Account
May 12, 2009
May 26, 2023
Nancy
Moyer
51
36
59 inches
60 inches
105 lbs
120 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
On the evening of Friday, March 6, 2009, 36-year-old Nancy Moyer, a financial analyst for the Washington State Department of Ecology, vanished from her home in Tenino, Washington. After finishing her workday, she drove a coworker home and then stopped at a local market around 6:45 p.m. Her two young daughters were spending the weekend with their father, Bill Moyer, from whom she was amicably separated. When Bill brought the girls back to their mother's house on Sunday, March 8, they found the front door ajar. Inside, the television and lights were on, and a glass of wine sat on the coffee table. Nancy's car was parked in the driveway, and her purse, keys, and wallet were all inside the house. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry, yet Nancy was gone. The initial investigation by the Thurston County Sheriff's Office involved extensive searches of the area surrounding Nancy's home with deputies, volunteers, and search dogs, but these efforts yielded no clues as to her whereabouts. The circumstances of her disappearance quickly led investigators to suspect foul play. Her family and friends described her as a devoted mother who would never have voluntarily left her children. Her husband was cooperative with the investigation, passed a polygraph test, and was not considered a suspect in her disappearance. The case grew cold over the years, leaving her family and the community desperate for answers. A significant development in the case came in July 2019, a decade after Nancy vanished. A former coworker and neighbor named Eric Lee Roberts called 911 and confessed to killing her. He claimed he had accidentally strangled her with a scarf during a sexual encounter at his home. Roberts was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, and investigators searched his property. However, the following day, he recanted his confession, and no physical evidence was found to corroborate his initial story. Prosecutors did not have enough evidence to file murder charges against him, and he was released. Another individual, Bernard K. Howell III, was briefly considered a person of interest in 2010 after he was arrested for a separate homicide and it was discovered he had sold meat door-to-door, a product found in Nancy's freezer. However, no evidence ever connected him to her case. The investigation into Nancy Moyer's disappearance remains open but unsolved, leaving a painful void for her loved ones who continue to hope for a resolution and for justice for Nancy.
Mar 06, 2009
Tenino
Washington
Thurston County
98589
No
7327
Thurston County Sheriff's Office
Olympia
Washington
Thurston County
98502
Ben Elkins
Detective
2000 Lakeridge Drive Southwest, Washington
3607865500
County
Law Enforcement
09-1523
Thurston County Sheriff's Office
Black
Brown
Brown
06/10/2026
