MURDER
CASE #: 2014-1
D'Lisa Kelley
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Open
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Dallas, TX
Summary:
D’Lisa is last seen at her grandmother's home. D'Lisa was going to her best friend's wake who died in a car accident. She was taking the bus and was last seen wearing a black long-sleeved sweater, leopard print tights, and a denim vest. She has long hair and it was last pulled up into a bun. D'Lisa was two months pregnant at the time and had a young son. She was two months pregnant and had a young son who she absolutely adored. Their bond was inseparable. D'Lisa's best friend recently passed away in a car accident and was attending the wake on March 7, 2014. She was last seen by family in her grandmother's home in Dallas, TX. D'Lisa left the home around 4:30 pm. By 6:13 pm, D'Lisa would be seen on surveillance footage at a local Stop 'n Save convenience store on Sunnyvale St in Dallas, TX. The footage also shows D'Lisa getting into a blue 1989 Grand Marquis. The driver of Grand Marquis was questioned by police but was never considered publically considered a suspect. Approximately a half-hour later, D'Lisa's sister, Jasmine got an unexpected phone call. According to Project: Cold Case, Jasmine overheard D’Lisa screaming “Stop! Stop! Get off me!”. A man was also heard saying “Shut up! Stop screaming! You want to be hardheaded!”. This phone call only lasted one minute and eleven seconds. Jasmine tried to call back D'Lisa multiple times to no avail. D'Lisa never made it to her best friend's wake. Jasmine then tried contacting her grandmother to see if she heard from D'Lisa. By 7 pm, D'Lisa texted her sister saying that she would call her soon, but D'Lisa never called. Their grandmother called 9-1-1 in panic in hopes that the police can help D'Lisa. The 9-1-1 dispatcher took all the information and relayed it over to Sergeant Kevin Mansell, who can be heard in the 9-1-1 call not taking D'Lisa's case seriously. Suggesting that because D'Lisa was pregnant that she leaves the house frequently. If Jasmine never got that phone call from D'Lisa it is unlikely that her family would have known something was wrong. The 9-1-1 operator was able to get D'Lisa's cell number so the police could see if there are any cell phone pings to triangulate her location. Unfortunately, no location was available. On March 14, 2014, a patrol officer found a body matching D'Lisa's description at an abandoned home in Dallas which was only a six-minute drive from the location she was last seen
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D'Lisa's case has since gone cold with very few leads coming in. However, the family is still actively fighting for justice including passing the "Kelley Alert". A law that activates police response for missing person cases for adults. This alert aims to bridge the gap between the AMBER alert which is available for children 17 years old and younger and the silver alert for seniors. D'Lisa's family believes that if the police acted with more urgency more could have been done for D'Lisa.
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Timeline of Events
Body found: A south-central patrol officer notified the Youth Operations/Missing Person department that a body had been located. When detectives arrived on the scene they were able to confirm that the body matched the description of D'Lisa. The house where her body was discovered was abandoned. Her body was positively identified and the case shifted to a homicide investigation. D'Lisa was severely beaten, strangled her jaw was crushed and she had wounds all over her face and head.
D'Lisa accidentally calls her sister, Jasmine, and overhears a "disturbance with an unknown male" in the background. According to Project: Cold Case: D’Lisa could be heard screaming “Stop! Stop! Get off me!”. A man was also heard saying “Shut up! Stop screaming! You want to be hardheaded!”. The call lasted for 1 minute and 11 seconds.
D'Lisa is seen on surveillance video at a convenience store. She is seen exiting the store before she enters a 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis. Police would later interview the driver of the car, but never publically identified him as a suspect.
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