TN TN - James 'Roger' Tant, 55, Pittsburg, 10 March 2012

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Man gone 4 months before reported missing

Marion County Sheriff’s officials say a man has been reported missing nearly four months after family members lost track of him.

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Tant’s vehicle wasn’t taken and his bank account hasn’t been accessed.

More: http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120711/NEWS21/307110126/Man-gone-4-months-before-reported-missing?odyssey=nav|head



Marion County authorities seek help on missing man

Marion County resident Roger Tant hasn’t been seen since March but local authorities didn’t know that until his sister reported him missing in late June.

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His wife, Patricia Tant, told officials she came home from a trip on March 10 and her husband was gone, Marion authorities said. Patricia Tant didn’t report him missing, however, according to investigators.

More: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012...arion-co-man-added-fbi-database/?breakingnews

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Missing Marion Co. man added to FBI database

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"No records have showed up of him using a credit card or anything," Sheriff Bo Burnett tells Channel 3. "No one has talked to him or seen him the last few months. It's just like he's vanished."

He was last seen at his Hewgley Road home. But his wife, who lives with him, didn't report him missing.

Tant's sister called police last week when she couldn't reach him.

More: http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/18982292/marion-authorities-searching-for-missing-man

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Missing Marion County Man Believed To Have Had Thriving Fighting Chickens Business

A Marion County man who has been missing since March, but whose disappearance was only recently reported to authorities, reputedly had a thriving business of raising fighting chickens.

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An aerial view of his property at 424 Hewgley Road, South Pittsburg, shows dozens of small coops as well as several larger outbuildings. There is also a swimming pool on the property.

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Cockfighting is illegal in Tennessee, but it is a misdemeanor, not a felony.

More: http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/7/14/230293/Missing-Marion-County-Man-Believed-To.aspx

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Divers, cadaver dogs aid in search for missing Marion County man

A search involving divers and cadaver dogs showed no trace of a Marion County man who has been missing since March 10th.

More: http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/19552570/divers-cadaver-dogs-aid-in-search-for-missing-marion-county-man

 

[MagnoliaMom]

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/7/14/230293/Missing-Marion-County-Man-Believed-To.aspx

nother post on a chicken fighting blog says, "hey men march the 10 was last time anyone seen mr roger tant of south pittsburg tenn,, he is very active gamefowl breeder,, and alot of cockers know him,,as i said he was last seen march 10 and his sister finally got worried about him and reported him missin last week his wife just said she figured he had left with DISGUSTING "chicken men" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he has left all his broodstock and battlecocks at home 100's of them and she destroyed all of it had pens dozed away and if anyone knows how rooster men are we dont leave our chickens, wife maybe not chickens(which was all gifted to him by hugh norman at his passin) anyway men if u have seen em or heard anything about him PLEASE pm me,, thanks."

http://marioncountynews.net/

I can't copy/paste from this link but it says that the searchers couldn't go on Tant property and that the wife has retained an attorney.

 

[MagnoliaMom]

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/19626876/reward-money-offered-in-missing-man-case

The one place investigators haven't searched is Tant's house.

Burnett says his wife has refused to talk to investigators, creating dead ends.

"It would be a great help if we can sit down and talk to her, but she has an attorney and he has instructed us not to talk to her," Burnett says.

 

[mikkismom]

Sheriff’s Dept. offers rewards in case of missing man and recent burglaries

http://marioncountynews.net/

$6,000 reward

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/19911919/reward-offered-in-james-roger-tants-disappearance

Posted: Oct 25, 2012 8:17 AM EDT
Updated: Oct 25, 2012 8:17 AM EDT
By Ben Benton, Chattanooga Times Free Press

(TIMES FREE PRESS) - Family members and law enforcement personnel hope a $6,000 reward will produce information that leads them to missing South Pittsburg resident James Roger Tant, who hasn't been heard from in more than seven months.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/10/tant-missing-1-year-today/

published Sunday, March 10th, 2013

James Roger Tant missing 1 year today

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/mar/10/tant-missing-1-year-today/

published Sunday, March 10th, 2013

There are no new leads in the search for missing South Pittsburg, Tenn., resident James Roger Tant, who last was heard from a year ago today, but investigators plan to refocus on the case this week.

 

[marycarney]

So his WIFE didn't report him missing - his siblings did after four months of trying to reach him?

Look up 'hinky' in the dictionary: There's a picture of this case.........

 

[summer_breeze]

The Charley Project

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/t/tant_james.html

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/t/tant_james.html

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

James Roger Tant on NamUs - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/15258/2/

 

[Tonia]

Interesting comments

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/south-pittsburg-tn/TB4OOIR380ON9TC01

 

[KateB]

This is from last summer.

Marion County authorities seek leads in missing man case
June 16th, 2014
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/...icials-seek-leads-in-missing-man-case/249917/

Pat Tant has never explained why she didn't report her husband's disappearance, according to Burnett.
She did not return calls to her business, Solution Seven LLC, seeking comment for this story.
Marion County investigator Matt Blansett said that authorities have not been able to determine whether foul play is involved.
Blansett said Pat Tant has not provided any information since her initial statement about the phone call.
"I have contacted Pat Tant recently, and she advised that she had hired counsel to represent her during the ongoing investigation," he said. She has not been named a suspect or person of interest, he said.

More at link.

James has been missing for 3 years now.

 

[mlhenn]

Body found near old coal mine in Sequatchie County; authorities investigating

Authorities in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, hope a forensic examination of skeletal remains found Monday in a remote area near an old coal mine on the Cumberland Plateau will lead to a positive identification.
One possibility is missing person, James Roger Tant.

 

[Dylansmom08]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I find it odd that the wife did not report him missing and immediately got a lawyer when LE came to talk to her about his disappearance. She has not been named a suspect or person of interest yet she wouldn't even talk to police other than to say that he left March 10th. In my opinion that puts her at the top of the suspect list, she was the last person to see him and now she's not talking.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 3, 2025

Marion Co. reminds people of two missing men on National Missing Persons Day

If you have information on either man, you are asked to call the Marion Co. Sheriff's Office at 423-942-2525.

www.local3news.com

He left without his belongings and didn't take a personal vehicle.

Tant is 66-years-old, 5'9" tall, and weighs 195 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and has a scar on his foot from surgery.

NOTE: The cases of the two missing men are not related.

 

[Pennysmom1]