Tasha Shante Wright

Tasha Shante Wright, 10, a gifted-and-talented fourth-grader, disappeared while walking a short distance within her own apartment complex in east Dallas, Texas on October 14, 1989. She successfully delivered a message from her mother to a neighbor's apartment, but never made it back to her own unit only a few doors away. An unconfirmed witness sighting placed her in a nearby breezeway shortly afterward, and she may have been seen staring at nearby bushes moments before vanishing. Extensive searches by police, search dogs, and helicopters covering a five-mile radius found no trace of her. No suspect has ever been publicly named and Tasha has never been found.

Dallas, TX · Dallas County

• 1989: Case opens — victim reported missing or found.
• Documented milestones (renewed investigation, media coverage, family advocacy) to be added as sourced.
• Present: case remains unresolved. No named suspect has been convicted.

• Tasha's identity, age, and the October 14, 1989 disappearance at the Valley Glen Apartments in east Dallas, per the Dallas Police Department and NamUs case record.
• She successfully reached a neighbor's apartment to deliver her mother's message before vanishing on the short walk back to her own unit.
• An extensive search involving search dogs, helicopters, and a five-mile radius canvass by neighbors turned up no trace of her.
• Investigators and her family believe she was abducted, based on the short, familiar distance involved and the absence of any indication she left voluntarily.

• What happened to Tasha in the brief window between leaving the neighbor's apartment and her own has never been established.
• Whether the unconfirmed breezeway sighting and the report of her “staring at some bushes” beforehand are connected to her disappearance, or to each other, has never been verified.
• No suspect has ever been publicly named in the 36 years since her disappearance.

• The Charley Project — Tasha Shante Wright case record
• Solve the Case — Tasha Shante Wright case narrative
• The Doe Network — Tasha Shante Wright case record
• NamUs — Missing Person Case #MP9889
• Project Cold Case
• Murder Accountability Project
• NamUs