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| Where Is Allison Feldman’s Family Now? Inside Her Parents and Sister’s Lives After the Case. |
Allison Feldman’s family spent more than a decade living with unanswered questions after she was killed inside her Scottsdale, Arizona, home in February 2015. Her parents, Harley and Elayne Feldman, and her sister, Kelly Feldman Weinblatt, refused to let the case disappear into the background, pushing for answers while campaigning for changes that could help investigators solve other cases. After Ian Mitcham was convicted in April 2026, the family finally reached a major legal milestone, but the moment was followed by another devastating loss when Harley died unexpectedly just days later.
The Feldman family had been close long before Allison’s case became a national story. Harley and Elayne met when they were young, eventually marrying and building a life that included plenty of travel before deciding to have children. Their daughters, Kelly and Allison, grew up primarily in Minnetonka, Minnesota, in a household where independence was encouraged rather than merely mentioned in a motivational speech and forgotten by breakfast.
Allison later moved to Arizona for college and eventually established a life there. Her family watched from Minnesota as she built her career and settled into adulthood. Their final meeting came around Valentine’s Day 2015, when Allison spent time with her family and appeared to be doing well. Within days, everything changed. When she stopped responding to calls, Elayne became increasingly concerned and pushed for a welfare check.
On February 18, 2015, the family learned that Allison had been killed. The absence of an immediate arrest was particularly difficult for her parents, who were suddenly expected to carry on with ordinary life while knowing that their daughter’s killer remained unidentified. Harley, in particular, became determined to keep pressure on authorities and maintain public attention around the investigation.
He travelled repeatedly to Arizona and became increasingly involved in efforts to change how investigators could use DNA evidence. A $10,000 reward was offered for information in 2015, while Harley also pushed for familial DNA searching, a technique that could potentially identify suspects by examining genetic connections between an unknown person and relatives already represented in DNA databases.
That campaign eventually became an important part of Allison Feldman’s case. Her investigation was used as a test case for the procedure, and Ian Mitcham was arrested in 2018 in connection with her death. The development did not instantly erase the years of frustration, but it gave the family something they had been fighting towards since 2015: a suspect and, eventually, a courtroom.
Mitcham was found guilty in April 2026, more than 11 years after Allison’s death. Her relatives gave victim impact statements during the proceedings, describing the continuing effect of losing her. Harley also called for the death penalty, arguing that while the legal system considered punishment, his family had effectively been handed a life sentence without Allison.
The case also became part of Harley’s wider advocacy work. He lobbied for familial DNA to be accepted within Arizona's legal system and became involved with Parents of Murdered Children in Arizona as well as the West Suburban Grief Group in the Twin Cities. According to the information surrounding the case, the use of familial DNA in Allison’s investigation was followed by its application in 24 other cases, giving the Feldmans’ campaign significance beyond their own family.
Harley and Elayne also helped create the Allison Feldman Memorial Study Abroad Scholarships, alongside Allison’s friends. The scholarships provided another way of remembering Allison that had nothing to do with courtrooms, evidence bags or legal arguments. Instead, they reflected the parts of her life her family wanted to preserve: education, opportunity and the chance to experience the wider world.
Elayne remained involved in efforts to keep Allison’s case moving. During a 2016 trip to Poland and Israel with her father, she reportedly spoke with a senator about the investigation. It was another example of how the family kept pursuing every possible avenue, even when the process was painfully slow. Justice, as it turned out, was operating on a timetable nobody in the Feldman family had ordered.
For Harley and Elayne Feldman, Arizona also became an important part of their life after Allison’s death. They appear to have moved to Fountain Hills, Arizona, bringing them closer to the investigation and the law enforcement agencies handling the case. Harley’s background included an MBA from the University of Minnesota, but in the years after Allison’s death, his most visible work was not corporate. It was advocacy.
Then, just days after Mitcham’s conviction, Harley died unexpectedly on April 28, 2026. His death came at an especially difficult moment for the family. After years spent seeking justice for Allison, he had lived long enough to see a conviction but not long enough to have much time to process what that outcome meant. For Elayne and Kelly, the conclusion of Allison’s case therefore arrived alongside another profound family loss.
Kelly Feldman Weinblatt has continued to speak publicly for her sister and the family. She attended court proceedings and delivered a victim impact statement through Teams during Mitcham’s trial. Her role has extended beyond the courtroom, however, as she has worked to keep Allison’s name connected to something positive rather than allowing the story to end with the legal case.
Kelly lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with her husband, Adam Weinblatt, and their two children, Ryan and Alyssa. She has built a substantial career of her own in marketing, analytics and marketing technology, including more than 12 years at Best Buy before moving to Lifetouch. She later became involved in marketing automation and CRM strategy before taking on an AVP and Marketing Technology Product Owner role at US Bank in May 2025.
Her professional life is a reminder that the Feldman family story is not simply about what happened to Allison. Kelly has continued working, raising her children and maintaining a family life while carrying the memory of her sister alongside all the ordinary responsibilities that refuse to pause for grief. Life has a rather stubborn habit of continuing, even when people would prefer to press the pause button for a while.
Kelly has also played a role in the Allison Feldman Memorial Study Abroad Scholarships, helping turn her sister’s memory into an opportunity for other students. That work gives Allison’s name a future-facing purpose and allows people who never knew her to encounter her story through education rather than only through the circumstances of her death.
My view is that the most striking part of the Feldman family story is not simply how long they waited for a conviction, but how much they did during that wait. Harley could have understandably focused only on his own family, yet his campaign for familial DNA helped push a wider conversation about how difficult cases might be investigated. Kelly has carried that determination into a different generation, balancing a career and family while continuing to speak about Allison.
There is something quietly powerful about that. No dramatic courtroom speech can undo what happened, and no legal development can magically return a daughter or sister. But the family managed to turn years of frustration into advocacy, scholarships and a lasting memorial. It is hardly the neat ending television likes to package into an hour, but real life rarely provides those tidy endings. The conviction matters, but so does what the family chose to do with everything that came afterwards.
Today, Elayne and Kelly remain the clearest links to Allison’s continuing legacy, while Harley’s advocacy has become part of the story he spent years trying to change. Allison’s name lives on through the scholarship programme, Kelly’s public advocacy and the broader impact of the DNA work connected to her case.
After everything the Feldmans have endured, the question is no longer simply what happened to Allison, but what her family has done to make sure she is remembered. What do you think of the Feldmans’ long fight for justice and their decision to build a legacy around Allison’s memory?