Cayce Lynn McDaniel murdered or death by force in Milan, Tennessee.

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A 14-year-old girl disappears after being dropped off at home late one night
In the late hours of a warm August night in 1996, 14-year-old Cayce Lynn McDaniel, a white female, vanished from her home in Milan, Tennessee, leaving behind a scene that was both ordinary and unsettling. She had just returned from a back-to-school party at her church, dropped off by a chaperone who saw her safely inside. When her mother arrived home between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m., she found the television on in Cayce's room, the clothes she had worn to the party lying out, and a bowl of cookies and ...Read More

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Victim Details

Name

Cayce Lynn McDaniel

Case Added

January 30, 2023

Gender

Female

Race

White / Caucasian

City

Milan

State

Date Missing

1996-08-16

Date Of Death

1996-08-16

Date Of Birth

1982-07-14

Distinguishing Characteristics

Cayce has a strawberry birthmark on the underside of her lower left arm.

Age Missing

Age At Death

Case Number

9608171430

Namus Number

MP6379

Ncmec Number

822496

First Name

Cayce Lynn

Last Name

McDaniel

Relationship

Victim

Hair Color

Brown

Eye Color

Brown

Height

5'4

Weight

120 lbs

Solved

Yes

Last Updated

01/04/2026

Area Body Found:

Cayce Lynn McDaniel
Death by Force

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