Name: Gracie Nash
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 26, 1983
Location Last Seen: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Date of Birth: April 3, 1944
Age: 39 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 112 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Black
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: DNA is available
Dentals: Full dentures
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: A white nurses uniform and a gray coat with a large fur collar.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Gracie was last seen leaving the Eastfare Nursing Home at 2820 East Martin Luther King Boulevard where she was employed, at 23.00 on December 26, 1983.
Mrs. Nash's vehicle, a white/green 1971 Chevrolet bearing Texas plates PPT621 was found abandoned December 28, 1983 in the 2400 block of East 22nd Street, near Maple.
Police discovered signs of a very violent assault, including large amounts of blood.
Six weeks later, Nash's brother John Davis was gunned down outside his house on Blessing Avenue in Northeast Austin as he headed to work. He died a short time later.
Two months before Nash's disappearance, another brother, Butch Davis, was shot and wounded by his girlfriend. The girlfriend later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received probation. She was out on bail when Gracie Nash vanished and when John Davis was killed. She may have wanted to harm Butch Davis and his family because he broke off their relationship.
In 1990, the girlfriend was sentenced to 75 years in prison after a jury convicted her of murder in the November 1989 shooting death of her husband. Kent Moore was shot five times in his home at 5504 Manor Road.
Agency Name: Austin Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Cold Case Unit - Detective Rick Blackmore
Agency Phone Number: 512-974-8577
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Texas Department of Public Safety
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 512-424-5074
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 83-0247858
NCIC Case Number: M-525132424
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Austin American-Statesman
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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