WA WA - Teekah Lewis, 2, Tacoma, 23 Jan 1999

I only came across this thread due to mention of it here: WA - WA - Skull found after mudslide, Tacoma, Jan'22 (websleuths.com)

by @Springrain .

How heart-breaking this case is. In reading through Teekah's thread, it is mentioned that while filming a re-enactment of her disappearance a week later at the bowling alley one of the bystanders who was watching noticed, and reported to police, another watching bystander who was acting strangely during the re-enactment and who met the same description given by John.

So both John and this witness to the re-enacted separately described a similar suspicious individual within very close time periods to each other. How did this critical information get overlooked at the time!!?? How was it overlooked for 21 years!!??

Have the police gone back to whoever filmed the re-enactment to see if they happened to take any footage of the bystanders watching it unfold? Seems to me that would be common police investigative tactics these days (filming funeral attendees, searchers etc), but perhaps was not back then. BUT, it has to be worth a try to at least ask if there happens to be footage still around that may incidentally have captured this suspicious individual on film. If so, I'm certain that a release of such footage to the public would trigger someone's recall or allow for identification of this individual whom they seek to find.

Such a missed opportunity; may Teekah get her justice.
 
BBM

This is heart wrenching Teekah’s mother says she recognizes the photo of the ‘pockmarked man’ LE showed her this past Nov 2019; she not only recognizes him but he currently subscribes to Teekah’s Facebook page.

Was a picture of the pockmarked man ever released to the public? It seems like that would be pretty important to identifying him. But then again, if he subscribes to Teekah's FB page - the police must know exactly who he is....
 
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Teekah Lewis as a toddler and an age progressed image showing what she would look like now. (Theresa Czapieski / FACES Laboratory)

''When the toddler disappeared in 1999, Dier said police went to great lengths to find her, mowing down a wetland and using search dogs.
Investigators have received numerous tips, but none have ever led to a suspect.
Now, police are asking the public for information about a late 1980s or early 1990s maroon or purple Pontiac that a witness says fishtailed while speeding from the bowling alley parking lot, moments before Teekah vanished.
Dier said investigators are hoping the release of the age progression photo and calls for information about Teekah's disappearance could lead to a breakthrough.
It's possible Teekah is alive and doesn't know she was kidnapped, police said.''
 
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Teekah Lewis as a toddler and an age progressed image showing what she would look like now. (Theresa Czapieski / FACES Laboratory)

''When the toddler disappeared in 1999, Dier said police went to great lengths to find her, mowing down a wetland and using search dogs.
Investigators have received numerous tips, but none have ever led to a suspect.
Now, police are asking the public for information about a late 1980s or early 1990s maroon or purple Pontiac that a witness says fishtailed while speeding from the bowling alley parking lot, moments before Teekah vanished.
Dier said investigators are hoping the release of the age progression photo and calls for information about Teekah's disappearance could lead to a breakthrough.
It's possible Teekah is alive and doesn't know she was kidnapped, police said.''
She looks so pretty in this age progression. I hope her mom and loved ones find out what happened to Teekah soon. They have waited long enough.
 
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is marking 24 years since Teekah Lewis vanished from a bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington on January 23, 1999. (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

A candlelight vigil is also planned for Teekah at the Tacoma Police Department Monday at 6 p.m. to bring attention to the ongoing search.
 
JAN 22, 2024
Tacoma police to hold vigil for missing child’s disappearance | Tacoma News Tribune (thenewstribune.com)
[...]

Local businesses are partnering with Tacoma Police to distribute images of Lewis at the time of her disappearance, as well as age-progression photos of what she might look like today. The images will be on posters, billboard and cargo vans, according to a Tacoma Police Department news release.

Lewis’ family and the police department hope that by bringing attention to the case tips will be obtained which will help reunite Lewis with her family. People with information are asked to visit the Crime Stoppers of Pierce County or call 800-222-TIPS.

A candlelight vigil will be held at Tacoma Police Headquarters at 3701 S. Pine St., which the public is invited to attend at 7:30 p.m.

Prior to the vigil, there will be an invitation-only panel discussion on Lewis’ case and the broader topic of missing children investigation at 6:30 p.m. Panel guests will include Theresa Lewis, Lewis’ mother, representatives from the Tacoma Police Department, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Washington State Patrol, the release said.
 

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