Name: Jennifer Lynn Wyant
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 28, 1980
Location Last Seen: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Date of Birth: December 3, 1958
Age: 22 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Very light tan birthmark on left side of neck collar level; pierced ears with small scars behind the ear lobes from surgery; 1 1/2" scar midway down on left shin
Dentals: Available; chip on center corner of right front tooth
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing:
Wore size 7 1/2 shoe. Clothing size 9-11
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Jennifer Wyant disappeared from her residence at the Tanglewood Apartments on Harding Place in Nashville on June 28, 1980. She was never seen or heard from again. Her car was found in the apartment complex parking lot. In November 1980 Jennifer's wallet was found near La Vergne which is a city approximately 20 miles southeast of Nashville.
There is a report that the night she went missing neighbors did hear a woman screaming and that four people had forced her into a vehicle that drove off. This was reported to security. Police were not called that night. Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: Nashville Metropolitan Police Cold Case Investigations Unit
Agency Contact Person: Detective Matthew Filter
Agency Phone Number: 615-862-7843/7511; 615-862-7366/7511
Agency E-Mail: missing_persons@police.nashville.org
Agency Case Number: 80-113621
NamUs Case Number: 11
NCIC Case Number: M-096096672
NamUs
Metro Nashville Police Department
The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, TN) - Mar. 24, 1981
The Tennessean (Nashville, TN) - Jul. 10, 1984 & May 28, 2023
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 03/12/2024 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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