NM NM - Tiffany Reid, 16, Shiprock, 17 May 2004

[Ginger21]

Name: Tiffany Reid
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 17, 2004
Location Last Seen: Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico
Physical Description
Date of Birth: December 2, 1987
Age: 16 years old
Race: Native American
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 115 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Kay-C
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar under her right eye and a scar on arm.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance
Tiffany's photo is shown age-progressed to 29 years. She was last seen at home on May 17, 2004. Tiffany may still be in New Mexico or she may have traveled to Arizona or Mexico.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Navajo Department of Crimianl Investigations
Agency Contact Person: Investigator Louis St. Germaine
Agency Phone Number: (505) 368-1350
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 020608735
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 4352
NCMEC Case Number: 990719
Namus Role-outs:
UP3043 11/23/2008 Fond du Lac , WI
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News , VA
UP6729 11/05/2008 Oklahoma , OK
UP6581 10/01/2006 Pima , AZ
UP6620 02/05/2006 La Paz , AZ

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
3907DFNM - Tiffany Reid

 

[alb1on]

She seems to have been both intelligent and to have travelled. Boston College Magazine details a Boston College poetry slam in 2003 where a Tiffany Reid who matches her description takes part as a member of a Navajo Nation team from New Mexico. Whilst this does nothing to find her it does suggest to me that she would have had the character to leave if she chose.

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Some new information from The Charley Project:

Tiffany Reid – The Charley Project

"Details of Disappearance
Tiffany was last seen on her way to school in Shiprock, New Mexico at 8:20 a.m. on May 17, 2004. She never arrived has never been heard from again.
Tiffany was carrying a black backpack and a purse with her nickname, "Kay-C", printed on it when she was last seen. Her mother did not report her missing for a week, as Tiffany had run away from home before and always came home.
Tiffany is believed to have left of her own accord. After her disappearance, her makeup bag was found at a well-known party area at the base of the Carrizo Mountains near Sweetwater, Arizona. Numerous items of clothing were also found in the area, but the clothes could not be identified as Tiffany's.
She may still be in the Shiprock or Sweetwater areas, or she may be in Arizona or Mexico. Her case remains unsolved." BBM​

 

[CastlesBurning]

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force finds gaps in data

 

[jexpar]

Indigenous Teen Left for School in 2004 and Never Made It, but Family Clings to Hope of Finding Her

 

[TootsieFootsie]

'Tiffany Will Be Back,' Sister Of Missing Indigenous Teen, Who Vanished In 2004, Has Hope She'll Be Found | Oxygen Official Site

 

[Filly]

We must have hope.

 

[Kitty49]

Name: Tiffany Reid
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 17, 2004
Location Last Seen: Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico
Physical Description
Date of Birth: December 2, 1987
Age: 16 years old
Race: Native American
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 115 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Kay-C
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar under her right eye and a scar on arm.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance
Tiffany's photo is shown age-progressed to 29 years. She was last seen at home on May 17, 2004. Tiffany may still be in New Mexico or she may have traveled to Arizona or Mexico.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Navajo Department of Crimianl Investigations
Agency Contact Person: Investigator Louis St. Germaine
Agency Phone Number: (505) 368-1350
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 020608735
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 4352
NCMEC Case Number: 990719
Namus Role-outs:
UP3043 11/23/2008 Fond du Lac , WI
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News , VA
UP6729 11/05/2008 Oklahoma , OK
UP6581 10/01/2006 Pima , AZ
UP6620 02/05/2006 La Paz , AZ

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
3907DFNM - Tiffany Reid

Some new information from The Charley Project:

Tiffany Reid – The Charley Project

"Details of Disappearance
Tiffany was last seen on her way to school in Shiprock, New Mexico at 8:20 a.m. on May 17, 2004. She never arrived has never been heard from again.
Tiffany was carrying a black backpack and a purse with her nickname, "Kay-C", printed on it when she was last seen. Her mother did not report her missing for a week, as Tiffany had run away from home before and always came home.
Tiffany is believed to have left of her own accord. After her disappearance, her makeup bag was found at a well-known party area at the base of the Carrizo Mountains near Sweetwater, Arizona. Numerous items of clothing were also found in the area, but the clothes could not be identified as Tiffany's.
She may still be in the Shiprock or Sweetwater areas, or she may be in Arizona or Mexico. Her case remains unsolved." BBM​

Is it possible that tiffany reid may be the tempe girl ? There are a lot of similarities i have found someone should look into it

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Is it possible that tiffany reid may be the tempe girl ? There are a lot of similarities i have found someone should look into it

Hello, I can only find an unidentified girl who passed away in Tempe in April 2002. But Tiffany reportedly went missing in 2004. If you mean a different Tempe case, could you post a link to the case? Thank you.

