Left: Morrissey, circa 1984; 4th from right: Age-progressed to age 34 (circa 2003); 3rd from Right: Age-progressed to age 48 (circa 2016); 2nd from Right: Age-progressed to age 49 (circa 2017); Right: Age-progressed to 54 years (circa 2022)
Left: Morrissey, circa 1984; 4th from right: Age-progressed to age 34 (circa 2003); 3rd from Right: Age-progressed to age 48 (circa 2016); 2nd from Right: Age-progressed to age 49 (circa 2017); Right: Age-progressed to 54 years (circa 2022)
Name: Kelly Eileen Morrissey
Case Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Missing Since: June 12, 1984
Location Last Seen: Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York
Date of Birth: August 22, 1968
Age: 15 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark Blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on her forehead and pierced ears.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available
Clothing: Pink sleeveless sweatshirt, jeans, white sneakers.
Jewelry: Gold chain with a charm
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Before meeting a friend the night of June 12, 1984, Morrissey had laid out her outfit for the next day- a new pair of black jeans with the tags yet to be removed, and a blue, sleeveless, scoop-neck blouse. She took no extra clothes, no other belongings and no cache of savings that a runaway would be expected to take. And she was due to get her paycheck the next day.
Morrissey was last seen by her friend about 21.30-22.00 on June 12, 1984. Morrissey met the friend at a gas station on Merrick Road. There they waited for more than an hour, expecting to meet two men. Neither showed up, and the two girls talked to the gas station attendant, a friend of theirs, for about 45 minutes.
The friend decided to leave, but Morrissey said she would stay a while longer to see if the men showed. When they didn't, she headed off alone for a game parlor known as Captain Video, about a half mile west on Merrick Road. She never made it to the video parlor, and she hasn't been seen since.
When she didn't return that night, her mother assumed she had been forced by thunderstorms to spend the night at her friends house.
Six months later, 16 year old Theresa Fusco disappeared. She was also last seen on Merrick Road, which is the main street in Lynwood. The two girls knew each other. Fusco was later located deceased, a victim of homicide. Three men were convicted of murdering Fusco and served seventeen years in prison for the crime, before DNA testing proved that they were not the killers.
Morrissey lived with her mother and stepfather, two sisters, and two step siblings, and rarely saw her father. She was attending Lynbrook High School and worked after school at a shade and venetian-blind packaging plant in Lynbrook. Morrissey had begun to push the limits, sometimes sneaking off to the woods with friends to drink beer purchased by the older crowd who hung out at the local arcade. She sometimes broke her curfew, but she always came home. Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: Nassau County Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 516-573-8800
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: LYNCR563-84
NamUs Case Number: MP6427
NCIC Case Number: M125087420
NCMEC Case Number: 603372
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Added: 9/9/04; Last Updated: 01-19-2023 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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