In the autumn of 2008, a sense of unease settled over a Nashville community when a local woman vanished under perplexing circumstances. Wanda Kay Henderson, a 48-year-old female, left her home on the night of Friday, October 10th, with the simple intention of driving to a nearby Mapco to purchase cigarettes. She was last seen alone in her white 1993 Cadillac in the Madison area around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
When she did not return, her husband grew concerned and filed a missing person report with the authorities later that day.
The search for Wanda Kay Henderson came to a tragic end on the evening of Monday, October 13, 2008. Police responded to a report of a deceased female discovered at the end of Swinging Bridge Road. The victim was positively identified as the missing woman. An subsequent autopsy revealed the grim reality of her fate: Wanda Kay Henderson had been strangled to death, turning a missing person case into a homicide investigation.
The investigation into her murder continued, and in January 2009, a significant piece of evidence was located. Henderson's white Cadillac, the car she was driving the night she disappeared, was found abandoned behind a rental property at 404 Delaware Avenue in Madison. Despite this discovery, the case grew cold over the years. To date, no arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Wanda Kay Henderson, and no suspects have been publicly identified. Her death remains an unsolved homicide, a lingering mystery for Nashville authorities and a source of enduring pain for her family and friends. The Nashville Police Department continues to seek information from the public that might lead to a breakthrough in this cold case.
