Disappearance of Kelly Dae Wilson

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Kelly Wilson
Born
Kelly Dae Wilson

(1974-05-18)May 18, 1974
DisappearedJanuary 5, 1992 (aged 17)
StatusMissing for 32 years, 3 months and 26 days
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Parents
  • Robert Wilson (father)
  • Cathy Carlson (mother)

Kelly Dae Wilson (born May 18, 1974)[1][2] was an American teenager who went missing on January 5, 1992,[3] from Gilmer, Texas.[4][5]

Disappearance[edit]

Wilson was last seen at about 8:30 p.m. on January 5, 1992, as she was leaving her workplace to go to a nearby bank to deposit her paycheck,[6] but she never returned home. The next morning her stepfather found her car at her workplace,[7] and the tires had been slashed and were flat.[8] Her belongings, including her purse, were inside the car, but her keys were missing. Wilson was last seen wearing a purple rugby shirt with red, gold and white insignia and white cuffs and collar, with stonewashed cutoff blue jeans with brown loafers, and she was wearing an assortment of rings.[9]

Investigation and aftermath[edit]

The Wilson disappearance remains unsolved.[10][11] A man named Michael Biby was eventually arrested as a suspect in the tire-slashing incident, but was considered to be not linked to Wilson's disappearance.[12] Wilson's boyfriend at the time, Chris Denton, was named by police as a prime suspect in her disappearance, but he was never charged in the case; Denton died of cancer in 2004. [13] In 1994, Sergeant James Brown, along with seven other individuals were indicted by a grand jury, but the case was dismissed. Some of the defendants were found to be guilty of sexually abusing their own children.[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kelly Dae Wilson – The Charley Project". charleyproject.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ "More Information About Kelly Dae Wilson". geocities.ws. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ "VANISHED: Kelly Wilson - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. ^ "The Doe Network: Case File 647DFTX". doenetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  5. ^ "Kelly Dae Wilson - Texas Missing Person Directory". missingin.org. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  6. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. ^ "Murder In Texas?". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  8. ^ Pierce, Daniel (2017-05-09). "Missing in East Texas: The Kelly Wilson case 25 years later". MYEASTTEX. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  9. ^ "Kelly Dae Wilson". nampn.org. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  10. ^ "15 Years Later, Investigators Still Looking For Leads In Kelly Wilson Disappearance". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  11. ^ "Episodes 15 & 16 – The Devil in the Pines". The Nowhere Dispatch. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  12. ^ Overton, Mac. Kelly Wilson case remains unsolved The Gilmer Mirror 8 January 2012.
  13. ^ Wood, Christa (2021-01-05). "VANISHED: 29 years since 17-year-old Kelly Wilson disappeared, the questions about her case persist". KETK. Nexstar Media Inc. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  14. ^ Grossman, Ron. "Murder in Texas?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2023.