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30 years after 15-year-old Tammy Lynds was found dead in Springfield, her case remains unsolved

SPRINGFIELD — In the summer of 1994 when Tammy Marie Lynds disappeared, a missing teen was not unusual.

As many as 20 young people were reported missing each weekend in Springfield and by November of that year, more than a thousand young people had been reported missing, Police Lt. Anthony Pioggia, head of the city’s Youth Aid bureau, told the Springfield Union-News at the time. They looked into each report, he said, but resources were stretched thin. Usually the teens were runaways, and most returned home within days.

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