Nearly 35 years ago, a young boy disappeared in Eastern Kentucky.
Kelly Junior Hollan was just 6-years-old the last time he was seen in 1982.
“For lack of a better, a better term, he just kind of disappeared into thin air,”
said Trooper Jody Sims with the Kentucky State Police.
Although tips and leads have turned up little to nothing in the investigation, KSP Detective Chris Collins has taken on the case that has little evidence.
Family members of Kelly Hollan say that he was outside playing in the middle of the day, but when his mother went outside to get him, he was gone without a trace.
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“There was nothing in and around the residence to indicate that injury or struggle or anything like that,” said Trooper Sims. “It was just a matter of, he was there, and then when they went to check on him again, he wasn’t.”
Trooper Sims told LEX 18 that there has never been a named suspect in the case.
At one point, Kelly’s mother, Jude Moore, was a person of interest.
Four years ago, Moore spoke with LEX 18.
“If I had done anything, I’d come forward and say, ‘I did it.’ But, I didn’t do it,” Moore told LEX 18.
The house where Kelly Hollan was last seen alive is no longer there. A couple years ago, working on tips, police came back out to the area. They dug up some ground underneath concrete, but found nothing.
Trooper Sims said that anytime new information comes in, KSP checks on it right away.
Some people wonder if Kelly Hollan may still be alive.
“I don’t know that that would be a stretch, but you still have to be cautious about how you talk about those things, because there always is that chance that he is still alive,” said Trooper Sims.
The decades-old case of Kelly Hollan is the only missing child case that the KSP Post in Hazard is working.
Police hope that with the passage of time, someone with a guilty conscience will come forward with information.
“I think it’s safe to say someone, still in this world, knows what happened to him,” said Trooper Sims.
The last time police got a tip was in 2015. They hope people will continue to talk about the case and report information to State Police.