 

[Kitty49]

Hello, I can only find an unidentified girl who passed away in Tempe in April 2002. But Tiffany reportedly went missing in 2004. If you mean a different Tempe case, could you post a link to the case? Thank you.

No i mean it could be the same case as of 2002 tempe girl because tiffanys sister reported that they had the police had never filed her as missing the

 

[Kitty49]

The sister said that it has been 17 years & they still had not then that they tried 3 years later & they once again never did they just recently put her in as a missing person & tiffanys mother by then had some type of cancer & had to make her report one more time & she had just had chemo & started losing her memory & could not remember everything so some details she told could be wrong

 

[Kitty49]

Hello, I can only find an unidentified girl who passed away in Tempe in April 2002. But Tiffany reportedly went missing in 2004. If you mean a different Tempe case, could you post a link to the case? Thank you.

That is why on tiffanys clothing description there is nothing & everything adds up including arizona they claimed that tiffany ran away several times but always came back I believe she did not because she left to Arizona to attend a party & that is why her bag was found at a well known party location then she hitched hiked & planned to attend a concert but then that is when they picked up the dealer & she had taken the cocaine & died & they dumped her their ages match they even say she spoke spanish mainly during the whole ride which would make sense if she just hitched hike from New Mexico

 

[Kitty49]

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Hello, I can only find an unidentified girl who passed away in Tempe in April 2002. But Tiffany reportedly went missing in 2004. If you mean a different Tempe case, could you post a link to the case? Thank you.

they even say tiffany has a scar on her arm tempe girl has a scar on her hand in the shape of the letter T

 

[ChatteringBirds]

@Kitty49 So you think the year reported for Tiffany going missing could be wrong? It has happened before that dates were off. Two years off seems unlikely to me, though, but I'll try to read more about both cases soon.

 

[Kitty49]

@Kitty49 So you think the year reported for Tiffany going missing could be wrong? It has happened before that dates were off. Two years off seems unlikely to me, though, but I'll try to read more about both cases soon.

Yes it seems very likely to me since they originally never put her in the system & the mother had cancer & couldn’t remember everything once it was time to try & file again

 

[Kitty49]

@Kitty49 So you think the year reported for Tiffany going missing could be wrong? It has happened before that dates were off. Two years off seems unlikely to me, though, but I'll try to read more about both cases soon.

& yes if you look through both cases you’ll see some similarities

 

[Laughing]

That is why on tiffanys clothing description there is nothing & everything adds up including arizona they claimed that tiffany ran away several times but always came back I believe she did not because she left to Arizona to attend a party & that is why her bag was found at a well known party location then she hitched hiked & planned to attend a concert but then that is when they picked up the dealer & she had taken the cocaine & died & they dumped her their ages match they even say she spoke spanish mainly during the whole ride which would make sense if she just hitched hike from New Mexico

BBM

Not necessarily! Do we know from family that Ms. Reid spoke Spanish?

I'm a New Mexican stuck in the Midwest, understand spoken Spanish often, but do not speak it.

No chance at all of understanding Dine (or Tewa, Zuni, Keresan, ....)

Have you contacted LE or NAMUS about this set of remains & Ms. Reid's disappearance?

jmho ymmv lrr
jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Kitty49]

BBM

Not necessarily! Do we know from family that Ms. Reid spoke Spanish?

I'm a New Mexican stuck in the Midwest, understand spoken Spanish often, but do not speak it.

No chance at all of understanding Dine (or Tewa, Zuni, Keresan, ....)

Have you contacted LE or NAMUS about this set of remains & Ms. Reid's disappearance?

jmho ymmv lrr
jmho ymmv lrr

No but I believe it could be her & yes tiffany did speak spanish

 

[Amateur Web Sleuth]

I believe the dates are off for her to match Tempe Jane Doe in AZ. Also the girl shown in the post mortem photos seem to have different facial features. Doesn’t hurt to report any close possibilities though. Hoping one day both families can find answers.

 

[alb1on]

I think my post #2 eliminates her as being any Doe found before 2003 as she was taking part in a poetry slam in Boston in 2003. The post #5 linked article confirms that she was into poetry and had participated out of state in a slam - so I think we can be confident the Tiffany Reid in Boston is our missing when you also include the slam report specifying she came from New Mexico.