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Missing Tammie Anne McCormick 
Tammie, approximately 1986; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 45 (approximately 2017) Date reported missing : 04/19/1986 Missing location (approx) : Saratoga Springs, New York Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 07/03/1972 (49) Age at the time of disappearance: 13 years old Height / Weight : 5'5, 108 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A denim jacket, a yellow-striped shirt, worn black corduroy pants and beige boots. Carrying a shoulder bag. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Light brown hair, hazel eyes. Tammie has a homemade tattoo or scar of her initials, T. A. M., on her upper left arm. Her ears are pierced. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Tammie missed her morning bus to Saratoga Springs Junior High School on west Circular Street in Saratoga Springs, New York on April 19, 1986. She told her sister she would hitchhike to school instead. Tammie never arrived for her seventh-grade classes that day and has not been heard from again. Around the time of her disappearance, she told friends she was planning on running away to Florida. Her mother didn't believe she would have run away, because she left all her clothes behind, and because on the day of her disappearance she was wearing her most worn-out pair of pants and a pair of uncomfortable boots that gave her blisters. Tammie resided on Deerlap Place in the Geyser Crest neighborhood of Saratoga Springs at the time of her disappearance. Her mother reported her missing two days after she was last seen. There were several possible sightings of her over the years in Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and California, but none of these were confirmed. In February 2011, authorities announced they believe Tammie had been murdered and they had identified her probable killer as Arthur Mason Slaybaugh II. Slaybaugh was a corrections officer at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility in Winton, New York. He died of a heart attack in 2001, at the Age at the time of disappearance: of 41. He would have been in his mid-twenties when Tammie disappeared. She knew and admired him and thought of him as a mentor. Authorities had long considered Slaybaugh a person of interest in Tammie's case, but they had little evidence against him until after his death, when witnesses came forward with information they had been too afraid to disclose before. Tammie's parents now live in Cossayuna, New York, but her five siblings still live in the neighborhood she disappeared from. Authorities still hope to recover her body. Foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved. Other information and links : ncy Saratoga Springs Police Department 518-584-1800 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse Capital News 9 NewsLibrary 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. WNYT The Saratogian The Saratoga Springs Daily Gazette The Albany Times Union |