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Tammy Jo Alexander
The FBI is seeking information about the murder of Tammy Jo Alexander in Caledonia, New York on 10 November 1979. The FBI uses Seeking Information appeals for victims, witnesses and unresolved cases alike.
- Murder or homicide
- Weapons offences
Incident
Caledonia, New York · 10 November 1979
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the homicide of Tammy Jo Alexander.
Case details, as published by FBI
On November 10, 1979, the body of an unidentified 16-year-old White female was located in a cornfield off of New York State Route 20 in Caledonia, New York. The girl had been murdered with a .38 caliber weapon. She had been shot once in the head, dragged into the cornfield from the road, and then shot again in the back. On January 26, 2015, law enforcement officials in Livingston County, New York, announced that the female had been identified, through the use of DNA, as Tammy Jo Alexander of Brookesville, Florida. Alexander had disappeared from her home in Florida in 1979. At the time, Alexander was known to run away from the area, sometimes hitchhiking with truckers, as she lived near a truck stop.
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