Missing
Jennifer Lynn Wyant
Wyant, approximately 1980
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/28/1980
Missing location (approx) :
Nashville, Tennessee
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/03/1958 (62)
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 125 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Wyant was last seen inside her residence at Tanglewood Apartments (now called Whispering Oaks) in the 200 block of Tanglewood Court in Nashville, Tennessee on June 28, 1980. She disappeared after leaving a softball team party alone, and has never been heard from again. Her apartment was left undisturbed and her car was located in the complex parking lot, but there was no sign of her at the scene.
Neighbors reported that they heard screaming and when they looked out their windows, they saw four individuals forcing a woman into a dark-colored four-door sedan and driving away. The witnesses told the apartment security guard about what they saw and heard, but the guard didn't inform police at the time. Investigators believe the woman the witnesses saw was Wyant.
On December 11, 1980, Wyant's Tennessee driver's license was found on Blue Lake Road (now called Blue Lake Lane) in Rutherford County, Tennessee. This was close to Piercy Priest Lake, fifteen and a half miles east of Wyant's residence and three miles northeast of LaVergne, Tennessee. A housing complex was under development in the area at the time. Police brought dogs to search the nearby woods, but no tEthnicity : of Wyant was located.
According to her loved ones, Wyant's life was going well at the time of her disappearance. She had bought a nice car that she took good care of, and was working at Colonial Bakery while going to night school. Foul play is suspected in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Metro Nashville Police Department
615-862-7557
615-862-7546
September 2021 updates and sources
Metro Nashville Police Department
The Tennessean
Federal Bureau of Investigation
WKRN-TV
October 12, 2004. February 26, 2021; four pictures added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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