Faye Whatley was 68 when she and her husband, John Whatley, were last seen at their rural ranch near Bastrop, Texas. They were reported missing after they failed to attend their granddaughter’s wedding rehearsal and the wedding on January 27, 1976. A wellness check found the house apparently undisturbed, with the couple’s vehicles in the garage and personal items such as wallets and eyeglasses left behind. Investigators noted a bullet hole in a bedroom window and that the bedroom door had been removed.

Newspapers inside the home suggest the disappearance occurred between January 27 and January 28. A suspicious vehicle was reported near the property the night they vanished, and extensive searches turned up no trace of the couple. Years later Henry Lee Lucas claimed he and an accomplice disposed of their bodies in Nevada, but no evidence has been found to support that confession. The case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.

Did anyone in the Bastrop area in late January 1976 see a vehicle or person acting suspiciously around the Whatley property?