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Carmen Gayheart<\/strong> was 23 years old when she was abducted and murdered in Lake City, Florida<\/a>, on April 27, 1994. The devoted mother of two young children was a stellar nursing student enrolled at Lake City Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, her sudden failure to pick up her children from daycare sparked immediate panic among her family members and classmates. Her disappearance launched a multi-state investigation that ultimately exposed a brutal kidnapping committed by two escaped North Carolina prison convicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case Details:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Investigators established that Carmen was targeted while loading groceries into her Ford Bronco in a Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot. Specifically, the fugitives forced her into the vehicle at gunpoint before fleeing the immediate area completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the attackers drove her to a remote wooded location behind the Fuel City Truck Stop in neighboring Hamilton County, Florida<\/a>. Because the area was completely isolated from public view, the men subjected her to a horrific assault before fatally shooting her.<\/p>\n\n\n

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