Found Deceased TX - Kimberly Cheatham, 21, Dallas, 8 April 1989

• Kimberly was last seen between April 8, 1989 (According to her mom).
• She was driving her 1980 burgundy Sunbird to her cousin's apartment to do laundry and never showed up.
• Kimberly had been dating a Dalzell Thompkins at the time and he was known to be abusive.
• Dalzell is still in Texas.
• Dalzell failed lie detector all three times he took it, but they could not hold him for further questioning because of lack of evidence and because Kimberly was considered a "consenting adult" and was not considered high risk missing.
• Kimberly's cousin saw her the night she went missing. She had gone shopping and bought jewelry and clothing to go on a date with a new guy - not Dalezell. Cousin never saw Kimberly again.
• Car was found hidden under brush and completely gutted. Kimberly was known to always keep a change of clothes in her trunk as she would go to Killeen, TX to the Army base and kept clothes with her for the weekend at all times. When car was found there was NOTHING in the car and trunk empty, Car appeared to have been cleaned of evidence. Was found outside of Dallas. Unknown when car found.
• Kimberly had friend in Houston, but not very close with him. Was a friend of her sister's.
• Graduate from Pflugelville High School in Austin, TX.
• Cousin reported her missing the next day (April 9, 1989).
• Medium brown hair brown eyes. Always dyed her hair light brown or medium brown.
• Worked as a hostess at Lowe's Anatoll hotel in Dallas.
• Boyfriend was forbidden from being on the property as he harassed her while at work.
• Detective Jackson was the original detective on her missing persons case.

TCMom said:

Hey Robyn-

Great work on posting all of this information on Kimberly. According to the data that I can access, I beleive the spelling is
THOMPKINS, DALZELL TYRONE

The last address I have for him is in Irving which is a suburb of Dallas. It also appears that he was at some time living with a girl 20 years younger than him. Different last name. I don't know if that could be a daughter or a girlfriend. She was born in 1984.

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TCMom said:

Hey Robyn-

Great work on posting all of this information on Kimberly. According to the data that I can access, I beleive the spelling is
THOMPKINS, DALZELL TYRONE

The last address I have for him is in Irving which is a suburb of Dallas. It also appears that he was at some time living with a girl 20 years younger than him. Different last name. I don't know if that could be a daughter or a girlfriend. She was born in 1984.

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TCMom said:

I noticed a billboard today and was reminded that there is a DJ here on a predominately rap station named Skip Cheatham. He's been around forever. Can you ask Kim's mother if that guy is related to them? That would be an excellent source of publicity.

http://www.k104fm.com/default.asp?pid=5716&ablog=116

This says he came to Dallas in 94 so they probably aren't related, but i think he's probably a major player in the African American radio market here. Maybe he would feel a connection since they share the same last name and want to publicize her disappearance.

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TCMom said:

I have emailed Debbie Denmon at www.wfaa.com before about the lady with amnesia and she was very responsive.

Other than that there is

http://cbs11tv.com/
http://www.nbc5i.com/index.html
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/


You could also try contacting Steve Blow at the Dallas Morning News. He's a well-read metro columnist who would probably be interested in a story like this. Or maybe he could pass it along.

sblow@dallasnews.com

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RKnowley said:

Thank you so much TCMom. We just wrote to Debbie Denmon and asked her if she would do a story on Kim.

ETA: Emailed reporter Robbie Owens at http://cbs11tv.com. also emailed http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/ with a request. Emailed sblow@dallasnews.com at Dallas Morning News. Also, emailed http://www.nbc5i.com/index.html

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