E169: Tammy Lynn Leppert

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Cloud10

True Crime

4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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With the accolades she had earned in the pageant world alongside her bit roles in increasingly more well-known films, it seemed as though Tammy Lynn Leppert’s career was just about to skyrocket. That is, until something shifted and she began to grow increasingly paranoid— convinced that someone was out to kill her. Feeling that Tammy’s fears were delusions, her family sought help. But those fears soon seemed very real when, on July 6th, 1983, Tammy left home with a friend and never returned. Etsy Merch Shop: Want your own C&C clothing? Check out our store at https://etsy.com/shop/coffeeandcasespod Or, consider supporting the pod in other ways-- like Patreon! Are you up-to-date on all our regular content? Get access to monthly mini-episodes as well as one full solved case per month by joining today! Be a part of the C & C Fam by going to https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases to register! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Linda Curtis's daughter was a child who always smiled.
0:05.0	Unlike most children who throw tantrums or cry over the silliest thing, like wanting to write with a red pencil instead of a green one, her daughter was always happy.
0:15.3	Linda had it easy when Tammy was a child.
0:18.7	Linda joked that Tammy, quote, woke up with a smile and went to bed with a
0:23.4	smile, end quote. In addition to her mild nature, Tammy was also a beautiful child with blonde,
0:31.2	bouncing ringlet curls and big hazel eyes so bright and curious as they took in everything around her.
0:39.9	Because of her, as her mother called it, uncommon beauty.
0:44.4	Linda put her preschooler into pageants and became her agent in those endeavors,
0:50.6	happily taking on the role of pageant mom to help Tammy Excel. You see, Linda was a pageant
0:56.4	coach and modeling agent in her professional capacity. She knew talent when she saw it, and her own
1:04.4	daughter had success written all over her. And Excel, Tammy did. Even during one of the toughest times in her little life
1:14.6	when her parents divorced, through it all, Tammy tried her best and almost always came out on top.
1:22.6	Even as the years passed, it seemed there was no stopping her determined climb to the top, until, that is,
1:31.1	the day trip in 1983, from which she never returned home. This is the case of Tammy Lynn Leepert.
2:23.3	Music Lynn Leepert. Welcome to Coffee in Cases where we like our coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold. My name is Allison Williams.
2:25.3	And my name is Maggie Damron.
2:27.3	We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement so justice
2:35.1	and closure can be brought to these families with each case we encourage you to continue in the
2:39.6	conversation on our Facebook page coffee in cases podcast because as we all know
2:44.7	conversation helps to keep the missing person in the public consciousness helping
2:49.1	keep their memories alive. So sit back,
2:52.1	sip your coffee, and listen to what's brewing this week. Well, I am intrigued by this intro.
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