Ann was last seen on April 15, 2008. She left her home in the 20400 block of south 17th Road near Filley, Nebraska at 5:45 a.m. to go to work in Beatrice, Nebraska. She dropped her children off at school and day care. At 8:25 a.m., a relative saw her as she drove into Beatrice. Ann made $50 in purchases at a Sun Mart grocery store shortly afterwards. She began work at 8:46 a.m., but called her employer an hour later to say there was a problem with one of her children at school and she had to go deal with it. Ann's cellular phone made a call to the school at 9:55, but it's unclear whether she actually talked to anyone; nobody there remembers having a conversation with her. She has never been heard from again. Her husband, William Kelley Jr., sent her several phone text messages starting at 12:29 p.m. but got no answer. He reported Ann missing at 7:30 p.m. Her dark blue-gray wood-paneled 1991 Plymouth Voyager minivan with the Nebraska license plate number 3-A8045 is also missing. A photograph of the van is posted below this case summary.

William says he found Ann's cellular phone and a note at their home at 12:30 a.m. on April 16. The note was for her children and it said she loved them. It didn't appear to be a goodbye note or a suicide note. Ann hasn't used her credit cards or bank accounts since she went missing.

A week after Ann's disappearance, police arrested William on a traffic warrant. In May, he was arrested again on charges of drug possession, being a felon in possession of a firearm and giving false information on a gun permit application. Investigators apparently found a marijuana plant, marijuana growing materials and two weapons registered to William when they searched the Kelley home after Ann went missing. (Warrants for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia were issued for Ann also, in June 2008.) William was incarcerated on those charges when, in June, he was additionally charged with sexually assaulting a fifteen-year-old girl between August 2006 and August 2007. He allegedly gave her drugs and alcohol in exchange for sex. William also faces misdemeanor fraud charges; authorities investigating Ann's disappearance discovered he had a warrant out for his arrest on those charges. In March 2009, he reached an agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to several lesser charges. The sexual assault charge was reduced to simple child abuse. He was sentenced to a sixteen to twenty years in prison in June; with good behavior time, he could serve as little as eight to ten years. He had faced a maximum sentence of fifty-five years. Investigators stated none of the charges had anything to do with Ann's case, but they said William was considered a person of interest in her disappearance. It's unclear whether the Kelleys' alleged drug activity was a factor in Ann's disappearance. The couple's children are now staying with relatives.

Ann worked multiple jobs at the time of her disappearance; she worked at the One-Stop Country Store, she had a cleaning job at Southeast Community College and she worked at a relative's upholstery business. She left behind four children. Authorities don't believe foul play was necessarily involved in her disappearance, but it's out of character for her to leave without warning and there is concern for her safety. Her case remains unsolved.

Above: Plymouth Voyager minivan