Kelly Burkhardt

Kelly Burkhardt (nee Kessler) was, along with her husband Reed, believed to have been killed by Soledad Marquesa in 1994 in Rhinebeck, NY. Her son Nick was taken in by her sister, Marie Kessler, who told the boy they had died in an auto accident.

In the season finale,, a mysterious woman was seen in the shadows spying on Akira Kimura, the only surviving member of the four Schakal who were suspects in Kelly's murder and who have continued to search for the Coins of Zakynthos. The police tracking Kimura found her in his hotel room, from where she escaped after a brief fight with Sergeant Wu. She showed up again when Nick was fighting Kimura, whom she killed. She then turned to Nick and called him "Nicky," to which Nick replied "Mom?"