MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 1985-54
Terri Lea Schlatter
Also Known As:
Terri Yingst
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Summary:
last seen in Tulsa, Oklahoma sometime in February 1985. Went missing with her son Nathan Schlatter, born in 1983.
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last seen in Tulsa, Oklahoma sometime in February 1985. Marriage to Darrell Schlatter, troubled relationship. Her and Darrell were being charged with federal bank fraud. Terri fled after the indictment. She was located in Colorado and extradited to Oklahoma, after which she agreed to cooperate with the authorities and testify against Darrell. Terri called her mother in February 1985 to ask about some medication the child was taking. This was the last time Terri's family had contact with her. That same month, Terri dropped Nathan off at a babysitter's for the day. Darrell came to pick him up and told the babysitter her services weren't needed anymore. This is the last time anyone saw either Nathan or his mother; neither of them were ever heard from again. She had left Darrell before and he always tried to find her, but after her February 1985 disappearance, he seemed uninterested in locating her. Because of the outstanding fraud charges against her, for years after their disappearances, authorities considered Terri to be a fugitive from the law rather than a missing person. In April 1993, Darrell was charged with killing a girlfriend, Erica Hartwick, who died in September 1992. Darrell claimed Hartwick had snagged her heel in a horse's stirrup and been dragged to death, but investigation showed she'd been murdered. Investigators re-opened the investigation into Darrell's wife and son's disappearances after his arrest, and drained a local pond. The search turned up nothing, however. Darrell committed suicide by hanging himself in jail in June 1993.Foul play is suspected in their cases, which remain unsolved.
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