Key facts
- Name: Tammyetta Michelle Spaulding
- Age at disappearance: 37
- Last seen: September 2, 2016, taking her children to school in Jackson, Mississippi; spoke to a relative on September 3
- Location: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
- Description: 5’7″, 265 lbs, medium-length blond hair, brown eyes; did not have her medication with her
- Status: Still missing — reported missing September 7, 2016; her blue Chevrolet Equinox (paper tag) was found abandoned on Savannah Street near I-55
- Investigating agency: Jackson Police Department — 601-960-1234; Black and Missing Foundation (BAMFI) — 877-97-BAMFI
Labor Day weekend
Tammyetta Spaulding was getting ready to move. Labor Day weekend 2016 — a new home, a fresh start. On Friday, September 2, she took her children to school in Jackson, Mississippi, like always. On Saturday, September 3, she spoke to a relative.
Then nothing. She was reported missing on September 7.
Her blue Chevrolet Equinox — still on a paper tag — was found abandoned on Savannah Street near I-55. According to the Southern Girl Crime Stories podcast, which has covered the case in depth, the SUV had been wiped clean of her fingerprints. A tipster claimed that no trace of Tammyetta would ever be found.
She didn’t have her medication with her.
The wiped SUV
Sit with that detail: wiped clean of fingerprints. A woman’s own car, and her prints aren’t in it. That’s not how a car looks when its owner parks it and walks away. That’s how a car looks when someone doesn’t want to be tied to it.
The Equinox was found on Savannah Street near Interstate 55 — a corridor, a way out of town. Abandoned, wiped, on a paper tag. Tammyetta was 37, 5’7″, 265 pounds, blond hair, brown eyes — not a woman who disappears into a crowd unnoticed. She needed medication she didn’t have. She was mid-move, with children expecting her.
The Jackson Police Department carries the case (601-960-1234). The Black and Missing Foundation lists her (877-97-BAMFI) — one of the many Black missing-persons cases that advocates say don’t get the coverage or resources they deserve. Ten years on, the file is open and the questions are the same ones from September 2016.
Savannah Street, near I-55
The location where the Equinox was found matters. Savannah Street near Interstate 55 in Jackson isn’t a neighborhood street where you’d park and walk home — it’s a corridor. I-55 runs north-south through Jackson, carrying traffic toward Memphis one way and New Orleans the other. An abandoned car near an interstate is a car someone left to disappear from, or a car someone left after using it to disappear someone.
The paper tag is another detail worth sitting with. A paper tag means a recent purchase — a vehicle not yet fully registered, harder to trace through the usual channels, easier to move. Tammyetta’s Equinox was new to her. Whoever wiped it knew what they were doing: no prints, no trace, no owner. The tipster’s claim — that no trace of Tammyetta would ever be found — reads less like a prediction and more like a boast. Someone wanted the family, and the police, to know the depth of what had been done.
She was supposed to be moving that weekend. Boxes, probably. A new home — the kind of fresh start people plan when they’re trying to get things right. Her children went to school on Friday expecting their mother to pick them up, to be there, to keep moving forward into the new place. Instead: the relative’s phone call on Saturday, the silence after, the report on Wednesday, the wiped SUV by the interstate. Labor Day weekend 2016. Ten years ago now.
The coverage gap
Tammyetta Spaulding’s case is listed by the Black and Missing Foundation — and that listing is itself a statement. BAMFI exists because missing Black Americans, particularly Black women, get less media coverage, fewer resources, and less urgency than their white counterparts. It’s called “missing white woman syndrome,” and it’s not a theory — it’s a documented, measurable disparity. Tammyetta’s case is what it looks like from the inside: a 37-year-old Black mother vanishes in Jackson, Mississippi, her SUV found wiped clean near an interstate, and the national media never learns her name.
The Southern Girl Crime Stories podcast has done the work the networks didn’t: episodes digging into the wiped Equinox, the tipster’s claim that no trace would ever be found, the medication she didn’t have, the move she was in the middle of. Podcast coverage isn’t the same as a task force, but for families in BAMFI’s files, it’s often the only sustained attention the case gets.
The details that should have made this a major case: a mother, mid-move, children expecting her. An SUV wiped clean of fingerprints — a forensic red flag that screams third-party involvement. A tipster claiming knowledge that no trace would be found — someone talking who knows something. Any one of those, in a different victim, in a different zip code, might have made national news. In Jackson, Mississippi, in 2016, for Tammyetta Spaulding, they made a BAMFI listing and a podcast.
