ROBERTSON COUNTY, Tenn (WTVF) — More than 20 years after Jennifer Wix and her toddler daughter Adrianna disappeared without a trace from Robertson County, the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking accountability when criminal charges have failed to materialize.

Jennifer, a single mother, and her 2-year-old Adrianna were last seen in 2004 in the Owens Chapel community. What began as a missing persons case was later ruled a homicide, but no arrests have ever been made despite multiple searches and investigations.

"I believe with all of my heart that my daughter was trying to take her daughter and leave that situation. And that she was stopped," said Kathy Nale, Jennifer's mother.

Jennifer was living with her boyfriend, Joey Benton, and his parents, Joseph and Cynthia Benton, a

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