Former Tournament of Roses association director arrested in cold case murder

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

Richard Allan Munnecke

(Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

(CBS/KCBS) LOS ANGELES - Police have arrested a 71-year-old former Tournament of Roses director in connection to the 2004 murder of parade volunteer Donna Lee Kelly.

Police say they linked Richard Allan Munnecke to the murder of the 59-year-old Kelly through DNA evidence, according to CBS Los Angeles. Investigators say they believe the two had been involved in an affair, although Munnecke was married at the time.

Investigators say Munnecke denied he was involved with Kelly, reports the Pasadena Star-News.

Kelly was reported missing in April 2004. Her body was found in the trunk of her car three weeks later by her daughter who noticed the foul odor, the sheriff's department said.

Detectives say the cold case went unsolved until they recently came across new evidence and obtained a DNA sample from Munnecke, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Munnecke is being held on $1 million bail.

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by Lerianis4 February 10, 2012 2:21 AM EST

8 YEARS after the fact? They had better have some damned good evidence. If they were having an affair, that gives her husband a better reason to kill her.... not this guy.

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by cosmic-teapot February 10, 2012 2:50 AM EST: They never said she was married, but he was. In fact, if you bother to read anything other than this page, it has been stated that she was not married. Bit hard for her husband to kill her if she doesn't have one!
I don't care how long ago she was murdered - whoever did it needs to pay.


by Big-Daddy-Kahuna February 10, 2012 8:32 AM EST: Lerianis4 - 8 years after the fact? Who cares? They linked this guy to the murder through DNA! Appears to me that he is going to have an uphill battle!