Name: Andrea Nicole Boyette
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 23, 1994
Location Last Seen: Lakeland, Polk County, Florida.
Date of Birth: December 3, 1968
Age: 26 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Nicki Peterson; Andrea Eubank
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoo of "Guns & Roses" on right arm; "Jimmy" on right arm and a butterfly on buttocks.
Dentals: Front upper teeth slightly crooked
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Pink sweater and white pants.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Andrea Boyette picked her husband of three months up from his job. They allegedly went to a few bars along Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven.
Andrea's three children claimed she never came home at the time of the incident, but her husband's version of events is different. Sources say he told deputies that he went to the bathroom at their home after the couple's night on the town, and when he came back she had simply disappeared. Her husband reported her as missing on December 24, 1994.
On February 16, 2004 Andrea's son, Dustin Cunningham, who was 9 when his mom disappeared, told investigators he saw her new husband choke his mother. Cunningham said he watched from his bedroom window as his stepfather choked his mother, then drove away with her. The next morning, Andrea Boyette was gone. He told investigators that his stepfather said his mother ran away. Later, the husband pawned his missing wife's jewelry and abandoned her children at a baby sitter's home.
On June 17 the husbands brother, confessed to having helped dump Andrea's body in an artificial lake at a Bartow phosphate mine.
On August 26, 2004, a grand jury indictment was made regarding this case. Boyette's husband was indited on the charge of homicide and a warrant was issued for his arrest on August 27, 2004.
His arrest record dates back to the early 1990s and includes misdemeanor charges of battery and domestic battery. John Boyett accepted a last-minute plea deal and was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter.
Authorities harbor little hope of finding Andrea Boyett's remains, which investigators have said was likely dumped in an artificial lake at a local phosphate mine.
Agency Name: Polk County Sheriff's Office - Bartow
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (863) 298-6200
Agency E-Mail: maito:missingperson@polksheriff.org
Agency Case Number: 9637069
NamUs Case Number: 20068
NCIC Case Number: M-925548804
NamUs
FDLE
The Ledger - Nov. 5, 2004
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 03/13/2024 - By: kc
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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