MUS-2026-0051
Archive card
MUS-2026-0051
Missing person
- Incident
- 1995
- Indexed
- Oct 3, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Kentucky State Police
- Location
- Henderson County KY
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.
Heather Teague, 23, was sunbathing at remote Newburgh Beach on August 26, 1995 when a witness across the Ohio River reportedly watched through a telescope as she was grabbed by the hair and dragged into the woods. Her car and belongings were left behind. A man named by law enforcement and media as the primary suspect died by suicide before any charges were filed; he was never charged and must be presumed innocent. Her body was never found and no arrests have ever been made. Her mother had her legally declared dead in 2007 to force release of FBI files.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1995
Heather Teague, 23, disappears from Newburgh Beach on August 26.
- 2000s
The primary suspect named in media dies by suicide before any charges are filed; he was never charged.
- 2007
Teague's mother has her legally declared dead to force release of FBI files.
- 2022
Anniversary reporting states her body was never found and no arrests have been made.
Key people
The people in the file.
23, of Spottsville, Kentucky. Reportedly abducted from Newburgh Beach on August 26, 1995.
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Investigating agency
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