Lena Frances Keegan, 88, was a long‑time Woodstock, Virginia resident last known to have had contact with anyone in October 2019. Family members did not report her missing until August 2021 after rumors that she had moved to Virginia Beach could not be substantiated. Investigators later uncovered extensive financial exploitation beginning around the time she was last heard from: her daughter, Elizabeth Keegan, accessed Lena’s accounts, federal pension and Social Security benefits and unlawfully obtained more than $180,000, and attempted to sell Lena’s property using a forged power of attorney.

Federal agents and Shenandoah County deputies searched Lena’s home and properties linked to her daughter, employing cadaver‑sniffing dogs. In May 2026 Elizabeth Keegan admitted in Shenandoah County Circuit Court that she found her mother dead in October 2019, wrapped the body in a tarp, placed it in a trash receptacle and moved it to the roadside for collection, and investigators believe the remains were ultimately taken to the Shenandoah County Landfill. Elizabeth pleaded guilty to concealment of a dead body and to counts of attempted obtaining money by false pretenses; Lena’s body has not been recovered and her case remains active in NamUs.

Did anyone in Woodstock or the surrounding area have contact with Lena in October 2019 or notice anything unusual about deliveries, trash collection or activity near her home that month?