Where is John William Kelley now? Update

The police, along with family members, were stunned when Douglas (Doug) and Rozina Anderson were found murdered on a camping trip near Crescent City, California. While the couple were found shot multiple times, the murder went unsolved for 27 years before a breakup in another unrelated cold case led authorities straight to the killer.

Investigation Discovery’s “Dead Silent: Till Death Do Us Part” chronicles the gruesome murder and shows how a coincidental arrest and confession helped close the investigation. If this case sounds intriguing and you want to know where the killer is currently located, we’ve got you covered.

How did Doug and Rozina Anderson die?

Doug and Rozina Anderson were married just two years before their horrific murder and reside in Lake Oswego, Oregon. While Rozina worked at a Sears store in the Washington Square Mall in Portland, Oregon, Doug ran a sign business in Lake Oswego. Additionally, the couple, who were also looking forward to having a baby, love to travel and were very excited about their camping trip to Northern California. Described as generous and lively people who were always ready to help anyone, we miss both of them terribly to this day.

In August 1988, Doug and Rozina were camping in Northern California. They even kept an account of their activities in a diary, and the last entry was made on August 15. Initially, neither Doug nor Rozina’s family knew of the terrible fate that had befallen the couple. However, with Rozina due to return to work, her employer became concerned when she did not show up.

They contacted his family, who in turn implicated the police, and finally, on August 22, 1988, police came across their vehicle off Howland Hill Road of the Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park Campground in Crescent City, California. Inside, authorities found the deceased bodies of Doug and Rozina, and an autopsy later confirmed that the couple had been shot multiple times, resulting in their deaths.

Who killed Doug and Rozina Anderson?

The initial investigation into Doug and Rozina’s murder was long and tedious. With virtually no leads to the murder scene, police were forced to conduct hundreds of interviews with acquaintances, friends and family members. However, most of them seemed to be in shock, and none knew why anyone would hurt the happy couple. Although authorities did their best and left nothing out of their thorough investigation, they were unable to compile a list of suspects or a person of interest. On the other hand, there were also no witnesses to point the officers in the right direction. So, with almost no progress, the case lay dormant and unsolved for 27 years.

Incidentally, in another horrific but unrelated event on December 6, 1986, 17-year-old Annette Thur was raped and murdered on her way home from a party in Boulder Creek, California. Surprisingly, much like Doug and Rozina’s murder, Annette’s murder also had no leads or apparent suspects, leading to a slow investigation. However, 26 years after his murder, the sheriff’s office decided to review and close as many cold cases as possible. Once they discovered Annette’s murder, they decided to test the DNA sample taken from the scene against the database and got a perfect match.

The sample matched John William Kelley, who had previously been convicted of rape in another unrelated incident. As John awaited trial for the rape and murder of Annette Thur, he suddenly decided to tell the police the truth. So after getting the district attorney’s office to take the death sentence off the table, he confessed to killing Doug and Rozina Anderson. Later, police said he was aware of some intricate details of the murder, which further proved his involvement in the double murder.