MUS-2026-311
Archive card
MUS-2026-311
Missing person
- Incident
- 2002
- Indexed
- Oct 17, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Kansas City MO
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Shirley A. McKeown, 71, a retired nurse, set out from her home on August 24, 2002, to help her daughter at her house in midtown Kansas City, Missouri. She was never heard from again. Her car was found on September 3, 2002, concealed behind a vacant house at 33rd and Highland, with blood and other evidence in the car, enough to prove she could not have survived. Her body has never been found. Her case is investigated as a homicide and remains unsolved, with no arrests. Individuals with links to her car or possessions were questioned but not charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- August 24, 2002
McKeown set out from her home to help her daughter at her house in midtown Kansas City. She was never heard from again.
- September 3, 2002
Her car was found concealed behind a vacant house at 33rd and Highland, with blood and other evidence in the car.
- 2002
Two individuals with links to her car or possessions were questioned, including one who came in for a voluntary interview. Neither was charged.
Key people
The people in the file.
71, a retired nurse. Set out from her home on August 24, 2002, to help her daughter in midtown Kansas City, and was never heard from again.
No investigating agency is named in the sources found.
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