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Sharon Martin Missing Person Case

Last seen in Knoxville, Tennessee on Dec 31, 1986

Victim Details

Oct 17, 2017

Mar 22, 2024

Sharon

Martin

77

38

60 inches

63 inches

105 lbs

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Dec 31, 1986

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

37902

No

41438

Knoxville Police Department

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

37915

Phyllis Tonkin

Investigator

800 Howard Baker Junior Avenue, Tennessee

8652157000

Local

Law Enforcement

http://knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/police_department/

18-042376

2018-10-19

Knoxville Police Department

Brown

Green

Green

07/20/2026


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In the winter of 1988, 38-year-old Sharon Virginia Martin was last seen in Knoxville, Tennessee. A mother with brown or auburn hair and green or hazel eyes, her disappearance has left her family with unanswered questions for decades. Sharon, who sometimes went by the nicknames Oglevie, Cope, Shope, or Sam, was last seen after her release from the Knox County Detention Facility. She had a distinctive tattoo of angel wings on her left hand, nestled between her thumb and index finger. Standing betw ...
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Last Seen: Dec 31, 1986

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