Debra Terrell Mackey was 20 when she disappeared after a New Year’s Eve gathering. She was last seen about 2:00 am leaving a party near the 1700 block of Avenue E; she went outside to get into a car, came back inside to say something crazy had happened, then left in a brown car. Her family reported her missing five days later.

About a month after she vanished, a nude, headless decomposing body was found; the hands were tied behind the back with a bra and the woman initially was described as Caucasian. The head was recovered days later in a desert area near Scottsdale, Arizona. The remains were exhumed by Texas Rangers in 2015 and were positively identified as Debra Mackey on November 15, 2022. Detectives made the identification public in June 2023 and have asked for the public’s help.

Anyone with information about Debra’s disappearance or the killing is asked to call Crime Line at (806) 741-1000; a $5,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. Did anyone see Debra that night or know who she might have been with?