Real Name: Tabitha Danielle Tuders
Nicknames: Boo
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Date: April 29, 2003
Bio[]
Occupation: Student
Date of Birth: February 15, 1990
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 100 lbs
Marital Status: Single
Characteristics: White Female with Sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. Tabitha has pierced ears, a birthmark on stomach, and a scar on a finger.
Case[]
Details: Thirteen-year-old Tabitha Tuders vanished somewhere between her home and her bus stop. One neighbor saw her heading to school, but a neighborhood boy said he saw her getting into a red car about thirty to forty yards from where she was last seen. Tracking dogs followed her scent along her route and then veered off to an alley from where she was seen getting into the red car. On August 19, 2003, five months after Tabitha disappearance, an 11-year-old girl named Heaven Ross disappeared in the morning hours on her way to school in Northport, Alabama. Authorities believed both Tabitha's and Heaven's cases are connected. Unfortunately, Heaven's remains were found in Holt, Alabama, three years after she disappeared.
Suspects: The police have checked out Tabitha's brother, Kevin Tuders, due to his record, but he does not live in Nashville. Police have also checked a note reading "TDT -N- MTL." While TDT refers to her, MTL's identity has not been revealed. Another suspect was provided by a prison snitch who accused a fellow cell mate of confessing to her abduction and murder in a message scratched into a window, but that lead failed to go anywhere and was resolved as a hoax.
Extra Notes:
- This case was first released on the August 31, 2022 episode of the Unsolved Mysteries Podcast.
- It was profiled on America’s Most Wanted and Disappeared.
Results: Unsolved. If Tabitha was still alive, she'd be in her early thirties today.
On January 2014, a note with "TDT - N - MTL" turned up, but it is believed it has no reference to this case. Judith Yates on Examiner.com is the only journalist working on Tabitha's case consistently and has followed many leads. There has been much conflicting information on this case, making it difficult to be solved.
Links:
- Tabitha Tuders
- Find Tabitha website
- Tabitha Tuders on the Charley Project
- Tabitha Tuders on the FBI website
- Tabitha Tuders on the NCMEC website
- Tabitha Tuders on the archived AMW website
- No Reason to Run - July 3, 2003
- Missing - September 11, 2003
- Failing Tabitha Tuders - April 29, 2004
- Never-Ending Grief - March 3, 2005
- Five years ago, 13-year-old Tabitha Tuders walked to the bus stop. Her family hasn't heard from her since. - April 24, 2008
- Anonymous tip suggests missing Tennessee girl, Tabitha Tuders, may be in Nebraska reigniting cold case - May 11, 2015
- Vigil held for Tabitha Tuders 14 years after her disappearance - April 29, 2017
- Tabitha Tuders' family still hopeful after 15 years - June 3, 2018
- New leads in Tabitha Tuders case point detectives back to Nashville - February 18, 2019
- Family still heartbroken 16 years after daughter Tabitha Tuders vanished from Nashville home - April 16, 2019
- Monday marks 16 years since disappearance of Tabitha Tuders - April 29, 2019
- Evidence search underway in case of Tabitha Tuders, Nashville girl who went missing 17 years ago - August 12, 2020
- Tabitha Tuders: Today marks 18 years since her disappearance - April 29, 2021
- Friday marks 19th anniversary of Tabitha Tuders disappearance - April 29, 2022
- Tabitha Tuders' Family Still Searching For Answers As To What Happened To Her - July 6, 2022
- East Nashville family searching for answers 20 years after Tabitha Tuders' disappearance - April 30, 2023
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