Vicki Nisbett did not compete in the Christmas party in December 1991.
Williamson County, Texas – It’s been 34 years since the three Central Texas mothers disappeared. Detectives believe that she was murdered and the man who did it is in prison. But this case isn’t over.
In 2014, a Williamson County ju judge handed Rex Nisbett a 42-year prison sentence for killing his wife, Vicki Nisbett.
For years, the murder conviction went back and forth in court, and was eventually upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Many people thought it was the end of the story, but it wasn’t.
“This case will never be closed until we find her body. That’s the bottom line,” the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office det. Mark McKinney said.
McKinney said on December 14, 1991 it was the last time anyone saw Vicki Nisbett. The mother of three young boys did not arrive at the Christmas party for work at the Doriskill Hotel.
Vicki Nisbett’s younger sister, Missouri resident Shelley Ray, said there’s no day she doesn’t think about her sister. Ray spoke to KVUE over the phone.
“Every day, I look up at the ceiling here and talk to her every morning when I wake up,” Ray said.
Detectives say that on December 16, 1991, two days after she didn’t show up at the Christmas party, Vicki Nisbett’s estranged husband, Rex Nisbett, reported that she was missing.
He said his wife would need her to be away for a while, but Ray and his deputies found the story difficult to believe.
“No, she wouldn’t have left them with the boys behind. I guarantee that,” Ray said. “Their boy was her life. It was tough, but they were her life.”
“It was also very unpersonal to not call work to let her know she wasn’t there. She had some good friends whom she didn’t hear from her,” McKinney said.
Rex and Vicki Nisbett were in the process of divorce, but during the holiday season, Vicki Nisbett agreed to let her husband stay at the Cedar Park apartment off Lake Creek Parkway.
Deputies said Rex Nisbett has a history of drug use and assault behavior.
“I don’t think he said he didn’t do it anytime. He didn’t say he did it, but he said he wasn’t a red flag for us. Not, “McKinney said.
The detective finds physical evidence in Vicki Nisbett’s apartment and her car. Nearly two months after her loss, brown 1987 Dodge Aries in the hebb parking lots on West Palmer Lane and North Mopac Expressway.
The landscape of Williamson County has undoubtedly changed in 34 years since the murder, but that’s the recent construction boom.
“With the volume of homes being built and the businesses under construction, we are worried that one of them will be built on the potential of a burial site,” McKinney said. “This can make the body much more difficult to recover.”
You can also try to give Vicki Nisbett’s loved ones a closure.
Detectives said Rex Nisbett is not allowed on parole despite his current qualifications.
If you have any information about what happened to Vicki Nisbett, please call the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Tip Line 512-943-5204.
Kvue Daybreak’s Yvonne Nava is in the spotlight on several Central Texas cold cases as part of a monthly series called KVUE Crime Files.
