Missing
Myrtle Ann Green Hudson
Myrtle, approximately 1986
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/11/1986
Missing location (approx) :
Port Arthur, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 11/10/1951 (69)
Age at the time of disappearance: 34 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Jeans and white sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Myrtle has a large gap between her upper front teeth. She has a mole on her neck and a scar on her left leg.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Myrtle was last seen at her home in the 800 block of Colorado Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas on September 11, 1986.
That day her husband and teenAge at the time of disappearance: son came home and found Myrtle's eighteen-year-old daughter, Willette Jeanice Hudson, was found in the attic above the garAge at the time of disappearance: . She had been bound with shoelaces and strangled with a power cord from a child's Easy Bake oven, sometime between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. She was found fully clothed and had not been Gender : ually molested.
Willette's three-month-old sister was safe in the residence, asleep, but there was no sign of Myrtle.
The intruder(s) into the Hudson home apparently gained access by breaking a window in the front door. Drops of blood were found inside the residence. Both Myrtle's purse and Willette's were sitting out on the kitchen table, and Myrtle's keys were also left behind.
Investigators believed the motive for the crime was robbery, but the case went unsolved for over two decades.
In January 2008, authorities identified the man responsible for Willette's murder and Myrtle's disappearance: Tommy Lee Stewart. He had a violent history; he was in prison for another murder between 1971 and 1986.
After he was paroled, he went to live with a woman and frequently visited her brother, who was a neighbor of the Hudson family. In November 1986, he abducted, raped and attempted to murder a juvenile female who survived and identified him; he's been in prison ever since.
DNA placed him at the scene of Willette's death, and Stewart confessed when confronted with this evidence. He admitted killing Myrtle as well as Willette and said he left her body on Pleasure Island, the same place where he left his 1986 victim who survived.
Stewart pleaded guilty to Willette's murder, but was not prosecuted in Myrtle's case. He will not be eligible for parole until 2028, by which time he will be 78 years old.
Myrtle's body has never been recovered. Foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.
Other information and links : ncy
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Doe Network
The Beaumont Enterprise
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
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