The following is a timeline leading up to Tamra's disappearance.Timeline courtesy of CBC news.
July 5, 2004:
Tamra is last seen going to bed Monday night.
8:30 p.m. Dean McArthur leaves after an argument with Lorena Keepness. McArthur runs into Russell Sheepskin, they start drinking, sometime during that period. They return briefly to drop off a can of formula for McArthur's daughter, an eight-month-old girl. Then they go to the bar.
11 p.m. Lorena puts the kids to bed and leaves to visit a friend's townhouse. Eleven-year-old Summer Keepness is left in charge. There are no adults in the house.
Midnight. Lorena Keepness drops in at the house briefly to check on the kids. When she gets back to friend's townhouse, calls Summer with the phone number.
3 a.m. Russell Sheepskin comes into the bedroom. He's made himself a plate of spaghetti. He can't remember when he got in. He's the only adult in the house. He says he saw Tamra on the couch. Around this time, Dean McArthur returns to check on the kids, allegedly beats up Sheepskin on the porch (he's charged only, not convicted) and leaves. Sheepskin leaves to get stitched up at the hospital and never enters the house again.
3;15 or 3:30 a.m. Lorena Keepness returns, climbs through the window, and falls asleep on the couch. She remains in the house from then until Tamra is reported missing.
Between 3 a.m. and 5 or 5:30 a.m. Dean McArthur claims he's wandering around downtown in a drunken haze looking for his aunt's house. He gets there about 5 or 5:30 and crashes on the couch. He doesn't return home until late the next evening, many hours after Tamra is reported missing.
11:30 a.m. Tamra's family calls police to report her missing.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/keepness_tamra/
The following is the latest update from Regina Police.
The Regina Police Service has announced its next step in the investigation of the disappearance of Tamra Jewel KEEPNESS who has been missing from her home in the 1800 block Ottawa Street, since sometime after 11:00 p.m. on Monday, July 5, 2004.
In a news conference held at 2:00 p.m. today (July 13, 2004) at Regina Police Service Headquarters, Police Chief Cal Johnston, announced that the Regina Board of Police Commissioners has authorized a reward of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for information leading directly to the discovery of the whereabouts of Tamra KEEPNESS.
We are asking anyone with knowledge of any event, behaviour or other unusual activity connected to Tamra, the 1800 block of Ottawa Street, or other people and other locations possibly related to this matter to contact the Regina Police Service, Chief Johnston said.
In addition to Crime S pers (306-545-8477 OR 1-800-222-8477) and the regular police number (306-777-6364), a toll-free telephone number and special e-mail address have been established for this purpose.
The new toll free number is 1-866-80-TAMRA, or 1-866-808-2672. These numbers are now available through posters and the Regina Police Service website at
www.police.regina.sk.ca. The website also provides an e-mail link for those who wish to submit information by e-mail. That address is
tips@police.regina.sk.ca.
http://www.police.regina.sk.ca/newsroom.htm#tamra