Roughly 40 people gathered on Sunday, Sept. 29, at Memorial Park Cemetery to honor Elaine Nix, who was found dead 25 years ago in Buford. Jennifer Boyd, Elaine’s best friend, led family and friends in sharing memories of their time with Elaine. The teenager’s loved ones are determined that this will be the year that justice is served. 

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More than seven years after Elaine was found dead, Jennifer Boyd received a mailed confession to the crime. Authorities dug into the letter as part of one of the weirder twists in Elaine’s case in the past 25 years. 

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Elements of the case have made friends and family suspicious of law enforcement since Elaine’s body was found over the line into Gwinnett County. With Zack’s Food Rack being a respite for truckers, the Taken Too Soon team also walks through the theories around a possible crime of opportunity. 

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A witness told law enforcement about seeing an older model Cutlass with three men at Zack’s Food Rack around the time of Elaine’s disappearance. Nearly 25 years since that be-on-the-lookout post was issued, retired investigator Marty Nix still wants to find that car. The Taken Too Soon team also walks through some of the theories on the case. 

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The payphone that brought Elaine Nix to Zack's Food Rack is gone, but little else has changed at the Gainesville pit stop. The Taken Too Soon team travels through Elaine's last known whereabouts as well as where her body was discovered. Later, University of North Georgia assistant professor Dr. Jon Hager breaks down Elaine's autopsy, which listed the manner of death as "undetermined." 

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Elaine Nix wanted to rededicate her life to her faith after a sermon about forgiveness. But on Sept. 20, 1999, she went to a payphone to talk to her boyfriend and never came back. Retired investigator Marty Nix walks us through the missing person’s investigation before Elaine was found. 

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Karaoke and cruising were the ways Elaine and her friends hung out in the pre-cellphone days. Four of her closest friends detailed how the 5-foot blonde teenager could hold her own, though she fell under the spell of boyfriend Billy Millwood. 

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Elaine Nix, 18, went to a payphone Sept. 20, 1999, at Zack’s Food Rack in Gainesville, Ga. to talk with her boyfriend. Nine days later, her body was found next to an industrial park in Gwinnett County, right over the line from Hall County.  

Elaine’s protector and older brother, David Nix Jr., tells stories about making “potions” and singing songs with his younger sister. Becky Nix, Elaine’s mother, keeps frog figurines around the house to remind her of her 18-year-old firecracker who was taken too soon. 

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