Kelly Tinyes and the Basement Horror the Courts Almost Missed
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
On the night before her fourteenth birthday, Kelly Tinyes got a phone call that pulled her out of her house—and straight into danger. Hours later, her body was found in a neighbor’s basement, hidden under piles of trash. What followed was a conviction built on brand-new DNA technology, a family left fighting for the full truth, and a man who managed to vanish before anyone could ask harder questions. In today’s episode, we’re walking through the heartbreaking case of Kelly Tinyes—and the pieces that still don’t sit right, even decades later.
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| 0:00.0 | One minute, Kelly Tynias was sitting at home watching TV with her little brother. |
| 0:05.3 | The next, she was walking out the door because some guy named John called and asked for her. |
| 0:10.9 | Normal stuff, maybe, for 1989. |
| 0:13.8 | Except this time, Kelly didn't come back. |
| 0:17.0 | What happened inside that house wasn't just a tragedy. |
| 0:20.6 | It exposed how bad people can hide in plain sight, |
| 0:24.1 | how DNA was still trying to prove itself in courtrooms, |
| 0:27.9 | and how sometimes the official story leaves way too much out. |
| 0:32.5 | But before we dive in, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, |
| 0:36.9 | you're in the right place. Hit follow now for |
| 0:39.3 | at least two new episodes every week. This is York. She was the responsible one home |
| 1:12.2 | that evening. Her parents were out, and it was up to her to keep an eye on her eight-year-old |
| 1:16.7 | brother, Richard. It had been a regular night. They ate dinner, the TV was on, and Richard was |
| 1:22.7 | happily zoning out, plopped down in front of that TV. Nothing weird, nothing dramatic. Then the phone |
| 1:29.4 | rang. Richard beat Kelly to the phone and picked it up. A man's voice came through, short and to the |
| 1:35.5 | point. It's John, get Kelly. This was the late 80s. If you wanted to reach someone you called |
| 1:43.0 | the house phone and rolled the dice on who |
| 1:44.8 | might pick up, you never knew. Richard didn't overthink it. He didn't know who John was, and honestly, |
| 1:51.1 | he didn't care. Somebody wanted to talk to Kelly. That's all he needed to know. He handed the phone |
| 1:56.5 | over and went right back to a show. Kelly's call didn't last very long. |
| 2:01.4 | When she hung up, she told Richard she was heading over to a friend Nicole's house for a bit. |
| 2:06.2 | Totally normal. |
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