On the morning of May 26, 1982, 29-year-old mother Veda Lou Powers left her home in the 900 block of 9th Avenue South in Nashville, dropped her two young children at daycare, then picked up her sister at Buena Vista Apartments to take her to work. Veda told her sister she had taken the day off from St. Thomas Hospital and planned to go home to rest. That was the last confirmed sighting.

Two days later her orange 1975 Chevrolet Monza was found abandoned on 14th Avenue South near Edgehill Avenue. Her eyeglasses were inside the car; she could not see well without them. Family and investigators say Veda was a devoted mother who would not have willingly left her children, and authorities suspected she may have been taken against her will. A reward offered two years later produced no useful leads, several persons of interest were named over time, and she was declared legally dead seven years after her disappearance.

Veda’s mother raised her children while the case grew cold and received limited media attention. Does anyone have information about Veda’s movements that day or about the Monza being seen after May 26, 1982?