Kelly Marie Ware, 22, vanished from Seattle in mid-July 1983. She was last seen on July 17, 1983, at a bus stop at 22nd Avenue East and East Madison Street; the last contact was July 18, 1983. Her disappearance left her family with months of uncertainty.

On October 29, 1983, human remains recovered in a vacant lot in the 2500 block of South 192nd Street, south of Sea-Tac Airport, were identified as Kelly Ware. Her body was found about 100 feet from the remains of another young woman, Constance Naon.

The investigation later linked multiple murders in the Seattle area to Gary Leon Ridgway. In a plea bargain entered on November 5, 2003, Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated first-degree murder and admitted to killing women by picking them up, strangling them, and leaving their bodies in secluded locations; he received multiple life sentences without parole.

If anyone knew Kelly, saw her in July 1983, or has information about her movements that summer, please come forward.