She was last seen around 10:00 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 1983, leaving her son's wedding in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Her son, Tim McClure, walked her to her car for her drive back to Reno.
Three days after she went missing, Terri was found slumped in the front seat of her car in the Carson City Nugget casino parking lot. She had been shot twice in the head at close range.
Terri's purse was missing from the vehicle. However, her keys were left in the ignition and expensive jewelry remained untouched on her body.
Tim lacked a verifiable alibi for the night of the murder and failed a polygraph test. Investigators also found it suspicious that he searched the highway specifically for her purse before her body was found, avoided the lot where she was discovered, and reportedly canceled her credit cards before she went missing.
No. He was arrested and charged in September 1992, but the charges were dismissed in January 1993. Prosecutors dropped the case because it relied on circumstantial evidence and his estranged wife refused to testify.