Post by Scumhunter on Oct 26, 2018 1:37:46 GMT -5
(Above: Left: Teresa, circa 1999; Right: Age-progression to age 19 (circa 2006). Photo Credits: Charley Project and/or National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Missing Child or Adult Profile as of October 26th, 2018: (Based on Charley Project and/or NCMEC's missingkids.org website profiles)
Full Name: Teresa Melissa
Missing Since: 8/15/1999
Missing From: Macon, Georgia
Date of Birth: 9/20/1987
Age (at time of disappearance): 11 years old
Age (as of 10/26/2018): 31 years old
Height and Weight (at time of disappearance): 4'10, 75 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A short-sleeved blue and white striped button-down shirt; orange-, pink- or rust-colored knit pants, clear plastic gel-type sandals, and gold ball earrings.
Medical Conditions: Teresa may require medical attention for unspecified reasons.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, blue eyes. Teresa has a speech impediment. Her ears are pierced.
TIPS: Anyone having information should call 1-800-THE-LOST or the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Macon, Georgia at 1-478-745-1271 Or Your Local FBI
From The Charley Project:
Details of Disappearance
Teresa was last seen walking down Lawrence Street near her family's singlewide trailer in Macon, Georgia at approximately 8:00 p.m. on August 15, 1999. She has never been seen again. Teresa said she was going to a friend's house to visit some puppies, but never arrived there. An extensive search of the area produced no clues as to her whereabouts.
Teresa's mother's former boyfriend, Cody Landers, lived with her family in 1999. He was Teresa's mother's fiance at the time, but they have since broken off their engagement. In October 2000, Landers was indicted on seven child molestation charges involving two children.
He said that he failed a polygraph test which he took voluntarily shortly after Teresa's disappearance, but claimed that the test was administered improperly. He called himself a suspect in Teresa's case, but the police never named him as one. He is now in prison after pleading guilty to the child molestation charges.
Landers has never been connected to Teresa's case and no arrests have been made in her disappearance.
Some investigators feel Teresa's case may be connected to the abductions and murders of Heaven Ross from Northport, Alabama in 2003 and Shannon Nicole Paulk from Prattville, Alabama in 2001.
The girls were Caucasian eleven-year-olds, and they all went missing during the month of August from trailer parks where they lived. There was construction going on near the site of each girl's disappearance and it has been theorized that a construction worker or workers were involved in the cases.
Shannon was found deceased seven weeks after she disappeared. Heaven's remains were not recovered until late December 2006, over three years after her disappearance. Both girls' murders remain unsolved and no hard evidence links them to Teresa's case.
Teresa's case remains unsolved. She was a student at Alexander IV School in 1999. She has previously lived in Bibb County, Georgia. Authorities believe foul play may have been involved in her case.
charleyproject.org/case/teresa-melissa-dean
NCMEC link: api.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/872344
Thoughts? I am placing Teresa's case in the Missing on TV section since America's Most Wanted mentioned her possible connection to Heaven Ross and Shannon Paulk's cases when they were on the air. According to forum member pakman, AMW had a missing chlild profile for Teresa on their website but for some reason removed it in 2007 despite her still being missing. It never dawned on me that we never had an official profile/thread for her on our page until tonight but thankfully we do now.
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