The Murder Diaries
The Murder Diaries
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MURDERED: Kelsey Smith
38 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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Kelsey Smith was 18 years old in June 2007 when an innocent trip to Target would turn in to her worst nightmare.
Original air date: 7/8/2021
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⁠Resources:
See No Evil on ID Discovery, Season 1, Episode 1 (2015)
YouTube video (summary of case and contains some surveillance footage):
⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U⁠
CNN (Nancy Grace) Transcripts:
⁠http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/06/ng.01.html⁠
Article:
⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20150517121217/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kelseys-law-helps-reunite-lenexa-parents-with-kidnapped-5-month-old-baby-in-record-time
⁠Article:
⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20080726165757/http://www.kctv5.com/news/16966786/detail.html
⁠Article:
⁠https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158
⁠Article:
⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235
⁠Article:
⁠https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article10539872.html
⁠Article:
⁠https://medium.com/chameleon/abducted-from-a-target-parking-lot-murdered-now-she-saves-lives-6baa1117adb3
⁠Article:
⁠https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-kelsey-smiths-parents-now/
⁠Blog:
⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19751202/kelsey-ann-smith
⁠Wiki:
⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kelsey_Smith#cite_note-disappeared-3⁠
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
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