(1888PressRelease)
August 25, 2006 - August 22, 2006
September 20, 1999 was the last time David and Becky Nix saw their beloved daughter Jacqueline Elaine Nix. Elaine was last seen using a pay phone at Zack's Food Rack on Candler Highway (Hwy 60), near Gainesville, Georgia. On September 29, 1999 Elaine was found in a wooded area in an industrial park located at 3131 Verona Avenue in Buford, Georgia in the Rest Haven area off of Atlanta Highway, (Hwy 13) in Gwinnett County.
In January, 2005 he Family of Elaine Nix authorized Atlanta private investigator Hal Lowder, Jr. to assist in locating any information about the disappearance of Elaine. Lowder has worked on the case for two years, at no charge to the family reviewing information, leads and interviewing family, friends and anyone that may have information in the disappearance and death of Elaine. “The sad part of this case, states Lowder is the lack of attention the community has given to this case.” “Elaine was your average teenager from a normal average family; sometimes in these cases, if the family is not very well known or if the case does not have all of the components to attract a large media audience, they sort of fly under the radar unnoticed. Unfortunately it has not garnered the attention of some of the high profile cases and we do not have all of the resources to advertise on billboards, print flyers and keep this case in the eye of the community.”
Lowder also points out that even though there is apparently a lot of missing clues and evidence in the case, there are still things to work with. One thing is where the body was found. “The location of where Elaine’s body was left is very significant. It was in an isolated industrial park. This is not an area that you just stumble on to. The location is very significant; the person or persons involved had to be familiar in some way with this area. They were looking to get rid of a body; you are not going to ride around very long looking for a place to hide the body. The perpetrator had to know something about that area,” “There are other things to look at as well, states Lowder; victimlogy, what was it that made Elaine a victim? “
Lowder also believes that more than one person has knowledge of how Elaine died. “Someone knows something out there, and we owe it to the family to find out.” “We need the community to get behind this case and give the family some kind of resolution.” A memorial service for Elaine has been scheduled for September 29 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Gainesville at 7 PM.
For more information contact Hal Lowder, Jr., 770-287-7694
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