In the early evening of June 28, 2023, in the community of Houghton Lake, Michigan, 15-year-old Tamara Annea Perez and her younger sister, Iris, were seen by a neighbor walking towards the woods near their home between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. This would be the last time either of the girls was seen. At the time of her disappearance, Tamara was described as a Black female, 5'3' and weighing around 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was reportedly wearing a green t-shirt with 'Boynton Beach' written on it and blue jeans. The sisters' disappearance triggered an extensive investigation involving local law enforcement and the FBI.
The family's life had been in a state of transition in the months leading up to the girls' disappearance. Tamara and her sister had been living in Florida with their adoptive parents until March 2023. They relocated to Michigan after a situation where the girls were found with their biological mother in Port St. Lucie, Florida, which followed the termination of the biological mother's parental rights. This background adds a layer of complexity to their case, as the sisters have ties to several locations, including Port St. Lucie and Lake Worth in Florida, as well as Winchester, Tennessee. It has been suggested that they may be in the company of an adult female and might have traveled to Florida. Tamara has been known to use the alias Sa-Kira Littrell Nombre.
The circumstances surrounding the evening they went missing are still unclear, but a significant detail in the investigation is the sighting of a newer model white Jeep Cherokee in the vicinity around the time the sisters were last seen. Surveillance footage captured the vehicle leaving the area, making it a point of interest for investigators. The Roscommon County Sheriff's Office, along with the FBI, has been actively seeking information from the public to piece together the events of that day. The case of Tamara and her sister is a distressing one, centered on two young girls who vanished from their new home, leaving behind a community searching for answers. The investigation remains active as authorities continue to seek any information that could lead to their whereabouts.
Tamara Annea Perez was a 15-year-old female who was last seen on June 28, 2023, in Houghton Lake, Michigan, where she disappeared alongside her younger sister, Iris Mae Perez. Public sources state that the sisters were last seen by a neighbor between about 7:30 and 8:00 p.m., walking or heading toward the woods near their home in the Houghton Lake area. The FBI described the case as an ongoing investigation assisted by the FBI Detroit Field Office, its Bay City Resident Agency, the FBI Miami Field Office, and the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office. Tamara’s disappearance was not an isolated missing-child report; it was tied from the beginning to the disappearance of her sister, and the two girls’ last known movements were reported together.
The public details released about Tamara and Iris describe a deeply unsettling disappearance from a rural northern Michigan setting. The Charley Project states that the girls were seen heading toward the woods near their Houghton Lake home and that neither of them was seen again afterward. Around the time they disappeared, a newer model white Jeep Cherokee was reportedly seen in the area, and surveillance video described by news outlets showed a white Jeep leaving the area when the girls went missing. The presence of that vehicle became one of the most important public details in the case, not because it explains what happened, but because it represents a possible clue from the narrow window of time when the sisters vanished.
Tamara’s case also carried connections far beyond Houghton Lake. The FBI reported that Iris and Tamara had ties to Port St. Lucie and Lake Worth, Florida; Winchester, Tennessee; and Houghton Lake, Michigan. Public reporting stated that the sisters had lived in Florida with their adoptive parents until about March 2023, when the family moved to Michigan. The Charley Project adds that the move came after the girls’ biological mother in Port St. Lucie had her parental rights terminated. Those details show that the sisters’ lives had crossed several communities before their disappearance, and investigators asked people in more than one state to be aware of their names, faces, and possible movements.
Public alerts and case summaries have also stated that the sisters may have traveled, or may have been in the company of an adult female. Solve the Case lists Iris as last seen with Tamara and states that the girls may be in the company of an adult female and may travel to Florida. The same listing asks anyone with information about the whereabouts of Iris and Tamara Perez to contact the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office at 989-275-5101. The FBI likewise directed information to the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office, showing that the search remained centered through local law enforcement while federal investigators helped broaden the reach of the appeal.
The online record includes later and somewhat complicated information involving Tamara’s name. NCMEC currently has a separate public poster for Tamara Annea Perez listing her as missing from Vero Beach, Florida, since December 18, 2025, with the note that she may stay in the local area or travel to other cities in Florida. That later listing suggests that Tamara’s public missing-child record changed after the original 2023 Houghton Lake disappearance, but the online sources reviewed do not clearly explain when or how the 2023 Michigan case changed status, whether she was located after the Houghton Lake disappearance, or how the later Florida missing-child listing relates to the earlier case involving Iris. Because the available public information is incomplete and does not provide a clear resolution narrative for the 2023 Houghton Lake case, the exact sequence after June 28, 2023, remains unclear in the online record.
The available online sources reviewed do not provide a clear public resolution status for the June 28, 2023 Houghton Lake disappearance of Tamara Annea Perez and Iris Mae Perez, and they do not explain the full circumstances of what happened after the sisters were seen near the woods. What can be said with care is that Tamara Annea Perez, a 15-year-old female, was last seen in the Houghton Lake, Michigan area on June 28, 2023, with her younger sister Iris; they were reportedly seen heading toward the woods near their home; a white Jeep Cherokee was seen leaving the area around the time they vanished; and investigators noted connections to Michigan, Florida, and Tennessee while asking the public for information. The overview of the case is that two sisters disappeared together from the Houghton Lake area under unclear circumstances, the public clues remain limited to their last known direction of travel, a possible vehicle, and multi-state ties, and the case remains a painful story of uncertainty that depends on credible information from anyone who may know where Tamara went, who she was with, or what happened after she and Iris were last seen.
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