Match! TX - Plainview, BlkFem 19-21, UP53955, nude and decapitated on dirt road, Feb'82 - Debra Denise Terrell Mackey

[victoriarobinson642]

Marriage records show Debra D Terrell marrying J L Mackey at age 15 in Lubbock. He was 20 at the time. No death records for him, so I believe he's still alive. She also had a daughter at 12. No father appears to be listed.

 

[mdande]

this is pure speculation but I wonder if she could have been an early victim of Sam Little

 

[iulia]

Debra's NamUs page has been removed.

 

[iulia]

I've found an obituary for her which says the date of her passing was January 28, 1982. I searched for a Doe that was found that day but couldn't find one.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/debra-terrell-mackey-obituary?id=51810409

 

[MadMcGoo]

Headless ‘Jane Doe’ found in Hale County identified as Debra Mackey

For the first time, officials on Thursday publicly identified a body bound in 1982 as Debra Mackey. As part of the announcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Lubbock Police Department…

www.everythinglubbock.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

It was her.

Headless ‘Jane Doe’ found in Hale County identified as Debra Mackey

For the first time, officials on Thursday publicly identified a body bound in 1982 as Debra Mackey. As part of the announcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Lubbock Police Department…

www.everythinglubbock.com

Rest peacefully now Debra.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Lubbock police asking for public’s help in 1982 missing persons case

Investigators with the Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit are asking for the public’s help in a 1982 missing person’s case, following the identification of remains found in Hale County determined to be that of Debra Mackey.

www.fox34.com

On September 2nd, 2021, the DoeNetwork, a non-profit focused on unidentified and missing persons, reached out to the LPD, offering resources to once again test the remains, in hopes of either making a connection or definitively ruling out a link in the LPD’s missing person’s case and the remains found in Hale County.

Investigators with LPD were notified on November 15,, 2022, that the remains were positively identified as that of Debra Mackey.

 

[HmmMysterious]

Charley Project: Debra Mackey

Rest in Peace Debra

 

[HmmMysterious]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Added to NAMUS today - I've convinced myself that she could be Plainview Jane Doe, an unidentified woman found nearby about a month and a half later.
(The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs))

You were right

 

[wdmcmahan]

This is so sad. Pregnant at 11… this poor girl never had a chance, of course this is how she ended up. I’m glad she’s finally been found, it took way too long to connect these pieces.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

It was her.

Headless ‘Jane Doe’ found in Hale County identified as Debra Mackey

For the first time, officials on Thursday publicly identified a body bound in 1982 as Debra Mackey. As part of the announcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Lubbock Police Department…

www.everythinglubbock.com

Rest peacefully now Debra.

You called it, MMcG!

So relieved she got her name back; the identification process seemed to have been especially hard.

My sincerest condolences to the loved ones of Debra Mackey ♡

 

[MadMcGoo]

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/debra-terrell-mackey-obituary?id=51810409

Debra Denise Terrell Mackey, 20, departed this life on January 28, 1982. Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 3 p.m. at the City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Griffin Mortuary.

 

[SimsGuy67]

The stats and timing do match even though the distance is great. I personally feel this Jane Doe is Debra. DDP released in the last few years that the UID was black and not white (which hasn't been updated in NamUs or even on DDP's website). I've submitted the two thinking maybe the connection hasn't been made due to the differences in race.

You were right too... just heard this Doe was ID'd today. So sad she was reported missing, in NamUs and was from the same area. Also what a horrible death... Rest in peace Debra

 

[Moonwalker9]

Glad she's finally identified and her family can get some closure. I hope justice will be served and more information will come forward

 

[wdmcmahan]

So whose skull was found with Debra’s body??? And where is Debra’s skull???

Headless ‘Jane Doe’ found in Hale County identified as Debra Mackey

For the first time, officials on Thursday publicly identified a body bound in 1982 as Debra Mackey. As part of the announcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Lubbock Police Department…

cw33.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

I was afraid to put anything much bigger on her grave because they’d removed everything else I put there, but I was able to do a little something during my last trip.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Such a sweet little face. Rest in peace, young lady.

 

[cheemsg]

Good God, what a life and death this poor woman had.

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs Doe profile has finally been removed, almost 6 months after her identification.