WA Wa - Helen Tucker, 27, Tacoma, 20 Jan 1994

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TACOMA — Helen Tucker was 27-years-old when she went missing in Tacoma on January 20, 1994.

She is one of five women and teens who went missing in the same area between 1994 and 2010 who were working as prostitutes.

Tacoma Police are now asking for the public’s help with any information about who Helen associated with.

“Whatever their lifestyle is, their lives matter. They’re someone’s children,” said Freda Gable, Helen’s mom.

“She was last seen on Puyallup Avenue at what was then the BP station at Puyallup and Portland Ave. She actually had contact with law enforcement that evening and reported that she was a victim of an attempted assault by a ‘John’ if you will.
That was her last known contact with anyone,” said Tacoma Det. Lindsey Wade.

Unfortunately, even though Helen had a child she had left with a friend, nobody reported her missing for years.

“There was no initial investigation. She was originally reported missing around 2000 so even though she went missing in 1994, family believed she had been reported but she really wasn’t reported so that put police way behind the 8 ball in trying to figure out and backtrack who she associated with at that time,” said Det. Wade.

Read more: Missing: Helen Tucker’s mother refuses to give up hope

TACOMA — The discovery of a partial human skull last month in a wooded area in East Pierce County has reignited interest in solving some long-term missing persons cases.

Investigators won’t know if the skull fragment is from a man or a woman until DNA test results are complete.

• Helen is considered a missing or kidnapped person with evidence of foul play.
• She was born on Nov. 21, 1967. She is white, 5′ and weighed 115 pounds at the time of her disappearance.
• She was last seen at 1302 Puyallup Avenue.

Helen Tucker went missing in 1994. Her case was originally assigned to the Green River Killer Task Force who eliminated Gary Ridgeway as a suspect but that can’t be said for all of them.

Vanished: Search for 5 women missing in Tacoma includes possibility of serial predator

 

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Thread to discuss the missing Tacoma women: WA - Wa—tacoma — Five Missing Women In Tacoma, Washington, Includes The Possibility Of A Serial Predator.

 

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HELEN IRENE TUCKER - TACOMA, WASHINGTON — FBI

3563DFWA - Helen Irene Tucker

Helen Irene Tucker – The Charley Project

NamUs #MP4746 - The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

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Bumping for Helen as we approach the 28th anniversary of her disappearance...

Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County

Tacoma Police detectives need your help to locate a missing woman, feared to be the victim of foul play. Helen Tucker has been missing under suspicious circumstances since January of 1994.

The last known sighting of Helen Tucker occurred on the night of January 20th, 1994, when she was contacted by Tacoma Police officers after being the victim of a crime. Tucker was contacted by the officers in the 1300 block of Puyallup Ave. in the City of Tacoma. Tucker’s family later reported her missing after failing to see or hear from her for an extended period of time; investigators have been unable to locate Tucker or any persons who have had contact with her since January of 1994.

At the time she went missing Helen Irene Tucker was described as a white female, 27 years old, 5’5” tall, 115 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. She was also known to use the name Helen Cook, and had a tattoo of a rose on both of her arms and a tattoo of a gnome on her left arm.

Detectives are looking for any information regarding Helen Tucker’s disappearance and/or her whereabouts.

 

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HELEN IRENE TUCKER - TACOMA, WASHINGTON | Federal Bureau of Investigation

January 20, 1994 Tacoma, Washington

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