Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 08/11/1994
- Missing From:
- Missing From Arcadia, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/23/1993 (31)
- Age:
- Age 7 months old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 2’3, 17 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Kelsi’s ears are pierced, but she doesn’t normally wear earrings. She was cutting her first teeth at the time of her disappearance.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Kelli and her daughter Kelsi vanished from their Arcadia, Florida home on August 10, 1994. They were moving to Sebring, and had already taken some belongings there. Their cousin, Jimbo Ford, saw them at their house shortly before midnight; Kelli was on the phone and packing.
Kelli left a note saying she was getting her paycheck and would be back the next day, but neither she nor Kelsi ever returned. Their home showed no signs of a struggle, but Kelli’s car was moved in the driveway, and only her purse and keys were missing – no clothes for herself or Kelsi were taken.
Jimbo Ford failed a lie detector test about the disappearance in 1997. He later was convicted of brutally murdering a couple in 1997, and is now on death row. Because of this, police investigated whether he was involved in the Krums’ disappearance, even searching an orange grove based on a tip, but found nothing. Ford denies any involvement.
The Krums’ disappearance remains a mystery, but police suspect foul play.
- Agency:
- DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office 863-993-4700
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This person was missing Missing Since 08/11/1994