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Nicole Evers-Everette, granddaughter of civil rights leaders, found after being reported missing
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Date:2025-04-14 14:39:18
Police have located a missing Georgia woman who is the granddaughter of civil rights leaders Medgar and Myrlie Evers.
Nicole Evers-Everette, known as Niki, has been found and her family has been notified, the Gwinnett County Police Department noted on Facebook Friday morning.
Prior to the announcement, both police and the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, pleaded for help finding Evers-Everette. "Nicole is a beloved member of our community, and the entire Georgia NAACP is committed to bringing her home safely,” the Georgia NAACP said on its website.
She was last heard from around 5:55 p.m. Sunday evening and was reported missing from her apartment in Duluth, according to an announcement from the
The Gwinnett County Police Department asked for help finding the 36-year-old Friday morning and said a friend reported her missing on Tuesday. The friend said they hadn’t heard from Evers-Everette for several days.
When officers went to her home to try to speak to her, they couldn’t find her, the police department said in a news release online.
According to Evers-Everette’s mother, Reena Evers-Everette, she too hadn’t heard from her daughter in two days and was concerned. She said several years ago, her daughter left the state without notifying anyone and was gone for days before someone found her, so she was concerned.
Investigators with the police department found security footage from the woman’s home that showed her leaving on Monday with a suitcase. According to her mother, her car was last seen Monday night on Keys Ferry Road and McCart Road.
“I am worried and terrified for my daughter, Niki,” her mother said in a news release posted on the Georgia NAACP’s website. “She has not reported to work this week, which is highly unusual.”
She said she speaks to her daughter regularly so when she can’t reach her, it’s concerning. Her daughter left without her cell phone, purse or other items.
“I am in constant prayer that she is safe and comes back to us soon,” her mother said before she was found. “Timing is critical because Niki has a medical condition that requires medication, which she does not have.”
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Evers-Everette is the granddaughter of 2 Mississippi civil rights leaders
Evers-Everette is the granddaughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers. Medgar served as the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP while his wife worked with him to protest segregation, lynching, and more within the state of Mississippi.
Medgar was killed on June 12, 1963 in the family’s driveway in Jackson. His widow, Myrlie, saw to it that her husband's killer, Byron De La Beckwith, was convicted in 1994. Prior to the conviction, two all-white juries refused to convict the man.
Myrlie also served as chair of the NAACP's board of directors from 1995 to 1998, according to the NAACP website.
Contributing: Susan Page
This story has been updated to change photos.
Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Follow her on Twitter at@SaleenMartin or email her atsdmartin@usatoday.com.
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