 In accordance with their plan Hickey picked Kellie up on June 27, 1976, and took her to an isolated spot in the country where he was to meet Hysell.Because Hickey had already informed Kellie of their plan to kill her, when Hysell failed to show, he struck her on the head with a rock, thus killing her.He then cut out her genitals to take to Hysell as proof that the job was done and buried her remains.