TN TN - Barbara Hardeman Wooden, 63, East Ridge, 23 Oct 1998

[Hockeyfan158]

So i was browsing Namus a few minutes ago and was searching through the missing persons in Tennessee and came across a name that has no Charley project, no reported missing persons clues accept for Namus.

I can’t even find a news article on this missing person. Anyway here the story from Namus.

Barbara Hardeman Wooden disappearance

Date of Last Contact
October 23, 1998

Missing From
East Ridge, Tennessee

Missing Age
63 Years

Current Age
86 Years

Sex
Female

Height
5' 2" - 5' 4" (62 - 64 Inches)

Weight
125 - 135 lbs

Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian

County
Hamilton County

Hair Color
Blond/Strawberry

Head Hair Description
Just above shoulder length.

Left Eye Color
Hazel

Right Eye Color
Hazel

Eye Description
Reports show she has glasses and contacts.

Scar/markScars behind ears from facelift. Scar on abdomen from hysterectomy

ClothingReport shows possibly last seen in blue jeans, shirt and tennis shoes

1995 Lexus SC400

Style
Sedan

Color
Black

State
Tennessee

License Plate
195AMK

Expiration Year
--
Comments
Vehicle was equipped with a "LowJack" system

Case created
May 5th 2017

Circumstances of Disappearance
Mrs. Wooden was last seen by her husband driving off from Chester Frost Campgrounds/Park on October 23 ,1998 . According to her husband, she was leaving to see her mother in Rhea County, TN and stated that she may not be home when he returns home. He stated, when he came home on Monday, October 26, 1998 she is not home. Her car and suitcase are missing. Mrs. Wooden's car is logged into Cobb County, GA parking lot on October 24, 1998.

I don’t even if a missing persons or police report has been filed either.

This is all from Namus but i can’t find anything else on this woman. The husband might have done it and who knows if she is still alive but figured i would post it here in case anyone knew her or might have seen her back in 1998 or before or after she went missing by chance.

Namus link. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Photo of her either in 1998 or before but it’s blurry

 

[killarney rose]

I don’t understand what it means by her car being logged in to a Cobb County parking lot. Was it found there? Did she leave from there?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Wooden Barbara

Barbara Wooden was reported missing from her home in East Ridge on Monday, October 26, 1998, by her husband.

He told police he had last seen his wife around 11:00 in the morning on the Friday before, when she stopped by the Chester Frost campsite where their RV was parked. Mr. Wooden said when he returned home on Monday, his wife was gone.
Barbara Wooden's black 1995 Lexus was later found in the parking lot at Town Center Mall in Cobb County, Georgia.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Crimestopper: Disappearance Of Barbara Wooden

This week we are featuring a missing person case that originated in East Ridge.

Barbara Wooden was reported missing from her home on Monday, Oct. 26, 1998, by her husband. Mr. Wooden reported that his wife had stopped by the campsite where their motor home was parked at Chester Frost Park on Friday the 23rd around 11 a.m.

When Mr. Wooden came home on Monday, his wife was gone. The only other report of contact with Mrs. Wooden was when she talked to her brother on Tuesday the 20th.

Mrs.Wooden’s black 1995 Lexus was found later on the lot of Town Center Mall in Cobb County, Ga. The vehicle was locked and the security system turned on.

Police have followed several leads only to reach dead ends.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Hardeman, Ralph Wayne, Sr.

An obituary page of Barbara's brother, Ralph Wayne Hardeman Snr


Hardeman, Ralph Wayne, Sr.
Sunday, February 4, 2007

Ralph Wayne Hardeman, Sr., 74, of Chattanooga, died on Sunday, February 4, 2007 in a local hospital.

He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Past Commander of the American Legion Post 95. Mr. Hardeman was a member of East Lake Lodge #698 F&AM.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Helen Hardeman, a sister, Barbara Wooden and a grandson, Ralph Wayne Hardeman, III.

 

[killarney rose]

Since her car was found, my suspicions are on the spouse.

 

[Hockeyfan158]

missing12

There is a different photo of her there and some more info. It's about halfway down the page among various other missing people

Thank you google wasn’t helping me at all

 

[TootsieFootsie]

That one didn't show up at all on Google. I found it using Dogpile.

Thank you google wasn’t helping me at all

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Cold Case - Barbara Wooden - WDEF

Hamilton County, TN (WDEF) – On October 26th 1998, Barbara Wooden was reported missing by her husband Hugh Wooden. No one in Mrs. Wooden’s family has heard from her in 23 years. Do you have any information that could help the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Unit in their investigation?

 

[truthseeker111993]

Since her car was found, my suspicions are on the spouse.

That one didn't show up at all on Google. I found it using Dogpile.

Thank you google wasn’t helping me at all

He married my grandmother shortly after his wife "disappeared". I lived with them. He kept my swim bottoms in his armoire drawers, he took teen magazines and hid them in his basement bathroom. He had makeup he kept in that bathroom that wasn't my grandmothers (who used almost exclusively lancome) - he groomed me and made sexual advances towards me at age 15 and 16. He would kiss my neck and touch my body and tell me I was his girlfriend and take me shopping and to fancy restaurants when my grandmother was not around. He would let my boyfriend come over while he went to the YMCA and then press me about what happened sexually while he was gone swimming at the Y. He told me he lost his virginity to a prostitute overseas while in the Navy. He kept that black lexus. He made quick work of getting rid of his and Barbara's home and marrying my grandmother who believed him over me when I finally told her he was grooming me and I was scared of him. I think he killed Barbara and I think my grandmother knows it. It is my fear he'll die a free man. He needs to be brought to justice. If you can be a p***phile and a cretin, you can be a killer. That is my opinion.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Barbara is still missing

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