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Nikia Gilbreath

Case from Lafayette, GA dated Aug 17, 1989

Victim Details

Nikia “Niki” Gilbreath

Female

White / Caucasian

Lafayette

GA

1989-08-17

23

Nikia

Gilbreath

07/02/2026

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In the summer of 1989, a sense of unease settled over the small community of Villanow, Georgia, when 23-year-old Nikia Kay Tucker Gilbreath, a wife and mother, vanished from her home. It was August 17th when her husband, Joe, returned from work to a chilling silence. Their toddler daughter, Amber, was alone in the house; Nikia and her car were gone. The discovery of her vehicle the following day on an unpaved logging road only deepened the mystery and the growing fear for her safety. A few days ...
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