Gracie Helen Huggins
- Missing Since 03/09/2000
- Missing From Grimes County, Texas
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race White
- Date of Birth 11/17/1937 (84)
- Age 62 years old
- Height and Weight 5'5, 220 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A brightly-patterned long skirt and a blouse.
- Medical Conditions Huggins is schizophrenic and is required to take 50 milligrams of Mellaril, an antipsychotic drug, daily to control hallucinations brought on by her condition. Authorities learned she stopped taking her medication three to four days prior to her disappearance. Huggins appeared to be disoriented at the time she was last seen.
- Associated Vehicle(s) White Chevrolet Corsica (accounted for)
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Gray hair, brown eyes. Huggins's hair extended past her waist and was pulled into a ponytail at the time of her 2000 disappearance.
Details of Disappearance
Huggins was last seen picking flowers on the side of the road in northern Grimes County, Texas, outside of Centerville, on March 9, 2000. She has never been heard from again.Her white Chevrolet Corsica was discovered abandoned on Highway 30 at Panther Creek shortly afterwards. The car was locked, with her purse, medication, Bible and the flowers she'd picked inside it. There was no sign of her at the scene.
Huggins is described as a deeply religious women who took her Bible everywhere she went and liked to share her Christian faith with others. Foul play is suspected in her case.
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Circumstances of Disappearance
Gracie Huggins left her home in Buffalo during the early morning hours on the day she disappeared. She left driving a white, four-door Chevrolet Corsica. She was seen a few times that day, once at a friend's home in Mexia, and in Iola at the house of a woman claiming to not know Huggins. She was later seen picking flowers along Texas Highway 30 near the Brazos County-Grimes County line. Her car was found in the area she was last seen picking flowers, near Panther Creek. Inside the vehicle were freshly picked flowers, a bible, her purse and medicine. She was reported missing by her husband three days later on March 12th.It is believed that Huggins stopped taking her medication days prior to disappearing. Without medication, her mental condition would quickly diminish. According to family members, she could become disoriented, agitiated, paranoid, and prone to hallucinations.
Huggins' sister visited Huggins at her home the day before she vanished. The sister stated that Huggins' husband appeared stressed when he came home for lunch, eventually storming out of the house. The sister was informed of Huggins' disappearance six days after she was last seen.
Huggins has no identification, money, nor means of support. She is described as having a love for music, playing guitar and singing, and sharing testimony of her Christian beliefs.
Authorities still hope for leads on fate of Central Texas woman who disappeared 21 years ago
Authorities are still hoping someone has information on the fate of a Central Texas woman who disappeared 21 years ago Wednesday.
