On June 8, 1996, 74-year-old Sadie Wallace Nelson disappeared from the farm she shared with her 77-year-old boyfriend, John Burlie Pike, on a property off Highway 411 near Benton, Tennessee. The next morning Pike was found dead in the driveway, having been severely beaten and his throat cut. The house was reported virtually untouched and there were no signs of forced entry, yet Sadie was missing.

Investigators considered multiple possibilities: that Sadie might have been a victim of the same violence, that she had fled, or that she knew more about what happened. In December 1996 authorities learned Sadie’s Social Security checks were being cashed in Batavia, New York; her son admitted cashing them and said he did not know her whereabouts. There are no outstanding warrants for Sadie and investigators say they still want to speak with her in connection with Pike’s homicide.

Does anyone have information about Sadie Nelson’s whereabouts in 1996 or contacts who might have heard from her after June 8?