Cayce Lynn McDaniel

Cayce Lynn McDaniel is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a missing-person case connected to Milan, Tennessee. The disappearance is dated to May 30, 1996. The victim is recorded as 14 years old and female. The last known information on record places the case at May 30, 1996, near her home in Milan, TN.

Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Cayce Lynn McDaniel is filed under Missing Person with a status of Unsolved. A missing-person entry documents someone who disappeared under circumstances that remain unresolved. The record is cross-referenced under the themes missing person, teen, Tennessee, FBI case, unsolved, which connect it to related cases across the database.

As of the most recent information compiled here, no arrest has been publicly recorded in the Cayce Lynn McDaniel case, and it remains open and unsolved. Cases like this can be reactivated at any time — advances in DNA analysis, forensic genetic genealogy, and renewed public attention have resolved cases that lay dormant for decades.

Primary jurisdiction for the Cayce Lynn McDaniel case rests with local law enforcement in Milan, supported by Tennessee state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.