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Missing Pamela Dawn Tinsley 
Tinsley, approximately 1986; Tinsley's bathing suit Date reported missing : 04/13/1986 Missing location (approx) : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 05/18/1966 (55) Age at the time of disappearance: 19 years old Height / Weight : 5'7, 130 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A two-piece turquoise bathing suit with black polka dots, white shorts, flip-flop sandals and a small size 7 gold ring with diamonds. A photo of Tinsley in her bathing suit is posted with this case summary. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Tinsley's ears are pierced, and she has a mole on the left side of her mouth. She smokes cigarettes. Her nickname is Pam. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Tinsley was last seen at Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 13, 1986. She was there with friends when, at 2:00 p.m., she said she was going to take a ride around the lake on a motorcycle with a man she had just met. Tinsley left her purse and cigarettes behind with her friends. She never returned from the ride and has never been heard from again. Tinsley's companion is described as Caucasian, 5'10 to 6'0 and 180 to 200 pounds, with brown hair and possibly a brown mustache. He was in his twenties and wore jeans, a t-shirt and sunglasses. His motorcycle was a blue 650 cc or 750 cc Kawasaki model, possibly with out of state license plates. He has never been identified. Tinsley was having personal problems at the time of her disappearance. Three other people lived with her at her one-bedroom apartment in the 1200 block of north Kennedy in Edmond, Oklahoma. All of them were unemployed and none of them paid rent, and Tinsley had decided to evict them. A couple of weeks before her disappearance, the police discovered marijuana growing in her closet. Tinsley said the marijuana wasn't hers. Her fiance was serving with the military in another state, and he wrote to her regularly asking her to send him drugs. Tinsley's mother stated it would be very unusual for daughter to accept a ride with a stranger, or to leave her purse and cigarettes behind. She believes the motorcycle rider Tinsley met on the day of her disappearance was someone known to her, and that her disappearance may be drug-related. One of her friends also believes someone Tinsley knew must have been involved, and stated that a few months before Tinsley disappeared, she said she didn't think she would live long enough to have children. There is no indication that Tinsley left of her own accord; she left behind all her belongs, including her clothes and her VolkswAge at the time of disappearance: n, and as she was engAge at the time of disappearance: d to be married, she would be unlikely to run away with another man. Tinsley worked as a deliverer for the Oklahoman newspaper at the time she of her disappearance. Her parents are still alive and still hope she will be found. Foul play is suspected in her case, which remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Oklahoma City Police Department 405-297-1000 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The Oklahoman Cold Case Oklahoma KOCO Oklahoma City A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. |