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Marcus Tate Missing Person Case

Last seen in Memphis, Tennessee on Dec 31, 1987

Victim Details

Apr 18, 2014

Jan 12, 2024

Marcus

Tate

65

27

70 inches

Black / African American

Male

Dec 31, 1987

Memphis

Tennessee

Shelby County

No

38642

Memphis Police Department

Memphis

Tennessee

Shelby County

38103

james Lynn

Sergeant

170 North Main Street, Tennessee

9016363700

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.memphispolice.org/

1404003810

Memphis Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

07/22/2026


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On the last day of 1987, a 27-year-old man named Marcus O. Tate attended a family gathering in Memphis, Tennessee. It was New Year's Eve, a time typically filled with hope and celebration for the year to come. For Marcus's family, however, this day would become a marker of profound and enduring loss. After this gathering on December 31, 1987, Marcus was never seen or heard from again. His sudden disappearance left his loved ones with a void of information and a series of unanswered que ...
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Last Seen: Dec 31, 1987

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