NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — More than eight years after a Middle Tennessee grandmother went missing, a tip has Nashville detectives and family ready to search in the Edgehill area.

Wanda Walker disappeared in October 2016. News 2 spoke to Walker's granddaughter, who said her family was given a potential new clue in the case.

"There is a picture of my grandmother, and 'Can you help?' That's the question,” Quontesa Chambers, Walker’s granddaughter as she read the flyer she made. 

Chambers and her family are putting together a search team in response to the tip.

“This won’t be our first search, our plan is to go out twice a month in the area until we cover all the bases in that particular area,” Chambers said. 

A tipster told Chambers' family they saw her grandmother in an argument with her then-boyfriend before she went missing. Chambers turned the information over to a Metro Nashville Police Department cold case detective, who confirmed to News 2 that the tip claimed there was “word on the street” that Walker's body was dumped in the Edgehill area.

“We can go to this location just to cross it off our list because this is a rumor we have never heard,” Chambers said. 

About a week after Walker disappeared, a significant amount of her blood was discovered in her vehicle, but to this day, her body has not been found.

"I made it up in my mind that I won’t stop until we get justice,” Chambers added.

As a result, she's been using her voice, holding marches, and demanding justice. 

“It’s been tough for this to be the second person in our family to go missing,” she expressed.

Walker's daughter also disappeared back in 1999, but detectives believe there is nothing to indicate a connection between the two disappearances. However, Chambers told News 2 she hopes to solve at least one of the cases with the tipster's information.

“We are going to put our hands to the plow and do what we need to do, and if we find something, we will be grateful. If not, we can cross it off the list and keep doing what we are doing," Chambers said. 

On Saturday, May 17 a group met at the Operation Stand Down parking lot to begin search efforts.

The detective on the case told News 2 law enforcement is talking with Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, as well as the city archeologists.

If you have any information on Walker’s case, you're asked to reach out to Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME.

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