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On September 21, 1978, 73-year-old Nan Cecile Dixon departed from her residence in Grass Valley, California, for a planned visit with her brother, Harry Leighton, and his family in the remote mining community of Seven Troughs, Nevada. The primary purpose of her trip was to reclaim a $6,000 investment she had made in her brother's gold mining venture back in 1961. Dixon was traveling alone in her yellow and green 1976 Datsun B210. She never reached her destination, and her husband reported her mi ...Read More
Last Seen: Sep 21, 1978
Victim Details

Jan 24, 2026

Jan 24, 2026

Nan

Cecile Dixon

73

73

4'10 - 5'0 inches

110 lbs

White

Female

Sep 21, 1978

Grass Valley

California

Grass Valley

Nevada County Sheriff's Office

530-582-7842

01/25/2026