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Mountain State Mysteries contains adult content that may not be suitable for all audiences.

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Listener discretion is a vast. I'm your host Mark and I'm Courtney and this is Mountain State Mysteries.

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The case we have for you today is one that is overdue for answers. It's one that I believe the

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answers are right there in plain sight. It's a case that after seven years the family is still

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asking questions. This is the case of Burley Kelly. A little after 4 a.m. on June 19th 2017,

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Raymond Kelly's son-in-law came and woke him up and told him something was wrong with his

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father Burley. The two jumped into his son-in-law's vehicle and that's when Raymond saw paramedics

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at his father's home. Raymond told us that the guy who was living with his father, who we are

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going to call Greg, said that he walked in and saw Burley like he was when paramedics and police

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showed up. Raymond told us that Greg went maybe a quarter of a mile up the road to try to use

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someone's phone just so he could call for help. The catch is that he went right by Raymond's daughter's

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house when a Burley's 40 grandchildren, not once but twice, in reports the cause of death

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was a blunt force injury to the head. While police were searching the home of Kelly,

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his family and friends gathered nearby to keep one another company. One of Burley's friends

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Clea-Daz said, quote, it shocked me. Why would anyone kill an old person like that?

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End quote. He also said, quote, I've never seen a better man than him. He was a good old man. End quote.

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Do you ever find yourself searching for a true crime podcast focused on West Virginia? Well,

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I have you covered. I'm Mark Covey, the creator of Mountain State Mysteries, where every Friday,

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my co-host Courtney and I will tell you about one of West Virginia's coldest unsolved cases.

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Trooper S. G. Fox said, quote, it's not every day an older man gets murdered in this way. End quote.

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One thing that has always stood out to me about this case is how Burley lived in a trailer.

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Greg was actually in the trailer with him when the murder happened. He was actually down the hall

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at the time of the murder. I've seen a video of the room Greg was in and how close it was to the

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living room. Raymond told me one thing about his dad is even at the age of 88, he still had a deep

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voice and that no matter where you were, you would be able to hear his voice. So it's never made much

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sense to me that Greg said he heard nothing that night and just woke up to Kaylee's lifeless body

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in the house. Police have never said if Greg was a suspect in the death of Kaylee, but we have a feeling

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he was. A week later, Raymond said that he had to clean up his father's crime scene. He said one

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thing stood out to him. That was that something the police apparently missed. It was a bloody footprint

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that was ever looked. What came of this? Well, we aren't sure, but we hope it was something.

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As of right now, there seems to be no movement in this case. We are hoping a change comes very

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soon because to us, this case is solvable and the answers are there. The questions that Raymond and

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the rest of his family have are there. It's just a matter of time and how the investigation is being

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handled. Raymond has never gave up though. Anytime he can, he will go to the police station and ask

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for any updates on his father's case. And he gets told that it is an ongoing investigation,

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but there's no new evidence in the case. Do you ever find yourself searching for a true crime

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podcast focused on West Virginia? Well, I have you covered. I'm Mark Covey, the creator of

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Mountain State Mysteries, where every Friday, my co-host Courtney and I will tell you about one

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of West Virginia's coldest unsolved cases. Tune into Mountain State Mysteries on your favorite

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podcast platform.

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Seven years is an awfully long time to keep, killing an 88-year-old man to yourself.

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Burley was known to let people stay with him. Maybe it was someone who stayed with him in the

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past. Maybe it was someone who was on drugs and thought, well, maybe there's money in this

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trailer somewhere. To us, that answer is unknown, but we do know police have suspects. And just like

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the Kelly family, we hope this case is solved. If you or anyone you know has any information

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on the murder at Burley Kelly, please contact the Lincoln County Police at 304-824-790.

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