* This is a pinned post on the Public Facebook Group written by an Admin, who is Tammy's sister and most vocal advocate.
UPDATED (10/16/24) IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Regarding Tammy Pitkin's movement before disappearing.
OCTOBER 14TH, 2022:
Tammy was last seen by her son the night of October 14th, 2022. She told him she was going on a trip and would be back home by Monday.
OCTOBER 15th, 2022:
- Purchased a pre-paid phone card in Red Bluff
- Withdrew $1,000.00 cash from a bank account in her name that no one knew she had
- Purchased Taco Bell in Weed, CA
- Got gas in Glendale, OR
- Purchased a pre-paid visa card in Sutherlin, OR for $300.00
- Made a purchase at a convenience store in Glendale, OR
OCTOBER 16th, 2022:
- Reserved a room at the Best Western in Sutherlin, OR with her husband's reward card but believed to have paid in cash
OCTOBER 17th, 2022:
- Purchased Gas in Sutherlin, OR at 6:45am
- Stopped at Rite-Aid in Albany, OR between 10:30 to 11; she purchased a cigarette lighter and let her dogs go potty. There is video footage from a business across the street from Rite-Aid that shows her with her dogs
- It is believed that she drove from Rite-Aid to the place her car was later found by a hunter
OCTOBER 17th, 2022 to 29th, 2022:
- Tammy has not been seen by family since October 14th, 2022 and was not reported missing until October 26th, 2022
- Investigators believe Tammy's car was at the dead end forest service road the entire time from October 17th, 2022 to the 29th, 2022; they based this belief on the amount of gas remaining in her car
- October 29th, 2022 a hunter reports an abandoned car on a dead end service road about 40 miles east of Sweet Home, OR
- October 29th, 2022 to October 31st, 2022, investigators search her car and the area surrounding her car for 2 1/2 days with no sign of Tammy or her dogs
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR:
- Mountain Patrol investigating her abandoned car, report that they believe her car was there at least 1 to 2 weeks before it was found because:
Detectives find the following items in the car:
- Dirt had no tracks and there had been snow a week prior which could have covered/removed the tracks
- Rotors on her car showed rusting which indicated sitting in wet weather
Detectives believe that Tammy exited the car with her dogs and had the following items on her person:
- Her purse with ID, Passport, Social Security Card, & Birth Certificate
- An overnight bag with toiletries and regular medication
- A rusted and busted gun
- Leashes for her dogs
- 2 home depot moving boxes one with clothes the other with shoes
- Extra Key Fob for the car in the trunk
- Burner Phone
- Pre-paid Visa Card & all her cash
- Key Fob for car (she locked the car when she exited the car)
- Investigators took DNA swabs from the driver side door and and steering wheel; prints could not be recovered from the car because of weather (DNA has not yet been processed by Linn County)
- Investigators release the car to Tammy's son after completing their investigation of the car; he drives to the location it was abandoned and drives it back to CA
- Weeks later her husband sells the car
FEBRUARY 2023:
- Tammy's white/yellow dog Trooper, was found 1 mile from where her car was abandoned
- Tammy's husband and son did not want to pick up their family dog, so he was put up for adoption in Linn County
APRIL 7, 2023:
- Trooper was adopted by a member in our group.
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Just to note the days of the week along with the known movements, she spoke to her son on Friday telling him she would be back on Monday.
Saturday Oct. 15 she drove north for about 3.5 hrs to Oregon with a lot of cash, so may have stayed overnight in Glendale.
Sunday Oct 16 Stayed in the Best Western in Sutherlin (1 hr north of Glendale), apparently paying cash.
Monday Oct 17 Apparently drove north 1.5 hr as far as Albany, where she was seen on camera around 11 am. Then, sometime later, someone probably drove East (corrected by me) 1.5 hrs from Albany on highway 20, to the turn off to Forest Service Rd 245, and an additional (according to Gmaps) 2 miles down to the dead end of that service road.
JMO
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