8-foot drain pipe, he might have never been found. friends and family were shocked by his murder. it s such a cruel way to die. to light someone on fire? there was no blood or any sign of a struggle, which meant david had likely been killed elsewhere. but it was clear that where the body was found was not the primary scene, that this was a dumping site and that the body had been set on fire to destroy potential evidence. and david s body had been wrapped in a blanket, a possible clue to the murder site. there was a group of filamentous wires, meaning very fine wires, from the charred remnants of the blanket. your typical blanket does not include metal fibers, unless it s a heat-generating blanket,
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investigators notice is that the seat is pushed up toward the steering wheel, which would indicate that a much smaller person had been in it last and not a big man like david nixon. investigators hope the store s security cameras might shed some light on who left david s car in the lot.
pulling the hand truck around. investigators believe tracey knew david was planning to leave her, and she wanted to keep the house that was still in her name. late thursday night, as he slept, she shot him with an unregistered handgun friends said he kept in the house. she wrapped the body in blankets from the bed. the next day, friday, she drove david s car to the rental agency where she rented a moving van. she waited until nightfall and used a hand truck to get david s body into the van. then, she drove 14 miles to the isolated parking lot, where she tried to dispose of the body in a large drain, but it was too big. it wouldn t fit.
he was always smiling. he was always happy. he liked nice things, nice clothes, nice cars, nice women. nixon primarily sold real estate in grapevine, texas, just outside dallas/ft. worth. it s a very vibrant city, very suburban. there is some money here, but the main focus is the lake. people want to live by it and have very nice homes around it. but david s idyllic life started to unravel one sunday night when his ex-wife walked into police headquarters to report him missing. she said he didn t show up for a dinner meeting with their 10-year-old son that evening, which was very unusual. she said he wasn t returning telephone calls either. david nixon was a great father who kept in contact with his son, even though he was divorced from his wife, and would constantly keep in contact with him. i can t really put my finger on anything.