MUS-2026-281
Archive card
MUS-2026-281
Missing person
- Incident
- 1999
- Indexed
- Oct 16, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Twiggs County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Macon GA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Teresa Melissa Dean, 11, was last seen on August 15, 1999, walking from her home on Lawrence Drive in Macon, Georgia, toward a friend's house to look at puppies. She never arrived. Police from three counties searched forest, kaolin pits, and the Ocmulgee River and found no trace. She remains missing. The case later moved to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation cold case unit. No one has been arrested or charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Aug 15, 1999
Dean was last seen around 4:00 p.m. by a neighbor, walking about 100 yards from her Lawrence Drive home. She never arrived at the friend's house.
- Aug 15, 1999
A relative reported her missing around 11:00 p.m. Police from three counties searched forest, kaolin pits, and the Ocmulgee River with nothing recovered.
- Later
The case moved to the GBI cold case unit. Familial DNA is on file with NamUs and NCMEC, but without remains or physical evidence progress is stalled.
Key people
The people in the file.
11, of Macon, Georgia. Last seen August 15, 1999, walking toward a friend's house.
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Investigating agency
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