Tammy Sue Clements was 16 when she disappeared in the spring of 1981 after refusing to move with her family from Lincoln, Nebraska, back to Niles, Michigan. Her last confirmed contact was May 2, 1981; she had told her mother the previous summer she planned to travel to California with friends rather than return to Michigan. After the family left in May 1981 and allowed Tammy to remain in Lincoln, all contact stopped.

Tammy was described as 5 feet 5 inches, about 130 pounds, with brown eyes and hair that lightened to dark blonde in summer, a noticeable inverted V gap between her upper front teeth, and a need for glasses she often did not wear. Investigators report no activity on her Social Security number and no record of a driver’s license. The Niles Police Department in Michigan is the primary agency handling the case.

Was Tammy able to start a new life on her own, or did something happen to her after she stayed behind in Nebraska? If anyone knew Tammy, her friends in Lincoln, or her plans in 1981, please share what can help this case.