WA TEEKAH LEWIS: Missing from Tacoma, WA - 23 Jan 1999 - Age 2

Teekah's photo is shown age-progressed to 17 years. She was last seen on January 23, 1999, at approximately 10:30 p.m. at the New Frontier Lanes bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington. Teekah is Biracial. She is Black and American Indian. Teekah was wearing a Tweety Bird T-shirt, white sweat pants and Air Jordan sneakers. She has eczema, with a skin discoloration on her face and left side of her buttocks. Teekah's ears are pierced. When she was last seen, her hair had a silver streak on the front right side. Teekah may require medical attention.
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Teekah and nearly a dozen of her family spent the evening of January 23, 1999 at New Frontier Lanes bowling alley on Center Street in Tacoma, Washington. Teekah was last seen playing a race car video game in the arcade section of the alley between 10:00 and 10:15 p.m.

She was a few feet from her family members and approximately six feet from the building's exit. Teekah's mother, Theresa English, said that she turned away for a moment and the child vanished. She has never been seen again. An extensive search of the area produced few clues as to her whereabouts.

A witness at the bowling alley told authorities that an unidentified maroon Pontiac Grand Am sped out of the parking lot during the night Teekah disappeared. The vehicle may have had four doors and was possibly a late 1980s or early 1990s model with dark-tinted windows and a large spoiler.

Another witness stated that an unidentified Caucasian man may have followed a child to one of the alley's exits during the night. The individual is described as being in his thirties with shoulder-length brown hair, facial pockmarks, a mustache and a large nose. Investigators do not know if the vehicle or the unidentified man are connected to Teekah's case.

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Missing From: TACOMA, WA. Missing Date: 01/23/1999. Teekah's photo is shown age-progressed to 17 years. She was last seen on January 23, 1999, at approximately 10:30 p.m. at the New Frontier Lanes bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington. Teekah is Biracial. She is Black and American Indian. Teekah...

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TEEKAH LEWIS has been missing from a busy bowling alley in Tacoma, #WASHINGTON since 23 Jan 1999.

Teekah and nearly a dozen of her family spent the evening at New Frontier Lanes bowling alley. She was a few feet from her family and six feet from the building's exit. Teekah's mother said that she turned away for a moment and the child...

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Person of interest in 1999 disappearance of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis is dead, police say

Tacoma Police are sharing new details in a 1999 dissapearence of 2-year-old Teekha LewisTACOMA POLICE SHARE NEW DETAILS IN A 1999 DISAPPEARANCE OF 2-YEAR-OLD TE

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Person of interest in 1999 disappearance of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis is dead, police say
Tacoma police are shedding more light into the 1999 disappearance of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis - with investigators telling KOMO News a person of interest they interviewed is now dead.


Julie Dier, the lead investigator and sergeant with the Tacoma Police Department, said in either 2020 or 2021 she picked up this cold case.

"At some point, I was made aware that there was a [person of interest] that popped up in some of the investigation. And it wasn't somebody that they looked at initially. Ultimately, we came to the point where we went and interviewed this person," Dier said.

The person of interest they interviewed matched the description of a man seen at the bowling alley the night Teekah went missing.

During the search and investigation, police described him as a white man with longer brown hair, age 30-40 in 1999, standing around 5'11" with a "husky" build. He was wearing a blue checkered flannel shirt and jeans.

"The most distinctive thing about him was that he had a pockmarked face, which I know was talked about in the initial investigation. There was somebody who was observed walking with a little girl that matched the description of Teekah," Dier said. "During this conversation, he said nothing that would have convinced us that he was a suspect or involved. But he also didn't say anything that ruled him out completely."

About two months later, when TPD went back to interview him, "he was deceased," Dier said.

Investigators said there is no video surveillance or physical evidence to work with.

"The biggest hope with this case is that somebody ultimately will come forth and say, 'hey, I know something.' And will give us something concrete about this case that will lead us to a suspect or some evidence that we can test and bring closure to this case," Dier said.

I sure hope this isn't one of those they will mark solved because a POSSIBLE person has now died.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Article dated recently but no matter how many times I read it, it is unclear when he was talked to but he is dead a month or two later. How? Did he kill himself shortly after or was I natural causes? What is it that is news here? Was this recently or a few years ago? He's not any kind of POI really they say so what is the point exactly? Police are shedding more light it said. Really. What light? This is news? Where is the rest of there is any?

Is it supposed to mean they think he was of interest but they can't say so so instead they say this which is saying nothing? Or just an attempt to show they have done something with no further indication of when this was or why it is even news. I kept rereading to see if I missed something but apparently not.

 

[Kimster]

I sure hope this isn't one of those they will mark solved because a POSSIBLE person has now died.

They better not say it's solved! Teekah is still missing!

 

[GrandmaBear]

IF LE everywhere hasn't learned by now you don't call something closed or solved if it isn't, then they'd better, and NOT be saying such.