Julian Nance "Jay" Carsey (1935-2000) was a

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college professor who twice disappeared to begin a new life.

Biography

Carsey was born in

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and graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1952. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1958. Upon graduation, he received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the

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''The Bryan Daily Eagle'', Bryan, Texas, volume 82, number 172, January 21, 1958, page 1. He graduated from

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with a doctorate in

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in 1971. He served with the

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. In 1965, he became a president of Charles County Community College (now the

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) in

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. In May 1982 Carsey left his wife Nancy Stevens Brumfield and his job and left Maryland, heading to Texas. He left a note saying he did not want to drag his wife down with him and she granted him a divorce in 1985. They had no children. Carsey moved to

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, married Dawn Peacock Garcia, and taught mathematics at

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bases in

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. In 1988, he did administrative work with El Paso Community College and had an interview with an investigative reporter Jonathan Coleman. However, in December 1992 he vanished again and later divorced Dawn. According to an interviewed source in Coleman's book ''Exit the Rainmaker'', Carsey, when in his early 20s, fathered a child in Texas who he paid child support for a period of time, but did not acknowledge or contact. Carsey moved to

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and taught in some of the local colleges. He later moved in with Corinne Silverton. Jay Carsey died in Jacksonville in August 2000.

Books

* Jonathan Coleman - ''Exit the Rainmaker'' (1989)

References

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