AL AL - Billy Howard Dye, 19, Jefferson County, 3 March 1956

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Billy Howard Dye



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: March 3, 1956
Location Last Seen: Jefferson County, Alabama

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1937
• Age: 19 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: Unknown
• Weight: 270 lbs
• Hair Color: Unknown
• Eye Color: Unknown
• Nickname/Alias: Nicknames: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Not available

Circumstances of Disappearance:
In the early morning hours of March 3, 1956, Billy and his brother Robert Dye along with their older cousin, Dan Brasher, left Dan's mother's house in Billy's 1947 dark green four-door Ford. They were going to a party in Robinwood and were last seen headed down Crooked Creek Road in northern Jefferson County. All three men have never been heard from again.

Family members believe they were victims of a moonshine ring and were killed in a conflict concerning stolen whiskey. Foul play is suspected in their disappearances. Billy's car has never been located.

Investigators:

• Jefferson County Sheriffs Department: (205) 325-5069
  Reference Case#: N/A

NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: Not listed

5260DMAL - Billy Howard Dye
The Brasher-Dye Disappearance

 

[dotr]

• Jan. 07, 2026
• Alabama’s oldest cold case still mystifies 70 years later
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• By Kelly Kazek
  ''One rainy March night in 1956, brothers Billy Howard Dye, age 19, and Robert Earl Dye, 23, and their cousin Dan Brasher, 38, went to a party at the home of Billy’s girlfriend in rural Jefferson County. They were driving Billy’s dark green 1947 Ford, as described in my 2010 book “Forgotten Tales of Alabama.”
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Is there a lake, pond, river etc on route to the party? Did they actually have witnesses that saw them at the party, meaning they disappeared after the party? Early morning hours (what time frame 12-3? example). Did they stop somewhere? Any articles on the disappearance? Any family members still alive? Moonshine ring, not a lot of information on this case considering how much time has passed.