More than eleven years ago, twenty-four-year-old D’Lisa Michelle Kelley left her grandmother’s home in Dallas, Texas, to attend her best friend’s wake. She never arrived.

A short time later, her sister unexpectedly received a phone call from D’Lisa’s cellphone. For just over seventy-one seconds, she listened helplessly as what sounded like a violent assault unfolded in real time. Minutes later, D’Lisa’s family called 911, convinced she was in immediate danger.

One week later, D’Lisa was found murdered on the front porch of an abandoned house.

In this episode, I reconstruct D’Lisa’s final known movements using police records, 911 audio, dispatch recordings, court documents, and investigative files. We examine the unanswered questions surrounding the mysterious seventy-one-second recording, the reported Stop & Save surveillance footage, the blue Mercury Grand Marquis, the delayed police response, and how this tragic case ultimately led to the creation of Texas’s CLEAR Alert system.

More than a decade later, D’Lisa’s murder remains unsolved.

If you have information regarding the murder of D’Lisa Michelle Kelley, contact the Dallas Police Department Homicide Unit or North Texas Crime Stoppers. Even the smallest detail could help provide the answers her family has been waiting for.

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Thirty-six years ago, a routine Saturday morning at a neighborhood bowling alley turned into one of the most brutal unsolved mass murders in American history.

On February 10, 1990, two armed men entered Las Cruces Bowl in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Minutes later, five people were dead, three others were critically wounded, and one of the most haunting 911 calls ever recorded was made by a twelve-year-old girl fighting for her life.

In this episode of The Grimes Files, we reconstruct the events of that morning, examine the investigation that followed, separate fact from speculation, and remember the lives of the victims whose stories are too often overshadowed by the crime itself.

⚠️ Listener Warning: This episode contains the original 911 call placed from inside the manager’s office. The recording includes distressing audio, including the voices and breathing of seriously injured victims. Listener discretion is advised.

If you have information about the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre, please contact the Las Cruces Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

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On May 13, 1990, 30-year-old Debra Kay “Debbie” Connor made a phone call that should have brought her safely home.

Standing at a payphone across from Frasu’s Restaurant and Lounge in Hermiston, Oregon, Debbie called her twin brother and asked if she could spend the night at the family home. He agreed and told her he would leave the door unlocked.

Before hanging up, Debbie said she had a ride.

She never arrived.

Twelve days later, Debbie’s body was discovered in Cold Springs Reservoir. She was found nude, bound, and murdered.

In Part One of this multi-episode investigation, we step away from the crime scene and meet the woman at the center of the mystery. Through interviews, newly obtained case records, and the memories of those who knew her best, we explore Debbie’s life in Pilot Rock and Stanfield, her relationships, her struggles, and the final hours leading up to her disappearance at Frasu’s on the night of May 12, 1990.

Drawing from more than 400 pages of investigative records, witness statements, interviews, and years of independent research, this episode reconstructs Debbie’s last known movements and examines the people who saw her alive for what would become the final time.

Before Debbie Connor became an unsolved homicide, she was a daughter, a sister, a twin, an artist, a cowgirl, and a friend.

This is where her story begins.

If you have information about the murder of Debbie Connor, please contact the Oregon State Police Cold Case Unit.

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