990DMTX - Anthony Tyrone Woodson

Image 3: Age-progressed to 34 years

Name: Anthony Tyrone Woodson
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 29, 1981
Location Last Seen: Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas

Physical Description

Date of Birth: August 20, 1976
Age: 5 years old
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Height: 3'0"
Weight: 50 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Burt
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: An adult T-shirt with burn holes on the bottom and underwear.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

Anthony Woodson, 5, disappeared in August of 1981 after supposedly riding to a Mansfield convenience store with his uncle. That uncle, Terry Woodson, was arrested for the boy's murder. The case was reopened in May 2017 by the Mansfield Police Department after it was determined the child wasn't taken from his uncle's car. "As the cold case investigation progressed, it was revealed that Anthony was not kidnapped out of his uncle's vehicle," police said in a news release. "Numerous interviews with the uncle, Terry Lee Woodson, revealed that Anthony was in fact beaten to death at the hands of Terry Woodson during the course of 'discipline.'"

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Texas Department of Safety
Agency Contact Person: Emily O-Hern
Agency Phone Number: 512-424-5034
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: A0608007

Agency Name: Mansfield Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Det. Sgt. Tom Hewitt
Agency Phone Number: 817-473-0211
Agency E-Mail: mansfieldpd(AT)mansfieldpolice.com
Agency Case Number: 814879

NamUs Case Number: 6830
NCIC Case Number: M554857393
NCMEC Case Number: 735170

Information Source(s)

NamUs
TXDPS
Fox News - Aug. 28, 2018

Admin Notes

Added: 8/4/08; Last Updated: 11-02-2022 - By: hwa