A $500,000 reward for information to solve a decades-old suspected murder of a young mum whose now-adult sons are pleading for closure is now on offer. Tammy Lisa Dyson, also known as Tamela Menzies, was 23 when she was last seen in Currumbin on the Gold Coast in 1995. Dyson had moved to Brisbane from Victoria in 1988, working in the adult entertainment industry in southeast Queensland. She used the name “Pebbles” in her work and associated with criminals who were known to police at the time.
Police have never been able to identify the woman. “Tammy associated with criminals that were known to police and vanished without a trace after giving custody of her children and possessions to her mother,” Detective Senior Sergeant Tara Kentwell said. “We believe the circumstances of her disappearance is suspicious.” The day after Dyson was checked out of Currumbin Clinic she signed a statutory declaration giving custody of her children and all her belongings to her mother, Loretta.