Tami’s Sister Sets the Scene | Tami Jackson’s Murder, Part 1

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Part 1. On January 26, 1994, 17-year-old Tami Renee Jackson’s body is discovered. Port Authority workers on Hutchinson Island, near Savannah, Georgia, find Tami; she has been stabbed more than 130 times, is bound, and has been run over by a vehicle. Investigators process evidence at the scene and conduct interviews with potential witnesses, but eventually, the case goes cold.

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, talks with Stacy Patterson, sister of Tami Jackson. They discuss how Sheryl became involved in the case, what life was like for Tami and her siblings, the events leading up to Tami’s brutal murder, and the family’s efforts to keep the murder investigation moving forward. Stacy shares how the detective assigned to the case, Detective Tarra Smith, has inspired renewed hope that after more than two decades, there will finally be justice for Tami Jackson.

Show Notes:

0:00 - Introduction to Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

1:18 - Brief overview of the homicide case involving victim, Tami Jackson

2:28 - Introduction of Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum

4:23 - Facts from the case and the approximate timetable of Tami’s last hours of life

8:15 - Sheryl describes how she became involved in the case

9:46 - Who was Tami Jackson?

12:00 - Introduction of Stacy Patterson, sister of Tami Jackson

13:56 - Stacy Patterson describes Tami and what life was like growing up with her siblings

12:08 - Events that lead to Tami moving out of the family home

26:05 - Tami Jackson’s cold case is assigned to a new detective, Detective Tarra Smith

21:53 - Sheryl and Stacy invite Carl Marino of Homicide Hunter to assist in raising funds for further testing of the crime scene evidence

31:34 - Stacy describes the efforts she and her family go to, to keep the investigation moving forward

34:08 - Officials working on the case are determined to find whoever is responsible for Tami Jackson’s murder

35:35- Facebook: Justice for Tami Jackson, and Detective Smith’s resolve

37:15 - Sheryl concludes the interview with Stacy Patterson and shares information about Zone 7 Episode: 2

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0:00.0	There is no better sound in the world to me than a full house with all of my family.
0:15.0	Hearing the laughter, singing, cheering, stories, babies, dogs, the kitchen in full action, listening to all the
0:24.9	people that love me in this just cocktail of energy and fusion of history of our events,
0:32.4	our ancestry, while adding simultaneously memories. If just one of us is missing the dynamic changes,
0:41.3	you can literally feel one person's absence
0:44.3	in a room of 35 people.
0:46.3	I have four sisters and it takes all four of them
0:50.3	to ultimately give you that intensity,
0:53.3	that liveliness of a moment for it to exist.
0:57.9	We recently rented a cabin, and there were rooms that were private in the basement.
1:03.5	There was even a detached apartment, but I wanted the room right off the kitchen and the living
1:09.6	room. I'm Houston, honey. I am Command Central. I want to room right off the kitchen and the living room. I'm Houston, honey. I am command
1:12.9	central. I want to be right in the middle of all the action. I can only imagine how Tammy Jackson's
1:21.9	family feels every time they're together for a special family event or just an average day.
1:28.9	They have to be living with the knowledge
1:32.3	that Tammy is not there because of murder.
1:37.3	She was stabbed over 130 times,
1:41.9	hogtied and run over by a car.
1:45.0	She was just 17 years old.
1:48.0	She thought she was grown.
1:50.0	Y'all remember that age?
1:52.0	Her parents knew she wasn't.
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