The Trail Went Cold - Episode 261 - Gracie Nash & John Davis Jr.

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

December 26, 1983. Austin, Texas. After leaving her workplace, 39-year old Gracie Nash vanishes without a trace and her abandoned car is soon discovered with a large amount of blood inside. Just over one month later, Gracie’s brother, 43-year old John Davis Jr., is fatally shot outside his residence. Suspicion falls upon a woman named Naomi Easley, who had launched a campaign of harassment and violence against the victims’ brother, Melvin Davis, after a tumultuous break-up. Even though Naomi eventually goes to prison for another murder, no evidence links her to Gracie’s disappearance or John’s death. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we detail the tragic story of a family who lost two siblings just over one month apart and never received conclusive answers about what happened. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Austin Police Department at (512) 974-5000. Additional Reading: https://charleyproject.org/case/gracie-nell-nash https://www.newspapers.com/image/362884233/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/362884290/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/362860322/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/358405108/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/362873118/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/364024424/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/362860411/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/363972130/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/363974758/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/362918871/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/357461817/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/357461844/ https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1992/5184.html “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	December 26th, 1983.
0:03.3	Austin, Texas.
0:05.3	After leaving her workplace, 39-year-old Gracie Nash
0:08.5	vanishes without a trace and her abandoned car is soon discovered
0:12.0	with a large amount of blood inside.
0:13.9	Just over one month later, Gracie's brother, 43 year old John Davis Jr.,
0:18.8	has fatally shot outside his residence. Suspicion falls upon a woman named Naomi Eesley, who launched a campaign of harassment
0:26.2	and violence against the victim's brother, Melvin, after a tumultuous breakup.
0:31.2	Even though Naomi eventually goes to prison for another murder, no evidence links her to John's death, and Gracie remains a missing person.
0:39.0	After that, the trail went cold. I'm going to Oh, uh, uh, and uh,
1:03.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, okay, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail went cold. I'm your
1:21.3	host Robin Warder and on today's episode we're going to be exploring a
1:25.6	truly bizarre story involving two separate victims the 1983 disappearance of
1:30.8	Gracie Nash and the subsequent 1984 murder of her brother John Davis Jr.
1:36.6	As I'm sure you know, one of this podcast's biggest influences is the missing persons
1:40.9	website the Charlie Project run by Megan Good.
1:44.0	There have been multiple occasions where I've stumbled across a write-up of an obscure, lesser-known
1:48.8	case on the Charlie Project, which left me with such a WTF reaction that I instantly felt compelled to put together an episode.
1:57.0	This story is filled with so much drama that if it took place today,
2:01.0	then it's possible that true crime shows and podcasts might be jumping all over it,
2:05.0	but when it originally took place, it really didn't garner much media coverage at all outside of Austin, Texas.
2:12.0	Gracie Nash and John Davis Jr.
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