Ann Marie Kelley-37-Beatrice,NE 4/15/08

[amill]

"Ann Marie Kelley was last seen April 15th, 2008 and her van a 1991 Plymouth Voyager is also missing, no activity on her bank cards". Below are a few following links from various local Omaha news websites on her disappearance.

http://www.ketv.com/news/16061548/detail.html

http://www.kmtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8244096
**In the kmtv.com link it says that the investigators don't know whether it's a death investigation or whether its a missing persons.**

I'll try and update as soon as I hear more info. on this case

[amill]

I found a better description of Ann Kelley at this following link:

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/18379229.html

[Maelstrom5]

Officials ask for public's help in case of missing woman

Apr 29, 2008

FILLEY — Two weeks ago Tuesday, William Kelley Jr. said goodbye to his wife, Ann Marie Kelley, and left for work.

Just under three hours later, at 8:25 a.m., the 37-year-old mother of four was seen by a relative as she drove into Beatrice, where, a few minutes later, she bought a few things at a Sun Mart grocery store.

And then she disappeared.

In the 15 days since, Kelley hasn’t used her credit cards, Gage County Attorney Randall Ritnour said at a press conference in Beatrice Tuesday morning. She hasn’t called any friends or relatives. She didn’t take her cell phone with her when she left home.

A gas station clerk in Albion in northeast Nebraska reported seeing a suspicious vehicle shortly after Kelley’s April 15 disappearance, but it wasn’t Kelley’s dark gray, wood-paneled 1991 Plymouth Voyager minivan, Ritnour said.

Ground and air searches near Kelley’s rural Filley home turned up no sign of the petite brunette or her vehicle.

And despite repeated pleas by investigators, no one has come forward with information about where she might have gone.

“There has been nothing, absolutely nothing,” Ritnour said.

During Tuesday’s press conference, Ritnour reiterated his plea for information about Kelley, no matter how trivial it might seem.

“What I want to emphasize is no bit of information is too insignificant,” he said. “We’re not mind readers. We have to have those people come forward.”

Kelley’s family — which has declined to talk with the media — is “terribly worried,” Ritnour said.

Once before, Ritnour said, Kelley left home and was gone for about 12 hours. Even so, friends and family have stressed to investigators that for Kelley to disappear for any longer was out of character.

Her co-workers at the One-Stop Country Store, a convenience store on Nebraska 136 just west of Filley, said Tuesday they, too, were stunned when they first heard that Kelley was missing.

Customers liked Kelley, said Christian Pobamz, a One-Stop cashier, who had trained Kelley when she started just a month or two before her disappearance.

“She was nice. She was quiet,” Pobamz said. “She talked about her kids all the time.”

But she also was shy and didn’t say much about her personal life aside from her children, who sometimes visited their mom at work, Pobamz said.

Pobamz said she aided in a ground search for Kelley last week.

A missing person sign with Kelley’s picture is prominently displayed on the counter at the One-Stop.

“Lots of people are asking about her,” said Casey Hilzinger, another One-Stop cashier. “I know whatever happened, a lot of people are worried about her.”

In addition to her job at One-Stop, Kelley did some cleaning at Southeast Community College and also helped a relative with some upholstery work, Ritnour said.

Kelley’s four children, the youngest of whom is a toddler and the oldest of whom is about 15, are at home with Kelley’s husband, he said.

Investigators are still following up on one possible lead from Omaha and another from Kansas, he said.

Ritnour said investigators believe Kelley could have traveled up to 320 miles before her minivan would have run out of gas. He asked people in a 320-mile radius to be on the lookout for Kelley — who is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs about 125 pounds, with blue eyes and reddish brown hair — as well as her vehicle, which has license plates reading 3-A8045. Her maiden name is Riekenberg for those who may know her by that name, Ritnour said.

Anyone with information can call the Gage County Sheriff's Office at (402) 223-5221 or Beatrice Crime Stoppers at (402) 228-4343.

Source:
http://www.journalstar.com/news/nebraska/doc48174d25696f9633125160.txt

[Breazy]

I do not understand why a family of someone missing would decline to talk to the media? Praying she's found safe.

[VeeTruWill]

I do not understand why a family of someone missing would decline to talk to the media? Praying she's found safe.

Most likely because comments made by distraught persons are so often taken out of context. Every word is disected. Every facial expression critiqued. If put in the same situation, I may very well do the same but then again that would depend on the situation. If it was for my child, I would be all over the place.

[darcie]

This case has slipped by me, but the more I read, I think it is going to end with a horrible outcome.

Details of search warrant on Kelley residence released

http://www.beatricedailysun.com/articles/2008/06/04/news/local/doc4846a751a95a2829277358.txt

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I am not real sure what the sex items which have been seized from her home have to do with her missing, but after the search her husband has been charged with several offenses ranging from drug related offenses to child sexual abuse! Also it seems as if Anne Marie has an arrest warrant against her on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of more than one pound of marijuana.
I am going to have to do some more searching, but I am unsure how the charges came about, AFTER she was missing.

[darcie]

Just some links related to the case......odd to say the least.

I am unsure about the copyright laws for posting, so I won't put any quotes, just the links~:D

http://www.beatricedailysun.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/local/doc4836daae1538e602553256.txt

Husband of missing woman facing drug charges

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http://www.beatricedailysun.com/articles/2008/05/23/news/local/doc483431da05cfc358421562.txt

Officials deny rumors that Ann Marie Kelley has been found


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http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/16361294/detail.html

Missing Gage County Woman's Husband Arrested On Drug Charge


(this one also has picture of Anne Marie)

[Maelstrom5]

Missing Woman's Husband Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor


KETV 7: Omaha
UPDATED: 9:33 am CDT June 4, 2008

"BEATRICE, Neb. -- The husband of a missing Gage County woman was charged with sexual assault of a minor this week.

According to court documents, a 15-year-old told investigators that William Kelley had sex with her numerous times between August 2006 and August 2007......"

http://www.ketv.com/news/16490814/detail.html

[BobbisAngel]

Originally posted by Maelstrom5
Missing Woman's Husband Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor


KETV 7: Omaha
UPDATED: 9:33 am CDT June 4, 2008

"BEATRICE, Neb. -- The husband of a missing Gage County woman was charged with sexual assault of a minor this week.

According to court documents, a 15-year-old told investigators that William Kelley had sex with her numerous times between August 2006 and August 2007......"

http://www.ketv.com/news/16490814/detail.html [/*]


I wonder if that is their oldest child???? Maybe mom found out and was protecting this girl but when mom came up missing the girl felt unsafe and decided to tell someone. Just a guess.

I wonder where this mom is. It isn't likely that she just took off and left her children behind. She must not have planned on being gone very long as she didn't take her cell phone. I wonder if LE have checked out the husband and if he had a solid alibi?