13-year-old Angela Meeker went to Tacoma Mall 45 years ago to buy a birthday card. She never returned

TACOMA, Wash. — Nearly 45 years to the day after her disappearance, the family of a Tacoma teen is asking for the public’s help in generating new leads. 

To family and friends, she was simply known as “Angie” – she vanished days before she turned 14.

“On July 7, 1979, Angela Meeker left her home on the south end of Tacoma to go to the Tacoma Mall to pick up a birthday card. She was never seen again,” said Tacoma Police Department Detective William Muse.

Angela Meeker was just over 5 feet tall, barely 100 pounds and her family was convinced all these years later that she had not run

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