HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Family and friends of a murdered teenager promise to never give up.
Elaine Nix used a pay phone to call her boyfriend before she disappeared from a Gainesville gas station in September of 1999.
The next morning, her mother discovered her car. Her body was found behind an industrial park in Gwinnett County nine days later.
"There's a murderer out there, and they could be killing someone else," Nix's best friend, Jennifer Boyd, told Channel 2 Action News. "This is not going to be a cold case forever. We want to know what happened to Elaine Nix. We want to know who did this to her."
Friends and family of Nix gathered around her grave site Saturday night to remember their loved one.
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“She was the sweetest girl. She would do anything for anybody,” Boyd said. "We will never forget Elaine. She meant so much to each and every one of us."
Police used dental records and tattoos to identify her body, but to this day, the cause of her death remains a mystery.
"We will never give up on her case and finding justice for her because there's a murderer out there and they could be killing someone else," Boyd said.
At last check, Gwinnett County police have not named any suspects.
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