Tamika Howard, 37, disappeared from Newark, New Jersey after leaving home on May 25, 2008, saying she was going to work and never arriving. Her mother did not report her missing until about three months later. Tamika is described as a Black woman with black hair and brown eyes, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 130 to 140 pounds, with a dark-colored birthmark next to her right eye.

At the time she vanished Tamika was known to be involved in sex work in Essex County, often in the Sherman Avenue and Somerset Street area and frequenting nearby abandoned buildings, and she was struggling with a drug addiction. A possible sighting at New York City’s Penn Station was suggested but never confirmed. The Newark Police Department with assistance from the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit continues to list the case as open and seeks information.

If anyone knew Tamika, her routines, or saw her around May 25, 2008, please come forward with tips or memories that might help clarify what happened to her.