Tiffany Sessions

Tiffany Sessions
Born Tiffany Louise Sessions
(1968-10-29)October 29, 1968
Tampa, Florida
Disappeared February 9, 1989 (aged 20)
35th Place, Casablanca East Apartments
Status Missing for 27 years, 3 months and 17 days
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Parents
  • Patrick Sessions (father)
  • Hillary Sessions (mother)

Tiffany Louise Sessions (born October 29, 1968)[1] is a missing woman from Tampa, Florida,[2] who was last seen on February 9, 1989.[3] Her family nickname was "Tiffy".[4][5][6][7][8] She was attending college at the University of Florida in Gainesville and was majoring in business.[5]

Disappearance

Age progressed photo of Tiffany to 44 years old (2013)

On the night of Sessions' disappearance, she told her roommate that she was going out alone for a power walk.[5] Between 4 and 5 PM, she left her apartment on SW 35th Place.[7] Sessions left her wallet, identification, and keys in her apartment.[1] Sessions was wearing a white pullover sweatshirt with long sleeves and grey horizontal striping with "Aspen" printed on the front of the shirt's collar, red sweat pants, and tennis shoes. She was also wearing a two-tone silver and gold women's Rolex wrist watch and was carrying a black Sony Walkman.[1][9] After five hours, when Sessions had still not returned, her roommate alerted Sessions' mother that her daughter was missing. The police did not initially handle the disappearance as a crime because a crime scene had not been found. There was no sign that Sessions had left her apartment's parking lot, nor were there any signs of a struggle.[6] People who were in the area of Sessions' disappearance have stated that someone fitting Sessions' description was seen speaking to individuals sitting inside a vehicle. Eyewitnesses were uncertain as to whether the woman entered the vehicle, and authorities have never confirmed that the individual in question was Sessions.[4]

Michael Christopher Knickerbocker was considered a suspect involved in the disappearance. While Knickerbocker was in prison serving five consecutive life sentences, he reportedly told his fellow inmates that he had murdered Sessions. He also said that he had chained Sessions to a tree, and discarded her body close to Fort Myers in the Caloosahatchee River,[10][11] but because Knickerbocker was not living in Gainesville at the time of Sessions' disappearance, the feasibility of his involvement has been questioned. As of 2014, police believed that now-deceased and convicted serial-killer Paul Eugene Rowles was responsible for Sessions' disappearance and murder.[12][13]

Finding Tiffany Sessions projects

Public efforts to find Sessions include the Charley Project[4] and the Tiffany Sessions Facebook Project Page. Sessions' family are offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case.[14] They have worked closely with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to find the remains of Tiffany or convict any suspects involved in this case. In 2013 Sessions' father, Patrick Sessions, hired a new detective to help find his daughter.[15]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About - Tiffany Sessions". Tiffany Sessions. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ YouTube video, ABC Action News (2014-02-05), New information in the disappearance of Tiffany Sessions, retrieved 2016-10-09
  3. ↑ "The Doe Network: Case File 101DFFL". www.doenetwork.org. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Good, Meaghan Elizabeth. "The Charley Project: Tiffany Louise Sessions". www.charleyproject.org. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Belinda Kramer (March 3, 2011). "Tiffany Sessions' mother writes book about the missing UF student, her own transformation". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "NamUs - National Missing Persons Data System - Tiffany Sessions - MP # 2413". www.findthemissing.org. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "GINA For Missing Persons - Tiffany Louise Sessions". www.411gina.org. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ "22 years later, Tiffany Sessions case cold, not closed, ABC Action News, YouTube video, Posted Feb 9, 2011.".
  9. ↑ Lise Fisher (February 5, 2009). "15 years later, Sessions' mom seeks answers". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tiffany Sessions -- Missing 2/9/89". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  11. ↑ Good, Meaghan Elizabeth. "The Charley Project: Tiffany Louise Sessions". www.charleyproject.org. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  12. ↑ Chabeli Herrera; Glenn Garvin (February 6, 2014). "Alachua sheriff: We found Tiffany Sessions' killer". Miami Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Tiffany Sessions case: Suspect's name, Key evidence revealed, YouTube video Posted Feb 6, 2014.".
  14. ↑ "Press Releases Archives - Tiffany Sessions". Tiffany Sessions. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Tiffany Sessions' Cold Case Reopened, YouTube video, Posted March 21, 2013".
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