Post by Scumhunter on Feb 23, 2016 10:04:00 GMT -5
(Above images: Breckenridge, circa 1992. Photo credits: Charley Project)
Missing Person Profile as of Feburary 23rd, 2016: (Based on Charley Project website)
Full Name: Tara Suzette Breckenridge
Missing Since: August 4, 1992 from Houston, Texas
Date Of Birth: September 30, 1968
Age (at time of disappearance): 23 years old
Height and Weight (at time of disappearance): 5'5, 110 - 115 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Breckenridge has scars under the left side of her lower lip, under her left arm and on the left side of her body. Her two upper front teeth are discolored in the center. Breckenridge wears contact lenses or eyeglasses. She usually has long, red-painted fingernails.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white or light-colored shirt, blue shorts, sandals and a Del Rio High School class ring engraved "Class Of 1991."
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact the Houston (Texas) Police Department at 713-247-8111
The missing person case of Tara Breckenridge was aired on the March 24th, 1995 episode of Unsolved Mysteries. Below is the Charley Project description of the case:
Breckenridge was last seen leaving The Men's Club in the 3300 block of Sage in southwest Houston, Texas at 1:00 a.m. on August 4, 1992. She was employed at the club as a server at the time. It was a slow night and the management decided to send two servers home early. Breckenridge volunteered to go, which is uncharacteristic of her behavior. A security guard escorted her to her car and she drove away without incident.
Breckenridge was returning to her apartment on Houston's northwest side at the time she disappeared. Her red 1986 Pontiac Fiero was discovered abandoned and locked in the 1200 block of West Loop North near 12th Street, along her normal route home, at 2:30 a.m. The car alarm and the flashers were off, and a can of mace Breckenridge carried for protection was inside. There was no indication of a struggle, but the vehicle's alternator belt was missing. She has never been seen again.
Breckenridge's live-in boyfriend is considered a possible suspect in her case. Their relationship was troubled and Breckenridge often spoke of leaving him. The boyfriend says he was at a pool hall at the time Breckenridge disappeared, and he didn't realize she was missing until he came home at 5:00 a.m. and she wasn't there. Her car was located only about three miles from the pool hall, and witnesses at the establishment said the boyfriend left at 1:45 a.m. and was gone for approximately an hour and forty-five minutes before returning to the pool hall. He maintains her innocence in her disappearance.
Foul play is suspected in Breckenridge's case. There were several abductions of young women in the Houston area in the early 1990's. Authorities do not know if Breckenridge's case is related to the other incidents. She grew up in a religious family in Del Rio, Texas and has four siblings. She moved to Houston after high school to pursue a photography career. Her case remains unsolved.
Thoughts? According to Unsolved Wikia, Tara's boyfriend, Wayne Hecker, rates high as a suspect, but police are also suspicious of a male admirer who left her $100 tips as well as a love note telling her, "Not to be scared. Do what your heart tells you." (This person remains unidentified). In my opinion, because Tara worked in a strip club, there is unfortunately no shortage of seedy men who had the potential to harm her. I realize she was a waitress and not a stripper, but she was still in an environment where she had to interact and be personal with the customers. Perhaps one customer didn't understand the dynamic.
charleyproject.org/cases/b/breckenridge_tara.html
unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Tara_Breckinridge
unsolved.com/archives/tara-breckenridge
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