MUS-2026-0099
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MUS-2026-0099
Missing person
- Incident
- 2013
- Indexed
- Oct 5, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Marietta Police Department
- Location
- Marietta 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.
Tiffany Whitton, 26, a mother from Marietta, Georgia, fled barefoot from a Walmart shoplifting confrontation around 2:00 a.m. on September 13, 2013, and vanished. Her boyfriend, Ashley Caudle, did not report her missing; her mother filed the report four months later. Caudle has been described as a person of interest but has never been charged in her disappearance. The Cobb County cold case unit believes foul play is likely.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2013
Whitton flees a Walmart barefoot into the woods around 2:07 a.m. on September 13, 2013.
- 2014
Her mother files a missing persons report on January 10, 2014, four months later.
- 2016
Tom Junod's Esquire article brings national attention; Caudle remains a person of interest, never charged.
- 2026
She was never found. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
26, mother from Marietta, Georgia. Fled a Walmart barefoot on September 13, 2013; never seen again.
Cobb County cold case unit involved. Contact details change over time; confirm the current assignee before publishing.
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