
For 718 days, as one season gave way to the next and search after search turned up empty, Nancy Tucker remained missing.
The 76-year-old woman had vanished when the remnants of Hurricane Helene barreled through eastern Tennessee in late September 2024, turning the Nolichucky River into a torrent that swallowed the home she shared with her husband in Washington County, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.







