MUS-2026-0056
Archive card
MUS-2026-0056
Homicide
- Incident
- 2001
- Indexed
- Oct 3, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Shelby County Sheriff's Office
- Location
- Center TX
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.
Tara Lea Blue, 30, was last seen on November 2, 2001 in Center, Texas in the company of Richard Lee Sanders, who has also been missing since. A hunter found a crime scene in a rural wooded area the next day indicating foul play. The Texas Department of Public Safety's cold-case page lists Sanders as a suspect and states that neither Blue's body nor Sanders has ever been located; she is listed as an unsolved homicide. Sanders was never arrested or convicted and must be presumed innocent. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office works the case with the Texas Rangers Cold Case Unit.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2001
Tara Blue, 30, is last seen in Center, Texas on November 2.
- 2001
A hunter finds a crime scene indicating foul play in a rural wooded area the next day.
- 2026
Texas DPS still lists Blue under Unsolved Homicide; neither she nor Sanders has been located.
Key people
The people in the file.
30, of Center, Texas. Last seen November 2, 2001; her body was never recovered.
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Investigating agency
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