CA CA - Tera Smith, 16, Redding, 22 August 1998

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Tera Lynn Smith – The Charley Project

 

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Article from 23 Aug. 2023

Still seeking justice 25 years later the unsolved disappearance of Tera Smith from Redding

25 years ago tonight, Tera Smith of Redding disappeared... never to be seen since.Her family may not be actively looking for Tera anymore, but they are still l

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Seems like the only update is that the martial arts instructor / secret boyfriend is free and living in Arizona.

 

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Inside the Haunting Tera Smith Cold Case That Shadowed Sherri Papini's Kidnapping Hoax - E! Online

Sherri Papini wasn't really abducted, but her brief disappearance had the people of Redding, Calif., remembering the fear that swept the community when 16-year-old Tera Smith went missing in 1998.

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June 29 2024

''To date, no arrests have been made or suspects named in connection with Tera's disappearance.

Investigators "did the due diligence," Shasta County Sheriff's Lt. Chris Edwards told Dateline, "and, you know, investigated and interviewed people that were close to her, that knew her, and followed all those leads out."

''No trace of Tera has ever been found, nor evidence to point to what may have happened to her.
Per the California Department of Justice's missing person site, the 5-foot-7 blonde with blue eyes was last seen wearing a white sports bra, multicolored running shorts, and white and navy Nike running shoes.''