Ruth Ann Boyd Maynard was 24 when she was last seen on January 9, 1971, at Shadow’s Night Club in north Odessa, Texas. She grew up in Odessa, attended Cameron Elementary, Bowie Junior High and Odessa High School but left before her senior year. She later married Jack W. Maynard, an Odessa police officer who was serving in the Army at the time of her death, and worked as a checker at Cook’s Discount Center.

Her remains were found on February 17, 1971, in a pasture in North Ector County. Investigators later identified Johnny Meadows as the perpetrator; Meadows was implicated in the deaths of five other women and was sentenced to life in prison. Ruth Ann Boyd Maynard was buried in an unmarked grave at Rose Hill Cemetery in Odessa.

Does anyone have memories of Ruth or information about her life in Odessa that could add to the record?