Missing
Latisha Hayes McCarter
Latisha, approximately 1998
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/07/1998
Missing location (approx) :
Sacramento, California
Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 07/07/1982 (39)
Age at the time of disappearance: 15 years old
Height / Weight : 5'2, 120 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Latisha has a circular birthmark on the center of her left arm. Her ears are pierced. Latisha's nickname is Tish.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Latisha resided in Oakland, California in 1998. She visited her sister in Sacramento, California on April 7 of that year.
Latisha's sister said that they walked along the 3800 block of Stockton Avenue during the day. She stated that she walked across the street to purchase meals from a restaurant and left Latisha on the other side of the road. Her sister returned outside shortly afterwards, but Latisha had disappeared.
Witnesses told authorities that they saw an unidentified African-American male force Latisha into a copper-colored 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The suspect was approximately 25 years old. Neither he nor Latisha have been seen again.
For unknown reasons, Latisha's abduction was not reported to police for five days. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Sacramento Police Department
916-264-5655
September 2021 updates and sources
Califonia Attorney General's Office
The Sacramento Bee
October 12, 2004. November 9, 2005; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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