TX TX - Louie Dwaine Teakell, 30, Irving, 1 November 2003

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Louie Dwaine Teakell​

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Teakell, circa 2003

• Missing Since 11/01/2003
• Missing From Irving, Texas
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 07/20/1973 (49)
• Age 30 years old
• Height and Weight 6'0, 145 - 175 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description Unknown, but he usually wears a handmade beaded necklace.
• Medical Conditions Teakell suffered a spinal injury prior to his disappearance and became addicted to drugs, particularly methamphetamine and marijuana, as a result. He has been through drug rehabilitation several times. He was attending Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous meetings at the time of his disappeance.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Teakell may use alias names and may attach the suffix "Jr." to his name. He may have a mustache or slight beard.

Details of Disappearance​

Teakell was last seen in Irving, Texas on November 1, 2003, when a friend dropped him off at a convenience store so he could buy cigarettes. He has never been heard from again.

He was occasionally homeless at the time of his disappearance and stayed in shelters. Teakell frequented Vineyard Street and Singleton and the West Moreland/Highway 30 areas of in Dallas, Texas in 2003, as well as low-end bars in the Dallas area. His family did not report him missing immediately because he often dropped out of sight for weeks at a time.

Foul play is possible in Teakell's case. There have been rumors as to where his body was buried, but none of the stories have been confirmed. He left behind five children. His case remains unsolved.

Louie Dwaine Teakell – The Charley Project

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2006 article


Irving Man Missing For 3 Years

Bud Gillett
Reporting

(CBS 11 News) IRVING An Irving man goes missing, and now police and family members fear the worst.

Family events at the Teakell home in Irving have huge hole: a missing father and brother, Louie Dwaine Teakell. He's feared dead--maybe even murdered--over drugs.

"He did have an addiction to drugs," said his sister Jamie Teakell. "And that didn't alarm us right away because he did go off a couple of weeks at a time. He always made sure that he called one of us to say, 'Hey, I'm alright. I love y'all. I'll be home soon.'"

But not this time; no word, no clue, for three years. He got hooked on drugs---mostly meth and marijuana, police say---after a work accident severely injured his back and spine. He'd been in and out of rehab and was trying to kick his habit.

Teakell was last seen at an Irving convenience store on November 4th, 2003, when a friend dropped him off to buy some cigarettes. From there, he vanished, leaving sisters, his mother, and five children struggling to cope.

"People talk about their dads and it comes up my dad," said his son Chris. "I don't have one, so what the heck."

"He just got so severe into the drugs that he got into a world that he didn't belong," saio his mother, Deborah Malone. "And it cost him his life."

Police have gotten tips---a body supposedly buried---but so far they've led nowhere. Investigators hope shining a light on his story may loosen someone's lips.

Irving Police Investigator Jill Smith said, "We are hoping that somebody will come forward with any information that they have to try and bring closure to this family and ultimately to bring peace to his children."

His mother is pleading for answers. "I know god will put it in whoever's heart that knows anything, please give us peace."

They already fear the worst but not knowing for sure is even harder.

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