Jennifer Wyant Missing Person Case

Dec 12, 2008

Jan 05, 2024

Jennifer

Wyant

67

21

63 inches

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the summer of 1980, a 21-year-old woman named Jennifer Wyant vanished from Nashville, Tennessee. She was last seen on June 28, 1980, at her home in the Tanglewood Apartments, now known as Whispering Oaks, located on Harding Place. Jennifer had attended a pool party with her softball team earlier in the day and had left to go home by herself. When she did not show up for work or church, her concerned parents reported her missing on June 30, 1980. Authorities found her apartment undisturbed, with her car still in the complex's parking lot, giving no immediate clues as to what might have happened to her. At the time of her disappearance, Jennifer was described as a Caucasian female with brown hair and brown eyes, standing 5'3" and weighing 125 pounds. She had several distinguishing marks, including a chipped right front tooth, a small birthmark on her neck, pierced ears with surgical scars behind the lobes, and a scar on her left shin. The initial investigation into Jennifer's disappearance uncovered unsettling witness accounts. Neighbors at the apartment complex reported hearing a woman's screams on the night she was last seen. They also stated they saw three or four individuals forcing a woman into a dark-colored four-door sedan before the vehicle sped away. The witnesses relayed this information to the apartment's security guard, but unfortunately, it was not immediately passed on to the police. Investigators now believe the woman they saw being forced into the car was Jennifer Wyant. Friends and family described Jennifer's life as being on a positive track; she was working at Colonial Bakery, attending night school, and had recently purchased a new car that she meticulously cared for, making her sudden disappearance all the more alarming. Months went by with no sign of Jennifer. Then, on December 11, 1980, a significant piece of evidence was discovered. Her Tennessee driver's license was found on the side of Blue Lake Road, now Blue Lake Lane, in Rutherford County. This location was approximately 15.5 miles from her apartment and near Percy Priest Lake, in an area where a housing complex was under construction. Police conducted a search of the nearby woods with canine units, but their efforts yielded no further traces of Jennifer. Foul play is strongly suspected in her case, which remains an unsolved mystery. The discovery of her personal belonging far from her home, coupled with the witness accounts of an abduction, paint a grim picture of her final moments. Despite the passage of decades, the case of Jennifer Wyant continues to be a painful open wound for her loved ones and the Nashville community.

Jun 28, 1980

Nashville

Tennessee

Davidson County

No

6076

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Nashville

Tennessee

Davidson County

37201

Matthew Filter

Detective

200 James Robertson Parkway, Tennessee

6158628600

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police

80-113621

1980-06-30

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

4044

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026