When a young Missouri woman was abducted from a cemetery and murdered, her violent death haunted her rural community for 35 years.

Now, three men have finally been charged with her murder.

The Ozark Mountains overshadow long-awaited investigative breakthroughs in this special breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive.

Music breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive. Thanks for listening to this special breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive.

I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

And as always, I'm your co-host, Scott.

A quick heads up.

This episode contains mention of sexual assault.

We won't go into any graphic detail, but still, please listen with care.

I must say, I'm pretty intrigued and excited about this update.

Yeah, it's always exciting when charges are filed for a case we've discussed before,

and Kelly's case is certainly no exception.

Justice has been a very long time coming for Kelly, who was just 24 years old

when she was abducted, brutally murdered, and her remains abandoned in the Ozark Mountains.

I know her case has certainly stuck with me, in part because of that poem her mom wrote about the

loss that we included in our original episode. Now, I'm happy to be able to say that investigators have

finally been able to arrest those who they believe are responsible for taking Kelly's life.

So, let's get into her story and the new developments. Really, this came out of left field. I didn't

think we'd honestly ever get an update on this, so it gives me hope for a lot of those cases that have been

seemingly stagnant for a long time now. I feel the same way, and when we get into the details

of how and why her case was solved, I think you'll be pretty impressed. Kelly Ann Workman was last

seen alive on June 30th, 1989. That June Friday began as a summer day like any other for Kelly who'd grown up in

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