Deceased/Not Found OH - Tammy 'TJ' Campbell, 33, Grove City, June 1999 *G. Robinson guilty*

Authorities in southeastern Ohio are searching a property for signs of a missing Central Ohio woman.

Tammy "TJ" Campbell was reported missing in June 1999. She was living in Grove City with her boyfriend Gary Robinson at the time of her disappearance.
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-10-22-0016.html

http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/24/pjl102408missingweb.html

Basically what I am reading is that Tammy Campbell and her son lived with Tammy's boyfriend named Robinson. Tammy dropped her son off with a friend one day and never came back. When she had been gone a few days the friend went to police and tried to report her missing. Police wouldn't take the report. Finally about a week later police took the report. Robinson never reported her missing.

Police are doing some searches now. Now a shirt has been found that is believed to have been one of her shirts. It was found on property owned by one of Robinson's relative's.

Robinson was imprisoned years later for biting off a finger of his stepdaughter's hand.

Still missing however conviction was successful :jail:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/campbell_tammi.html

http://doenetwork.org/cases/2254dfoh.html

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Campbell, circa 1999; Gary Robinson

• Missing Since 06/12/1999
• Missing From Grove City, Ohio
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/28/1966 (57)
• Age 33 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 100 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue shirt.
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• Medical Conditions Campbell suffers from hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. She also had a history of drug abuse.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Campbell may go by her initials, T.J. Some accounts spell her name "Tammy." She has a tattoo of a yellow rose on her left breast and she wears eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance​

Campbell was last seen on June 12, 1999 when she dropped her twelve-year-old son off at the home of a friend, Sharon Hager, in Grove City, Ohio. She was going to go visit another friend that night, then work the next day at CVS Pharmacy.

Campbell never arrived at work, which is uncharacteristic of her. She was supposed to meet a drug dealer at 3:00 a.m. to make a purchase, but she never showed up there either. She has never been heard from again.

Hager became concerned about her and went to her apartment in the 3100 block of Southwest Boulevard the day after she was last seen. She found Campbell's ex-boyfriend, Gary Lee Robinson, there; he had been staying at the apartment for about a month.

A photograph of Robinson is posted with this case summary. He had allegedly been abusive towards Campbell and she moved to Grove City from Kentucky in 1998 to get away from him.

Robinson moved to Grove City in 1999 and Campbell let him stay with her. She was being evicted from her apartment and invited Robinson to join her in Columbus, Ohio, but then she told him their romance was over. When Hager asked Campbell's whereabouts, he suggested Campbell was out using drugs.

Her keys, identification, purse and wallet were in the apartment, her car was across the street in the Dairy Queen parking lot, and there were no indications of foul play. Robinson didn't report her missing. Hager attempted to file a missing persons report three days later, but wasn't allowed to. She finally was permitted to file a report on June 18.

After Campbell's disappearance, Robinson was sentenced to four years in prison for domestic violence and felonious assault in a case involving his stepdaughter. Police searched Robinson's property after Campbell's disappearance and found a blue shirt and some of Campbell's jewelry, including a gold and diamond necklace which her son says she never removed. The necklace was buried in the backyard of Robinson's parents' home.

Robinson was indicted for Campbell's murder in May 2009. At his trial in April 2010, his ex-girlfriend testified against him, as did Campbell's son. Neighbors reported hearing a loud thumping sound coming from Campbell's apartment at 3:30 a.m. the night of her disappearance. Robinson's ex-girlfriend stated he'd told her he choked Campbell to death inside their apartment, wrapped her body in carpet and disposed of it in a local landfill.

Robinson's attorney stated there was no evidence that Campbell was a homicide victim, and suggested her drug use may have been a factor in her death or one of her other boyfriends killed her, if she was in fact murdered at all. Robinson was convicted of murder and evidence tampering in April 2010, after a four-day trial.

Campbell is originally from Texas. She had reportedly been an exotic dancer prior to her disappearance and may have lived on the streets. She was adopted and her adoptive parents are dead, and she has no other known relatives besides her son. Since her disappearance, there's been no evidence of her in the Social Security database and other national databases.

Foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.

Investigating Agency​

• Grove City Police Department 614-277-1710
• Warren County Sheriff's Office 513-695-1280

Source Information​

• NBC 4i Columbus
• North American Missing Persons Network
• The Doe Network
• The Columbus Dispatch
• The Oxford Press
• The Cincinnati Enquirer
• 700WLW

Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated May 25, 2010; picture added, details of disappearance updated.

<<Campbell -- who originally is from Texas -- had been living in central Ohio or Covington, KY., for 12 years, including in Grove City for about a year. Campbell was adopted and her adoptive parents are dead. Campbell has no other family and the whereabouts of the boy's father is unknown.

Campbell's car was found across the street from her apartment. Her keys, identification and wallet were found in the apartment, but there were no signs of foul play. Campbell's last known address was 3111 Southwest Boulevard.

Tammi's friend went to Campbell's home a day after she last saw her to check on her and found Campbell's ex-boyfriend, Gary L. Robinson, at the apartment. He told her that "Tammi was out somewhere doing drugs". The friend told police that Robinson had been staying with Campbell for several weeks and alleged that he was abusive to Campbell. Police did not find the Robinson's statements to be credible.

In January/February 2000, police searched the sprawling Franklin County landfill, for evidence. The landfill had 120 acres in 1997 when it won state approval to gradually expand by an additional 243 acres and create a trash mound as high as 160 feet. Police were checking it based on information from interviews conducted in the case. They stopped the search there March 2, but has declined to comment on what they found.

Police have found no trace of Campbell since 1999, despite an extensive check of Social Security records, other nationwide databases, and other efforts. Foul play is suspected.

Gary L. Robinson was convicted in 2010 of murder despite the absence of a body. Police and prosecutors told jurors in a four-day trial that Robinson choked Tammi Campbell in their apartment, wrapped her body in a carpet and took it to a local landfill. Her remains were never found. The Social Security Administration declared Campbell dead in 2008.>>

Oct 24, 2008

June 11, 2010