On September 1, 1984, hunters found the body of a young Caucasian woman identified as Kathy Kelly in a cornfield northwest of Wichita, Kansas, near 2500 N. West St. Kelly was reported as about 21 or 22 years old and had been shot five or six times in the head and upper body. Decomposition indicated she had likely been killed several days before her body was discovered.

Investigators found no identification on her, but a piece of paper with a phone number in her pocket led to a tentative ID. Her death appears to have occurred elsewhere and her body was apparently dragged into the secluded field, complicating the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office investigation. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly named; the case remains unsolved and open.

If anyone knew Kathy, saw her in Wichita in late August 1984, or has information about that phone number, please come forward.