Tammy Rothganger

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Tammy Rothganger disappeared May 16, 1984. She was 15 then, today she would be 41 years old.

No one has seen or heard from Tammy in 25 years. She was last seen walking to Eldon High School from her house across the street.

I asked former Eldon Chief of Police Bob Hurtubise, who was the last person to Tammy alive?

"That we can confirm, definitely was Marty Priest," says Hurtubise.

Marty or Martin Priest was Tammy's mother's live-in boyfriend.

He is now serving a life sentence for killing a woman in Kansas. www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=375708#.VbLoK_lViko

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www.ky3.com/news/local/kansas-inmate-charged-in-1984-missouri-murder/21048998_37275120

A man serving a life prison sentence for murder in Kansas is now charged with murdering a 15-year-old girl near Lake of the Ozarks 32 years ago. The body of Tammy Rothganger was never found.

The Miller County prosecuting attorney charged Martin Priest, 58, on Tuesday with raping and killing a girl identified in the complaint and probable cause statement only as T.R. (Missouri state law prohibits naming a juvenile victim in court documents.) Investigators say Priest picked up the girl before school in Eldon in May 1984.

Tammy Rothganger was 15 when she was last seen on May 16, 1984. Priest was Rothganger’s mother’s live-in boyfriend at the time.