Tiairra Garcia Missing 06/22/2008 WAhttp://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/223587.html
Pasco woman searching for daughter
By Paula Horton, Herald staff writer
Donna Garcia's daughter, Tiairra, 19, has been missing since Sunday. Garcia, seen here in her daughter's room, says she and Tiairra share a close relationship and that it is uncharacteristic for her to not call home.
Donna Garcia was visibly upset as she sat on her daughter's bed wondering where the 19-year-old has been for the past four days.
The Pasco woman last saw Tiairra Garcia on Sunday night when the young woman left to meet her boyfriend and his friend.
She never returned to her east Pasco home. She didn't show up for her Monday morning shift at McDonald's and she hasn't called.
"No one's heard from her," Donna Garcia said Thursday. "She usually calls me all the time. She calls me or she comes home."
Garcia's called all her daughter's friends, tried to track down her boyfriend and posted fliers with Tiairra's picture and description around town.
She reported her missing to Pasco police, but fears the worst.
"I'm worried about my daughter," she said. "Something's not right."
Pasco police detectives are actively investigating her disappearance, Capt. Jim Raymond said.
"Ms. Garcia has not attempted to make contact with family or friends since leaving (Sunday) evening," Raymond said. "All of her ties to family and friends is here in the community.
"Tiairra has never been missing before and has no reasons to be now."
Garcia is 5-foot-7, weighs about 170 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown dress, black leggings and high heels.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Pasco police at 545-3484 or 545-3421.
Garcia said she called her daughter's boyfriend Monday after learning Tiairra didn't show up for work. She said he told her that they had gotten into a fight Sunday night and that she got out of a van near the Les Schwab ire center on Court Street and started walking.
He said he didn't see her after that, she said.
"It just doesn't add up," Garcia said. "I think she would have called one of her friends to come and pick her up. If that would have happened, I know she would have come home."
Garcia's phone has been ringing constantly with friends and family calling to see if Tiairra has returned home or if there's any new information about what happened. Rumors are circulating around town, Garcia said, but she doesn't know what to believe.
"I don't know what to say or think," Garcia said as she wiped away tears. "I hope she's OK. I just want my daughter home. I just want to find her."
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