WA WA - Teekah Lewis, 2, Tacoma, 23 Jan 1999

[mtlupy]

Teekah and I are almost the same age to the day. This case will always haunt me.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 2, 2025

Teekah Lewis’s Disappearance from Tacoma, Washington, haunts family 26 years later

The two-year-old was taken from a bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington on January 23, 1999.

www.nbcnews.com

Sergeant Julie Deir told Dateline that she’s hopeful, one day, they’ll find out what happened to Teekah. “With every day that passes, it gets harder and harder, obviously, so we really would like to get some answers for Theresa and her family,” she said. “But it’s gonna require somebody saying something.”

Theresa lives in Virginia now, but every year she holds a vigil in Washington to celebrate Teekah’s life. She couldn’t get back to Washington this year, so she held it online. “This will be the first year I don’t have a candlelight vigil for my daughter back home,” she said.

 

[AislingGray18]

I really hope her family gets answers. This little one, for some reason, holds a little part of my heart:

Police reopen 1999 cold case of missing Washington toddler Teekah Lewis, seeking new leads

Authorities in Washington state are reopening the cold case of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis, who vanished during a family outing in 1999.

katu.com

 

[AislingGray18]

This is not well written, I apologize.

The POI is deceased, but the way it is written, it is unclear when they passed.

Person of interest in 1999 disappearance of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis is dead, police say

Tacoma Police are sharing new details in a 1999 dissapearence of 2-year-old Teekha LewisTACOMA POLICE SHARE NEW DETAILS IN A 1999 DISAPPEARANCE OF 2-YEAR-OLD TE

komonews.com

 

[Aurora90]

Cold case tip prompts excavation of Tacoma backyard, large police response

A significant police presence has been seen in a Tacoma neighborhood for hours Monday as authorities respond to a cold case tip.

komonews.com

TACOMA, Wash. — A significant police presence has been seen in a Tacoma neighborhood for hours Monday as authorities respond to a cold case tip.

The police activity is centered around a home on the 3200 block of South Gunnison Street, near South Wright Avenue. Authorities have been on the scene since about 8 a.m.

 

[Aurora90]

If it’s not related to Teekah, anyone know what case it could be regarding?

 

[Aurora90]

This search is being done on a house not too far from the bowling alley where Teekah was taken. It is really echoing another case that has been updated recently, Asha Degree.

I hope both Asha and Teekah come home very soon.

 

[NancyDrewISOclues]

If it’s not related to Teekah, anyone know what case it could be regarding?

Possibly a girl who went missing from Spanaway Rio Boyd?

 

[NancyDrewISOclues]

I just watched an interview on Fox News with Teekahs mom and she believes it’s related to Teekah in her words. The fact that cadaver dogs were there and now they’ve got this huge excavation going on two weeks later makes me believe that there was possibly a hit with the cadaver dogs and they’ve got something or someone.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Ugh, usually nothing is found on the property whenever this kind of raid-based-on-a- tip happens, and it's just a massive disappointment for the victims. Poor family of Teekah.

 

[NancyDrewISOclues]

Ugh, usually nothing is found on the property whenever this kind of raid-based-on-a- tip happens, and it's just a massive disappointment for the victims. Poor family of Teekah.

Idk. I think they have something but that’s just my opinion. They brought cadaver dogs two weeks ago and then came back to dig so that tells us something. And they did an initial like dig and then brought in the cavalry.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Idk. I think they have something but that’s just my opinion. They brought cadaver dogs two weeks ago and then came back to dig so that tells us something. And they did an initial like dig and then brought in the cavalry.

I hope this leads to answers in a case. It's just awful when families have to wait and hope and then end up back at square one.

I think if they found remains, there would be a tent with full sides put up so that no one could see a thing, and a ME van would arrive. If anything like that happens, it would be quite a day.

My speculation is that they collected soil to test, which is interesting.

 

[NancyDrewISOclues]

Tacoma PD confirmed today the excavation was a tip regarding Teekah and ultimately resulted in them finding nothing when they dug everything up, which is super disappointing. I hope her mother gets answers someday.

 

[Aurora90]

 

[sunflowermomma]

More video of the Tacoma search

 

[Aycheff]

Happy birthday Teekah!!

 

[mtlupy]

Sending more love to Teekah! We need to solve this case already.

 

[phi1ip]

The Vanished podcast made their most recent episode dedicated to Teekah. Lots of information and input from Teekah's mother in the episode.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Family honors missing girl Teekah Lewis with holiday toy drive

Teekah Lewis' mother, Theresa Czapiewski, is launching the first-ever “Hope for Teekah, Joy for Every Child” toy drive on Dec. 6.

www.king5.com

Twenty-six years after 2-year-old Teekah Lewis vanished from a Tacoma bowling alley, her family is turning their grief into a mission of generosity — one they hope will keep her memory alive while helping children in need.

Teekah’s mother, Theresa Czapiewski, is launching the first-ever “Hope for Teekah, Joy for Every Child” toy drive on Dec. 6, an effort she says brings her daughter’s spirit into a holiday season that has long been painful.

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Now a grandmother to 16, Czapiewski says her purpose has expanded: hold onto hope for her daughter and help families facing hardship.

“My mission now is to find out what happened to my daughter and help other families that are going through this,” she said. “I wouldn't wish this on anybody. No mother or father should have to go through what I’ve been through in 26 years.”

She believes the toy drive can do both: ease her pain and potentially spark new information.

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The first “Hope for Teekah, Joy for Every Child” toy drive will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Home Depot parking lot off Center Street in Tacoma. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off in person.

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