TN SHARON VIRGINIA MARTIN: Missing from Knoxville, TN - 1 Jun 1988 - Age 40

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Sharon Virginia Martin



MISSING
Missing Person / NamUs #MP55397
Sharon Virginia Martin, Female, White / Caucasian
Date of Last Contact: June 1, 1988
Missing From: Knoxville, Tennessee
Missing Age: 40 Years
Current Age: 70 Years

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
County:Knox County

Circumstances of Disappearance: On 10/18/2018 at approximately 1259 hours, the subject's daughter called in to report her mother missing. Subject was released from Knox County Detention Facility and has not been seen since.

Physical Description
Hair Color:Brown
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Left Eye Color: Green
Right Eye Color: Green
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Distinctive Physical Features
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Tattoo
Wings between thumb and index finger.

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Links case

Sharon Virginia Martin – The Charley Project

edited by staff to add media link

SHARON VIRGINIA MARTIN has been missing from Knoxville, #TENNESSEE since 1 Jun 1988 - Age 40

On 10/18/2018 at approximately 1259 hours, the subject's daughter called in to report her mother missing. Subject was released from Knox County Detention Facility and has not been seen since.

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Date of last contact says December 31, 1986 but circumstances still say last seen in 1988.

 

[Kimster]

AI Update:
Sharon Virginia Martin remains missing after vanishing nearly 40 years ago, with local authorities and media renewing public appeals for information. She was last seen on December 31, 1986 (with some documentation listing 1988) immediately following her release from the Knox County Detention Facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her daughter officially filed a missing persons report decades later, in 2018. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Public records from NamUs Case #MP40270 and the Charley Project outline the primary physical traits and identifying details regarding her case:

• Identifying Marks: She has a distinctive tattoo of angel wings on her left hand, located specifically between her index finger and thumb. [1]
• Known Aliases: She may have gone by the names Sharon Holt, Sharon Ogilvie (or Oglevie), Cope, Shope, or Sam. [1, 2]
• Physical Description: At the time of her disappearance, she was a 38-year-old Caucasian female, standing between 5'0" and 5'3" tall, and weighing roughly 105 to 130 pounds. She has brown or auburn hair and green or hazel eyes. Her current age would be 77 years old. [1, 2]
• Regional Ties: While she vanished from Knoxville, investigators note she also maintained ties to nearby Blount County and Maryville, Tennessee.