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Ricky Tanner Missing Person Case

Last seen in Westminster, South Carolina on Oct 15, 2008

Victim Details

Nov 30, 2009

Oct 17, 2022

Ricky

Tanner

60

43

68 inches

270 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Oct 15, 2008

Westminster

South Carolina

Oconee County

29693

2784

Oconee County Sheriff's Department

Walhalla

South Carolina

Oconee County

29691

David Smith

Lt. Investingator

415 South Pine Street, South Carolina

8646384639

County

Law Enforcement

Oconee County Sheriff's Department

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/12/2026


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In the fall of 2008, a family's life was irrevocably altered when Ricky Daniel Tanner vanished without a trace. A resident of Alto, Georgia, the 42-year-old was working a temporary piping job in Westminster, South Carolina. On October 15, 2008, he was last seen near Cooper Road in Oconee County by the two men he was working with. From that moment on, Ricky's voice was silenced, and his presence was gone. His family and friends were left with a profound sense of loss and a litany of una ...
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Last Seen: Oct 15, 2008

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