Comments on: AFTER TRYA HEATH

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 11:54:50 +0000

I think of this case all the time. I was 9 at the time and we lived right next door to the killer. He was always very strange and focused on us kids outside. After Tyra was taken, I remember my mom and the mom of a friend, just one building away, would stand outside as we went to each other’s home to play. No kids were outside. It haunts me still.

By: Shirley Heath

Shirley Heath — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 01:10:49 +0000

Tyra was my second cousin, her Dad was my first cousin Gary Heath. One especially memorable thing I remember hearing , is that Tyra would go to Sunday School, I believe on the church bus, and would invite others to go hear about Jesus, whom she loved. I was in California at the time of her death and was not in touch with Gary. The last time I had seen Gary was 1956. My heart still aches for him and Tyra’s Mother. So very sorry for their continued loss.

By: Patrick Kerrigan

Patrick Kerrigan — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:04:23 +0000

Kanno, another website seems to say that she was chained to a tree. Your story or maybe a commenter said she was buried in a shallow grave.

I wonder if James Harris was ever connected to any other kidnappings in the Dallas area.

By: Lea Ann Benge

Lea Ann Benge — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:53:33 +0000

Tyra was a playmate of mine when they lived in Mixon. This made me realize that monsters really do exist and in human form. She was a special child.

By: L Blalack

L Blalack — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 01:29:25 +0000

I think of Tyra every day because this precious 6year old was my cousin daughter,and had 6 precious years as my daughter was 3 months younger and they loved to play together.Was such a sad time,we all miss her so very much.RIP SWEET TYRA.

By: Gina Tuley

Gina Tuley — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 01:00:42 +0000

Hi Kanon-
I was searching the Internet to read about Ashley Estelle, Christi Meeks, etc….and found your write up here.
I lived in The Cascade Apartments in 1974…but I never remember hearing this little girl’s name.
Yet strangely, I remember having heard the perpetrator’s name.
Such a sad and sickening story. ?

By: Lucia Massey

Lucia Massey — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 01:14:11 +0000

Father, grant peace to this precious child’s family.

By: Charles C. Lee

Charles C. Lee — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 06:32:18 +0000

I remember this incident well as I was one of the MPD Officers that worked to guard the scene where she was found. He lived in the apartment above hers. He had buried her body In a shallow grave and had returned to move her body. His pickup truck was recognized and reported being parked in an odd location, where there were only trees.

By: Brenda Rone

Brenda Rone — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:31:50 +0000

Bless this Family Always.

By: Jett Allred

Jett Allred — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:38:07 +0000

I had never heard of this before today. Probably because it happened before I moved to Mesquite. Both my girls attended Hanby Elementary and my younger daughter was in the same class as Christi Lynn Meeks. Her disappearance really affected me, and instilled a fear that remains to this day. I pray nothing like this ever happens again in Mesquite, Tx.