Tacoma Police Share Suspect Description In Teekah Lewis Case

TACOMA, WA — More than two decades have passed since 2-year-old Teekah Lewis vanished from a Tacoma bowling alley without a trace. Investigators believe Lewis was kidnapped, but a suspect in the case was never identified, despite continued media coverage locally and nationally. Now, exactly 21 years after the disappearance, detectives are unveiling new information they hope will lead to a break in the case.

In a news release Thursday, Tacoma Police detailed a suspect description for a man seen at the New Frontier Bowling Alley on Jan. 23, 1999. He was described at the time as a white man, between 30 and 40 years old, with brown curly hair, a mustache and pockmarks on his face.

A witness described seeing the man with a young girl in an interview with Q13 News Thursday night.

The News Tribune reports a cold case detective was reviewing the case files when he noticed the man in question had never been positively identified.

Tacoma Police ask anyone who remembers something that could help identify the man to contact Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County at 1-800-222-TIPS, or via the organization's smartphone app.

You can view all open missing person cases currently listed on the Washington State Patrol website.