NC NC - Tammy Kay Ferguson, 37, Leland, Jul 1995

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Leland Police have new information, ask public’s help to find woman missing for 23 years

Tammy Kay Ferguson was a resident of the now-destroyed Leland Mobile Home Park, located at what is now 114 Old Fayetteville Road. She moved to the area with her husband Benny; the couple came from Alabama following construction work.
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Ferguson worked for some time as a house keeper at the Town and Country Motel, which was located in Belville and operated until 2006 when it burned down.

It is not known exactly Ferguson was last seen. The last known conversation she had was a phone call to her mother, who told police Ferguson had said she was waiting on a disability check and planned to return to Alabama. It is possible that Ferguson made the call from a payphone at a gas station on the corner of South Navassa Road and Village road; according to police files, Ferguson used the phone frequently.

Ferguson had two tattoos on her upper left arm. One tattoo was described as a red rose with the name ‘Tonya,’ and the second tattoo was a skull with the name ‘Joshua.’ She had a few tattoos above her breast and on the back shoulder but the description was unknown.

Leland police seek new leads in 23-year-old missing person case

Port City Daily
 
I googled the husband name and nothing came up. Only the articles. A few questions to ask: did they had marital problems? who reported her missing? the gas station did they happen to see her?
 
I am a bit confused. A newspaper report (in Star news) of September 28, 1995 states she was located alive and well, quoting the local police chief in Leland (see Star-News - Google News Archive Search ). So, was she found (and why is she still listed as missing, and why are Leland police reopening the case now)? Or was the 1995 report wrong? Either way, Brian Barnhardt (the police chief quoted, who is still around) should be able to clear up the question.
 
48 min drive from Leland to Chadbourn so she was in a nearby county according to that article. I wonder how the police at that time "confirmed" that she was alive and well...

I guess the "new" information confirmed that the welfare report was wrong?
 
Charley Project just posted this news story on Ferguson's disappearance on their Facebook feed:

"#UNSOLVED: Woman missing from Leland since 1995"

#UNSOLVED: Woman missing from Leland since 1995 - WWAY TV

"[Detective] McCabe said Ferguson moved to Leland from Alabama in May of 1995 with her husband Benny for his construction job at the time.

“We know she was here for at least 30 days,” McCabe said. “We believe it might have been two to three months.”

They know that because Ferguson was receiving a disability check at the time.

“Due to an injury where she had worked at a textile company. She had actually lost a piece of her finger,” McCabe said.

McCabe said Ferguson would call her mom, Jane Ogelsby, to get her check each month.

“Religiously, Tammy would contact her the first of every month to get that check,” McCable said.

McCabe said they talked on June 1, 1995. On July 1, 1995, Ogelsby did not hear from Tammy, so she gave her a week. On July 6, 1995, she still had not heard from Tammy.

“She became very, very worried,” McCabe said. “That’s when she called the Leland Police Department basically for a welfare check.”

McCabe said around June 22, 1995 was the last time Ferguson talked to her mom.

“There used to be a phone booth that was right there on the corner of Oakland and Village Road,” McCabe.

McCabe said detectives went to search the home Ferguson lived in with her husband Benny at 114 Old Fayetteville Road.

“They found clothes that were still in the washer,” McCabe said. “They found social security checks that hadn’t been cashed. There was also a medicaid ID card.”

McCabe said based on all that, Ferguson was not planning on going anywhere at least not anytime soon. She said they also realized that Ferguson’s husband, Benny, had moved back to Alabama.

“He had been back and Tammy wasn’t with him for 2-3 weeks which is very strange, so of course, Benny Ferguson was going to be our main suspect,” McCabe said.

“I didn’t particularly care for him,” Kennedy said. “I didn’t think he was good for my mom.”

McCabe said according to rumors, Benny would talk about it when he was intoxicated.

“Telling a lot of his family and friends and random strangers that he’s the one that killed Tammy, but Bennie was also the type of person that when he intoxicated he liked to sound really bad and would make up stuff to make him look bigger and badder than he really was.” McCabe said.

McCabe said Benny has died. While they have not ruled him out, she does have another scenario.

“John Wayne Boyer, the serial killer from Brunswick County,” McCabe said.

McCabe said Boyer had already killed three other people in this area.

“We know that he was in this area during the time,” McCabe said.

She said several different agencies have put together a timeline on Boyer.

“It’s 90 pages long from the time he was born to the time he was arrested in Tennessee,” McCabe said. “So we have a lot of information in reference to him. Is it going to be him? We’re not sure. But could it possible be him yes?”

McCabe has one more theory.

“Benny could have been involved in the Dixie Mafia,” McCabe said.

“Because of Benny knowing a certain crime that was committed and Tammy having knowledge of that, we recieved information that maybe she was taken out because of that information,” McCabe said.

She said it could be something totally different. That is why they need the public’s help.

“Someone had to have known or ran across Benny and Tammy at one point in time,” McCabe said.

She said even the smallest piece of information could help.

“Any little information is very very beneficial,” McCabe said."
 
6 Unidentified Person Exclusions

(UP6279 was already identified)

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Name: Tammy Oglesby Ferguson
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 16, 1995
Location Last Seen: Leland, Brunswick County, North Carolina.

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: January 17, 1958
Age: 37 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Upper left arm one rose with the name; TONYA; and one skull with the name; JOSHUA; others are located above the breast and on the back shoulder and are of unknown description. She is missing a right hand finger.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Ferguson left home on her way to pick up a check and called her mother from a pay phone booth to say she would soon be coming home. She was last seen in Leland, NC by a neighbor. All of her belongings and her money were left behind as was her child who is living with Ferguson's mother.
 

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