Tiahease Jackson

Ten-year-old Tiahease Jackson was last seen on August 14, 1983 in Staten Island, New York leaving the Mariner's Harbor Motel.

At 1:30 p.m. a resident at the motel sent Tiahease out to buy chicken wings from a grocery store. Tiahease's mother (who was taking a nap at the time) woke up at 4:30 and called the police after discovering that Tiahease was missing for three hours.

At the time of her disappearance, Tiahease was living at the Mariner's Harbor Motel with her mother and three siblings after they were burned out of their apartment. She has various medical conditions including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, a lazy left eye and a kidney disorder called Bright's Disease.

Andre Rand, a convicted child sex offender is considered a prime suspect in her disappearance. Tiahease went missing twelve days after Rand was released from a New York prison and had a campsite located at a cemetary less than half a mile away from the motel. Tiahease's mother stated that she saw a man matching Rand's description loitering in the motel's parking lot.

Rand was later convicted of the 1987 abduction and murder of Jennifer Schweiger, a 12-year-old girl with Down Syndrome. He is also a suspect in other missing person cases as well.

As of 2022, Tiahease remains missing. Her case is classified as a non-family abduction.