MUS-2026-0091
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MUS-2026-0091
Missing person
- Incident
- 1999
- Indexed
- Oct 5, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Tacoma Police Department
- Location
- Tacoma WA
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.
Teekah Lewis, 2, vanished from the arcade area of New Frontier Lanes bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington, on January 23, 1999, during a family outing. She was playing a race car game a few feet from relatives near the exit when her mother looked away for a moment and the child was gone. Police searched extensively that night, questioned registered sex offenders and checked staff backgrounds, but she was never found.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1999
Lewis, 2, is last seen at the race car game around 10:00 to 10:15 p.m. on January 23, 1999.
- 1999
Patrons are searched and held in the parking lot the same night; she is never found.
- 1999
Investigators question sex offenders and background-check alley staff; her biological father is ruled out.
- 2025
NBC Dateline airs the episode 'Taking Teekah' on June 17, 2025. She remains missing.
Key people
The people in the file.
2, of Tacoma. Vanished from the New Frontier Lanes arcade on January 23, 1999.
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