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Detective Perspective

84: MISSING: Kelly Dove

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On the night of June 17, 1982, 20-year-old Kelly Bergh Dove agreed to cover an overnight shift at the Imperial gas station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She wasn’t supposed to be working, but one of her sisters asked if she could switch—and Kelly said yes.

In the early morning hours of June 18, Kelly called 911 three times, reporting that a man had been harassing her and making obscene calls from the payphone outside. Her final words to the dispatcher were urgent and terrified: “Please hurry, he’s back.”

When police arrived just one minute later, Kelly was gone.

More than four decades have passed, and Kelly has never been found. Her family is still waiting for answers—and still holding on to hope that someone, somewhere, knows what happened to Kelly Bergh Dove?

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Research/Writing: Haley Gray

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0:00.0

On the night of June 17, 1982, 20-year-old Kelly Berg-Dove agreed to cover the overnight shift at the Imperial gas station in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

0:17.0

She wasn't supposed to be working, but one of her sisters asked if she could switch,

0:21.9

and Kelly said yes.

0:24.2

In the early morning hours of June 18th, Kelly called 911 three times, reporting that

0:29.9

a man had been harassing her and making obscene calls from a payphone outside.

0:34.8

Her final words to the dispatcher were urgent and terrified. Please hurry,

0:39.8

he's back. When police arrived just one minute later, Kelly was gone. More than four decades

0:46.5

have passed and Kelly has never been found. Her family is still waiting for answers and still

0:52.4

holding on to the hope that someone somewhere

0:54.6

knows what happened to Detective Perspective.

1:30.6

My name is Derek Lavasser.

1:32.0

I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective.

1:35.6

Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format.

1:38.7

I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information

1:42.7

for the individuals or organizations connected

1:45.7

to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly and maybe you can help

1:50.5

solve a case. So if you're someone who's interested in true crime specifically unsolved cases

1:55.2

and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider subscribing

1:59.9

whether you're watching on YouTube

2:01.1

or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform you use.

2:05.9

Okay, a couple quick things.

2:07.3

I did a YouTube live last night and some people had asked about Detective Perspective merch.

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