Missing
Larry Ford Tabb
Tabb, approximately 2001
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/26/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Shelby County, Tennessee
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 50 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6 - 5'8, 140 - 155 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Unknown, but he usually wears a t-shirt under a flannel shirt and mid- to high-top sneakers.
Medical conditions : Tabb suffers from advanced temporomandibular joint dysfunction, which causes pain in the muscles and joints of his jaw.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Tabb had a beard at the time of his disappearance. He has scars on his lower right arm. Tabb has previously had his jaw fractured multiple times, which required wiring. He has multiple prior fractures to his left fingers and lower arm fractures, including possible evidence of a gunshot wound.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Tabb lived with his mother in the 8000 block of Rosalee in Shelby County, Tennessee in 2001. On November 26 of that year, he told his mother he was moving to Paragould, Arkansas. His mother never saw him again.
Friends in Paragould say he did arrive there, but he was picked up by two friends from Memphis, Tennessee and they didn't see him after that.
When the police questioned Tabb's Memphis friends, they said they'd dropped him off and never saw him again. He had a pay-per-month Cricket cellular phone at the time of his disappearance; it only worked in the Memphis area.
Tabb was unemployed at the time of his disappearance and didn't own a vehicle; he usually walked, hitchhiked or got rides from friends to get around. His driver's license had been suspended, but he had a Tennessee state identification card. He had recently received a car accident settlement from an insurance company and may have been carrying the check on him when he went missing.
Authorities and Tabb's family believe he may have been robbed and murdered. Little evidence is available in his case, however, and it remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Shelby County Sheriff's Office
901-545-5600
September 2021 updates and sources
MyFox Memphis
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October 12, 2004. July 11, 2017; middle name, height, weight, Description, clothing, jewerly and more : and Medical conditions : added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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