Tammy Dawn Risenhoover went missing in early 1984, Namus gives a date of February 1st, 1984. Her family did not report her missing until March 6th, 1990.
The 19 year old was last seen in Tulsa. At the time of her disappearance, she was associated with a local motorcycle gang. The police have considered Tammy missing under suspicious circumstances. They think foul play was involved. Her case continues to be unsolved.
Tammy was between 5’2”-5’3” tall, between 130-135 pounds. Tammy had dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She sometimes wore glasses, as pictured. Tammy has a purplish-colored birthmark on the back of her neck in her hairline. She also had a history of epilepsy.
If you have any information on the disappearance or location of Tammy please notify the Tulsa Police Department at
(918)596-9122.
Information Resource(s):
NamUs #MP8285
Tammy Dawn Risenhoover – The Charley Project
Tammy Dawn Risenhoover — Oklahoma Cold Cases
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This week’s Flashback Friday is
Tammy Dawn Risenhoover, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Frustratingly little information is available here: we don’t know the exact date Tammy was last seen, only that it was sometime around early 1984. (Her
NamUs profile gives the date as February 1.) Her family didn’t report her missing until 1990. Given the way police handled missing persons cases back then, and given that Tammy was an adult, there’s a good chance they wouldn’t have accepted a missing persons report in 1984 anyway.
The only thing that stands out, really, is that Tammy associated with a motorcycle gang at the time of her disappearance. She could quite well be anywhere in the country, or even in Canada or Mexico. Perhaps hidden somewhere among the many unidentified dead that populate the morgues and potter’s fields.
Flashback Friday: Tammy Risenhoover