She was 37. She’s about 47 now. The Jackson Police Department still carries the case: 601-960-1234. Ten years, and the most basic question — who wiped the SUV, and why — has never been answered in public.
Theories
Foul play — someone used and wiped her SUV
The wiped-clean Equinox is the case’s central forensic fact. Someone removed Tammyetta’s fingerprints from her own vehicle. Evidence level: The wiped SUV is documented in case coverage; it strongly suggests another person’s involvement. No suspects have been publicly named; no one has been charged. Any living person connected to this case is presumed innocent.
She left voluntarily
Evidence level: She was mid-move into a new home, left her children expecting her, didn’t take her medication, and abandoned a wiped SUV near an interstate. Nothing about the circumstances suggests a planned departure.
A medical crisis
She didn’t have her medication. Evidence level: A medical event doesn’t wipe fingerprints from an SUV. This explains vulnerability, not the scene.
Have information?
Contact the Jackson Police Department at 601-960-1234 or the Black and Missing Foundation at 877-97-BAMFI.
In an emergency, dial 911.
Timeline
- ~1978–79 — Tammyetta Michelle Spaulding is born (approximate; she was 37 in September 2016 — no published DOB found).
- September 2, 2016 — Tammyetta takes her children to school in Jackson, MS — the last confirmed sighting. She is preparing to move into a new home over Labor Day weekend.
- September 3, 2016 — She speaks to a relative — the last confirmed contact.
- September 7, 2016 — She is reported missing.
- September 2016 — Her blue Chevrolet Equinox (paper tag) is found abandoned on Savannah Street near I-55; per case coverage, it has been wiped clean of her fingerprints.
- 2016–2026 — Case covered by the Southern Girl Crime Stories podcast; BAMFI listing remains active.
- Today — Still missing.
FAQ
Is Tammyetta Spaulding still missing?
Yes. As of October 2026, Tammyetta Spaulding remains missing. She vanished in September 2016 and has never been found.
Was Tammyetta Spaulding ever found?
No. No trace of Tammyetta has been found in the ten years since she disappeared.
What happened to Tammyetta Spaulding?
She was last seen taking her children to school in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 2, 2016, and last spoke to a relative on September 3. Her SUV was found abandoned near I-55, reportedly wiped clean of her fingerprints. She did not have her medication with her.
How old would Tammyetta Spaulding be today?
She was 37 in 2016, so she would be about 47 years old in 2026.
What was found in Tammyetta Spaulding’s SUV?
Her blue Chevrolet Equinox (on a paper tag) was found abandoned on Savannah Street near I-55 in Jackson. According to the Southern Girl Crime Stories podcast, it had been wiped clean of her fingerprints.
What did Tammyetta Spaulding look like?
She was 5’7″, 265 pounds, with medium-length blond hair and brown eyes.
When was Tammyetta Spaulding reported missing?
She was last seen September 2, 2016, last spoke to a relative September 3, and was reported missing September 7 — five days after the last confirmed sighting.
Where was Tammyetta Spaulding’s SUV found?
Her blue Chevrolet Equinox, still on a paper tag, was found abandoned on Savannah Street near Interstate 55 in Jackson. Case coverage reports it had been wiped clean of her fingerprints — a detail investigators and journalists alike have flagged as a major red flag.
Sources
Official / law enforcement:
– Jackson Police Department — 601-960-1234
– Black and Missing Foundation (BAMFI) — 877-97-BAMFI
Media:
– Southern Girl Crime Stories podcast — episodes on Tammyetta Spaulding
Corrections (Oct 2026 verification): (1) “Age at disappearance: 39” → “37” — three independent sources give her age as 37 in September 2016 (vividfacesofthevanished.com: “Thirty-seven-year-old”; missingin.org: “37-year-old”; ourblackgirls.com: “37-year-old”), and BAMFI lists her as “Age Now: 47”. (2) “1977 — born” → “~1978–79 — born (approximate; no published DOB found)” — birth year removed rather than guessed. (3) “would be about 49 in 2026” → “about 47 in 2026”. Also updated meta_description accordingly. Found an error? Tell us via the About page and we will fix it promptly and note the change here. Last verified October 2026.