Tera Smith | Redding, CA

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Wonder if an age progression image could help here. Let me know if there is an interest and we will connect you with our forensic artist.

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NCMEC did one at 23. I’ll add it to the case. She’s in her 40s now so an updated one could have some value.

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I have following questions to ask
1 )Can u tell me why she was grounded by her family ?
2)And what was the expression of her face (scared ,nervous etc )when the last person saw her and at what time they saw her?
3)Time of her disappearance?

@user38 : She was grounded for sneaking out the night before. She spent the day with her mom running errands and then was supposed to show up for work 1 hour after her mom dropped her off at home at the Oasis Fun Center, but she never showed up. Her sister said she went for a jog, and had said she’d be back in 20 minutes, which was said to be roughly between 5-7pm.

It would be nice to know what address was the family home and what time was her shift at work supposed to be?

Also, what research has anyone done on NamUs unidentified persons from the area?

I know Hang Glider Hill (where Troy “prayed”) is in Shasta Chappie OHV but can anyone help get the actual coordinates for Hang Glider Hill?

  1. Why did she tell her sister she’d be back before her parents got home if she was supposed to report to work an hour after her mom dropped her off?

  2. How was she supposed to get to work that evening?

Great questions! I’m hopeful to get a family contact who can assist in answering them.

The family said that Terra was a writer and that they had access to heaps of journal entries that she had written. Is there any way that we can get access to them??

Are there any shops on the oregon trail??
Maybe we could have a look at CCTV footage??

It seems like she was running away.
She asked for $2000, and got her boyfriend to drop her off further down the track.
Why not just run from the house??

Why she sneaked out before ?
Did her family said anything about this ?

With her journals, was there any indication that she was considering running away?

19537 Tarcy Way. Public info but if this info isn’t allowed in comments, then please delete it. Catching up on some of these comments and wanted to add this so you can plug it into the map of important locations.

Saw this article of someone also being kidnapped off the same road but she was released.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/sherri-and-keith-papinis-schoolfriend-tera-smith-vanished-from-same-road-18-years-ago/news-story/b5d958e58601a0052ad6e22802bc8c8f

Wondering if the instructors mother can verify it’s normal behavior of his to pray for 5 hours at night from 7pm to midnight? Seems rather odd. Has he been polygraphed yet?

There is way more to the story. No not normal behavior, neither was replacing his new tires for used tires a few Towns over along with having his car detailed. He was never polygraphed or even considered a suspect at all. Although all of us who live in this town are 100% sure it was him but do not have tangible evidence to back that up. She was going to meet him and then she never came back. People have even rumored that that somebody helped Troy bury her off of muletown Road.

No CCTV footage and her shift was supposed to have started at 7:00 p.m. which was pretty close to their house at the family-owned business