CA CA - Taylor Teaford, 32, North Fork, July 1967

[TheArtfulDetective]

Taylor Morris Teaford



Case Classification: Missing/Fugitive
Missing Since: July 1967
Location Last Seen: North Fork, Madera County, California

Description:

• Date of Birth: June 18, 1935
• Age: 32 years
• Race: Indigenous/Native American
• Gender: Male
• Height: 6'
• Weight: 170 - 175 pounds
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Unknown
• Nickname/Alias: Morris Teaford. Taylor Melvin Teaford. Melvin Teaford.
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Walked with a limp from his right leg due to polio.
• Clothing & Personal Items: He was armed with a .22 automatic pistol.
• Identifiers: Unknown
• Other: Heavy alcohol and narcotics usage. Proficient with firearms.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Teaford disappeared from North Fork, California in July 1967. He was last seen after allegedly shooting his grandmother to death as well as wounding his sister and another individual. He has never been seen since.

After his disappearance, Teaford was listed as an FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive between 1968 and 1972. Despite not being captured, he was charged for the 1969 murder of an unidentified woman, Alameda County Jane Doe, that was found dead in a hotel room in Oakland, California. His whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:
Oakland Police
Case #: 95-058

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Taylor Teaford
Madera Tribune 19 July 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
Taylor Morris Teaford Wanted by Oakland Police for 1967 Murder of Woman

 

[cenazoic]

It looks like he was taken off the FBI’s list because ‘the federal process against [him] was dismissed in Fresno in 1972.”

He was placed on it to begin with for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after the murder of his grandmother in 1967.

It’d be interesting to find out why the charges were dismissed.