Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: February 27, 1991 from Nevada, Missouri Classification: Endangered Missing Date of Birth: July 8, 1960 Age: 30 years old Height and Weight: 5'7, 117 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Light brown hair, green eyes. Kenney's hair was bleached blonde at the tips at the time of her disappearance. She has a unique tooth pattern. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue pullover top, a jacket, blue jeans and L. A. Gear sneakers.
Details of Disappearance
Kenney was last seen at her job at a convenience store on Business 71 Highway in Nevada, Missouri on the evening of February 27, 1991. Her time card shows she clocked out of work at 10:00 p.m., but she never arrived home and has never been heard from again. Her car was later found abandoned in the store parking lot. The store was closed up.Kenney's case may be linked to two other Missouri women. Angela Hammond was abducted from a convenience store parking lot on April 4, 1991 and never heard from again. Trudy Darby, a convenience store worker in Macks Creek, was abducted from her workplace on January 19, 1991, six weeks prior to Hammond's disappearance. The store was found robbed of $220 afterwards. Darby's nude body was found in the Little Niangua River two days later; she had been shot twice in the head with a shotgun. Half-brothers Jesse Rush and Marvin Chaney were later convicted of the robbery and Darby's rape and murder.
There are similarities between Darby's murder, Hammond's abduction and Kenney's disappearance, but there is no hard evidence to link the cases. Kenney's disappearance remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Source Information
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Last updated November 21, 2009; clothing/jewelry description added, details of disappearance updated.
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