Keli Kay McGinness, who also sometimes spelled her first name Kelly, was 18 when she vanished from the Seattle area. She was last seen the evening of June 28, 1983, near the Three Bears Motel in Des Moines on Pacific Highway. She had a history of running away and of sex work; her young daughter was in foster care and Keli had plans to reunite with her. Some personal belongings were left in her motel room, suggesting she may have intended to return.

Her pimp reported her missing two days later. As other women disappeared from the same area, investigators in July 1983 added her to the list of suspected victims of the unidentified killer then terrorizing the region. Years later Gary Ridgway confessed to numerous murders and said he killed Keli in June 1983 and left her near Lake Fenwick, but her remains have never been found and no charge was filed tying him to her disappearance. Few physical leads remain and Keli’s fate has not been confirmed. If anyone knew Keli, saw her around Des Moines in late June 1983, or has information about Lake Fenwick, please come forward.