stacie Madison 1970 Texas
****Kelly McGinniss 1965 Washington****
Julie Moseley 1965 Texas
Michelle Mulcahy 1961 Florida
Judith ODonnell 1961 New York
Tracy Ramsey 1964 Missouri
Lisa Sexton 1966 Ohio
Amanda Slaughter 1976 Texas
Susan Smalley 1969 Texas
Cathy Smith 1954 Missouri
Pamela Tinsley 1966 Oklahoma
Mary Trlica 1957 Texas
Darlene Webb 1962 Florida
Sherri White 1964 Alaska
Joanne Williams 1956 Pennsylvania
Lisa Wilson 1960 Texas

So she's been ruled out.

 

[Fede]

Bumping for Kelli. She is still missing

 

[Fede]

A lot of info here:
Keli McGinness (1965 - 1983)

 

[Suglo]

Bump!

 

[PayrollNerd]

So have they found her son and daughter? Their DNA could help determine if any of the bones found match her.

“Keli ran away from home for good, was on the streets working as a prostitute, and in a relationship with a pimp, Raphael Wilson, with whom she had two children.* The first child, a boy, was given up for adoption, and the second child, a girl, was placed in foster care while Keli was serving a short jail sentence for prostitution. Keli had intended to return to pick up her four-month old daughter, who was born in 1983, but never was seen again after working the streets on the night of June 28, 1983, at which time she disappeared forever. She was last seen about 7:30 pm, standing by the street in the area of the Three Bears Motel on South 216th Street and Pacific Highway South. She was wearing high heels, blue jeans, a tan short-sleeved sweater and a long camel-hair coat at that time. Keli's "boyfriend", Raphael (sp?) Wilson, called her mother in a panic to tell her he could not find her. Wilson, whose house has since been raided for drugs, is a heroin addict who is in prison. Keli has never been seen since Wilson called her mother, and he never made any attempt to take care of the little girl, who was put up for adoption when Keli didn't return from the street that night.”

 

[Fede]

Is this guy Raphael Wilson still in prison?

 

[PayrollNerd]

A lot of info here:
Keli McGinness (1965 - 1983)

This article was updated. It makes e wonder if they were able to get DNA from the boyfriend/pimp and the daughter. I would be curious to know if the daughter really was the boyfriend’s child.

UPDATE FEB 2020: Sadly, Keli's daughter died and her young son is being raised by family members. Keli's former boyfriend/pimp also died in January, 2020.

 

[PayrollNerd]

That same article posted this:

Keli McGinness (1965 - 1983)

There is also a site put up for Keli at Find-A-Grave. Someone else put this up for her. You can reach it by going to: Kelly Kay McGinnis (1965-1983) - Find A Grave...

 

[PayrollNerd]

Keli McGinness (1965 - 1983)

UPDATE 1: Keli's mother has informed the webmaster that a memorial brick with Keli's name is on a sea wall in Sitka, Alaska, because Keli has never been found.

UPDATE 2: The Three Bears Motel on Pacific Highway South in Des Moines, WA, was closed by the city in September, 2007, because of non-working smoke detectors in the rooms. The city also shut it down because of numerous calls for prostitution and drug use on the property; police were called to the area many times. Keli had used this motel and disappeared from right in front of it back in 1983.

 

[Fede]

The article slso says "Ridgway led searchers to a small amount of bones which may be Keli's. "
Where are these bones? Can they be tested with recent DNA technology?

 

[pinkclinker]

The article slso says "Ridgway led searchers to a small amount of bones which may be Keli's. "
Where are these bones? Can they be tested with recent DNA technology?

This was almost certainly in reference to remains that were proven to belong to April Buttram. Their recovery was apparently quite an ordeal, which explains why only a "small amount" were found:

Missing teen's remains identified

The memorial site directs reader's to Keli's Doe Network page, which no longer says anything about the bones.

Prothero's "Defending Gary" (pp 453-4) goes into more detail about the interviews that led to the discovery of April's remains, and the initial uncertainty regarding whether they were her's or Keli's.

 

[Lwieckowicz]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Does anyone know if she’s been ruled out as being this Jane doe? Kelly went missing in 1983 and this Jane doe was found 17 minutes from where she went missing in 1986, citing the remains had been there a few years.

 

[theshadow45]

Kelli has been missing for 38 years today.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Keli Kay McGinness – The Charley Project