Just after midnight on August 4, 1992, 23-year-old Tara Breckenridge clocked out early from her waitressing shift at The Men’s Club in Houston, Texas. She changed into her street clothes and the security guard carried her tote bag out and walked her to her red Pontiac Fiero. Tara got into her car and drove away.

About seven hours later, that Fiero was found sitting locked and empty on the shoulder of a major freeway three miles from the club, right on her route home. The car was locked, there was no sign of a struggle, but Tara was gone.

Police immediately started looking at her live-in boyfriend, but he wasn’t the only man in Tara’s life. They knew someone took Tara that night, but who? 34 years later, her family and friends are still wondering what happened to Tara Breckenridge.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Tara Breckenridge, please contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division Cold Case Squad at 713-308-3618, or Houston Crime Stoppers anonymously at 713-222-TIPS.

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