Missing Person Photos
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 unknown. 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 to 5 percent 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.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images 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.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
Tammy Mahoney
Mahoney, date, approximate 1981
Date Missing 05/08/1981
Missing From
Oneida, New York
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/29/1961 (61)
Age 19 years old
Height and Weight 5'3, 130 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored v-neck sweater or sweatshirt with white embroidery at the neck and wrists; blue jeans or bib overalls with a 29-inch waist; a dark-colored or denim jacket; a size 36D bra; and possibly size 6 clogs, sandals or white low-top sneakers; a size 5 - 6 silver ring with a green stone; a small cross necklace with turquoise stones; and a very thin dime-sized metal medallion depicting a guardian angel and a bridge with two children crossing.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Mahoney's ears are pierced. She has freckles. Her nails are short and she may bite them. Mahoney fractured her lower leg as a child.
Details of Disappearance Mahoney resided with her boyfriend in the 100 block of Lenox Avenue in Oneida, New York. She had studied husbandry at the State University of New York (SUNY)'s Morrisville campus during the 1979-1980 school year and stated she wanted to become a veterinarian, but she did not return to school for the second year.
Mahoney was last seen hitchhiking near the Glenwood Shopping Center on Route 46 in Oneida at 7:45 a.m. on May 8, 1981. She planned to travel to Hamilton, New York during the evening. Authorities believe that a group of unidentified young men gave Mahoney a ride to the Oneida Indian Nation Territory, which occupies 32 acres of land along Route 46.
Mahoney's boyfriend reported her as a missing person on May 11, 1981, three days after her disappearance. She has gone missing before, but always returned within a short time; prior to May 1981, the longest period she had ever been gone was eighteen days.
She had been employed as a groom at Vernon Downs, but quit her job a week before she went missing. She did not tell anyone of this and left her apartment every morning as if she were going to work.
She had applied for another job in the newsroom at the Oneida Daily Dispatch, and stated on the application that she had left her previous job because it was too far away from her home. She often hitchhiked to work when she could not find friends to give her a ride.
Mahoney and her boyfriend were planning to move out of their apartment in May 1981, and she left behind all her belongings packed for the move, including her toothbrush.
Her family lived on Long Island, New York at the time of her disappearance. They stated she was close to them and kept in regular contact, and they did not believe she would have left without warning.
Investigators believe that Mahoney was gang-raped and murdered at a party inside a trailer on the Oneida Indian Nation Territory shortly after she was last seen. Authorities received a tip that Mahoney's body was inside a building that burned down on Lenox Avenue on May 11.
An extensive search of the area produced no clues as to her whereabouts. Mahoney's disappearance was reclassified as a probable homicide sometime afterwards.
Investigators announced that they identified several male suspects in Mahoney's presumed murder in the spring of 2002. The men's names have not been publicly released, but not all of the suspects are members of the Oneida Indian Nation.
Authorities said that dozens of witnesses were inside the trailer at the time of her homicide, and the murder suspects still live in the local area. The federal government will prosecute Mahoney's , since she was allegedly killed on Indian Nation property. Investigators cannot file charges against anyone until her body is recovered.
A man's wallet was turned into authorities by an unidentified individual several days after Mahoney disappeared. The wallet was located on the Territory and investigators said it is connected to her . The identity of its owner has not been divulged, but officials requested that the person who recovered the item contact detectives in order to obtain additional evidence.
Someone scrawled a message and the names of two alleged suspects on a reward flyer posted in A Guy, A Gal and a Laundromat in Vernon, New York in March 2002. Investigators made a public plea for photos of the Indian Nation Territory and any junked vehicles from May 1981 around the same time.
Authorities announced that Mahoney's body may have been placed inside one of the cars immediately after her murder. Officials searched a gravel-covered lot near the Shako:wi Cultural Center on the Territory in late June 2002. A pond was located in the area at the time of Mahoney's disappearance, but was filled in sometime afterwards.
No evidence was uncovered during the search. Investigators said that they did not believe her remains were still inside the car, but materials related to her may be inside the vehicle.
Mahoney was born in the Long Island, New York area. Her remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Madison County Sheriff's Department
315-366-2289
Oneida Police Department
315-363-9111
Other
The Oneida Daily Dispatch
The Post-Standard
NewspaperArchive
The Doe Network
Facebook Page for Tammy Mahoney
Central NY Central
Missing Person Photos
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 unknown. 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 to 5 percent 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.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images 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.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
