IL Tabitha Watson, 19 missing from Chicago, Illinois Oct 2001

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

No photo

Case Information



Demographics
Missing Age19 Years
Current Age37 Years
First NameTabitha
Middle Name--
Last NameWatson
Nickname/Alias--

SexFemale
Height5' 2" - 5' 5" (62 - 65 Inches)
Weight170 - 185 lbs
Race / EthnicityBlack / African American

Circumstances
Date of Last ContactOctober 4, 2001
NamUs Case CreatedOctober 21, 2018
Last Known Location
LocationChicago, Illinois 60609
CountyCook County

Circumstances of DisappearanceTabitha was last known to be in Chicago, IL in October 2001. Missings' father, Edward Massey, is deceased since 2011 according to Missings' mother, Denise Watson.
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlack
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorBrown
Right Eye ColorBrown
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
Scar on left temple

Tattoo
Unknown tattoo on left leg


Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered
Additional Case Info

Transportation

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up for Tabitha. I wonder why there is so little information available about her case; I wasn't able to find anything else.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Another link, but no new info:

Tabitha Watson

www.cookcountysheriff.org

By searching online for "Tabitha Wilson missing Chicago,"
I did find a document from 2021 listing someone with the same name, but I won't link it, in case it's not the same person.

 

[Murkywaters]

A photo of Tabitha has been added to her NamUs profile.

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[cheemsg]

Any rule-outs? Wondering if she's been tested against any Maury Travis victims

 

[Caring1]

Any rule-outs? Wondering if she's been tested against any Maury Travis victims

0 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[cheemsg]

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theherald-news/name/edward-massey-obituary?id=26606960
I guess this is her father mentioned in the description, but she isn't mentioned in his obituary.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Wonderful that she now has a photo in NamUs. Someone somewhere is still looking at her case.

 

[sunflowermomma]

could this be Tabitha? I see the likeness in the high cheekbones, button nose, eyebrows, lips, teeth

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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[Pennysmom1]

Still missing, almost no information out there

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Tabitha Watson

cookcountysheriffil.gov

 

[JrzyGirl70]

could this be Tabitha? I see the likeness in the high cheekbones, button nose, eyebrows, lips, teeth

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Definitely can see a resemblance, did you submit?

 

[erlysunsets]

NamUs
thoughts on tabitha being this doe? the teeth are what stick out to me. i see a resemblance between them, too. the wiki page for this doe says that some of the clothing found can be traced to chicago. is there any info about what tabitha did for work? that might be helpful in determining this match

 

[Caring1]

Tabitha now has one exclusion.

 

[beavt]

UP12204 is not listed as an exclusion for Tabitha.
The UID was found 3/11/2002 in Marine, IL with an estimated PMI of 6 months. Described as a black female 23-30 years old and height of 5’3”
She may have been a victim of Maury Troy Travis

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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[imstilla.grandma]

*Do yall think this may be connected?

*Travis Maury's basement room held all the evidence detectives needed to connect him to the murders of several sex workers he'd killed and discarded in remote places around St. Louis, Missouri. But while incarcerated, officers failed to notice his plan to take his own life before it was too late.

 

[Aurora90]

could this be Tabitha? I see the likeness in the high cheekbones, button nose, eyebrows, lips, teeth

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

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I came here to suggest exactly this. I think there is something here.

 

[Pennysmom1]