Name: Tammy Mahoney
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 08, 1981
Location Last Seen: Oneida, Madison County, New York
Date of Birth: August 29, 1961
Age: 19 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, shoulder length
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears; freckles; may bite fingernails, worn short; fractured lower left leg at age 6, no radiographs on file
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Unavailable
Clothing: Possibly wearing blue jeans or bib overalls, 29" dark sweatshirt or large black top with white embroidery around the neck line and wrists; dark colored or denim jacket; bra size 36D; possibly wearing white, low cut sneakers or clog/sandals, size 6
Jewelry: Possibly worn at time of disappearance: Silver ring with green stone, size 5-6; medallion with a guardian angel over a bridge with 2 children walking across bridge (medal is very thin and the size of a dime); small cross necklace with turquise stones. It is not known if Tammy was wearing these items at the time of her disappearance however they were determined to be missing from her possessions.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Tammy was picked up while hitchhiking in Oneida and taken to a party on the Oneida Nation territory, Route #46, on May 8, 1981.
Tammy has not been seen since her disappearance, and her remains have never been found. Investigators believe Tammy was gang raped and murdered on the Oneida Nation. Five months passed before police learned Tammy was on the Indian Territory.
The FBI released added information in 2020. One week after Tammy disappeared, someone dropped off a lost wallet at the police station. Investigators believe the wallet is directly connected to the investigation. The person who the wallet belongs to saw Tammy the night she disappeared and may know what happened to her. Subsequently, the anonymous person who discovered the wallet may also have pertinent information on the case.
Subsequent investigation over time (including a 1996 multi-agency police effort) has resulted in four persons of interest.
Agency Name: City of Oneida Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 305-363-9111
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 81-1985
Agency Name: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Albany Field Office
Agency Contact Person: S.A. Douglas Soika
Agency Phone Number: 518-465-7551
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NCIC Case Number: M-118604726
NamUs Case Number: 7601
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FBI
Oneida Dispatch - Jun. 28, 2016
Syracuse.com - Oct. 27, 2020
Added: 9/9/04; Last Updated: 3/10/22 - By: Doe-NamUs-App
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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