ECSO Press Release: On August 30, 2010 the Escambia Sheriff’s Office responded to 6101 Chicago Ave in reference to a missing person. Contact was made with William McShane (37) who stated that his daughter was missing. McShane stated to deputies that he had been separated from his wife, Alicia McShane for several years. He stated that on 7/27/10 he found out that his wife had died in June in Mobile Al. McShane stated he located his son in Pensacola who was in the custody of his wife’s friend and retrieved him. McShane stated that no one seemed to know the whereabouts of his daughter, eleven year old Tia McShane. William McShane stated that Tia is confined to a wheelchair and has cerebral palsy.
Friends told McShane that the mother had placed the child in foster care in Alabama due to the medical needs of the child. Attempts to locate the child by way of the Department of Children and Families, Social Security Office and the Medicare Office met with no results.Escambia Sheriff Missing Person’s Investigator Troy Brown was assigned the case and contacted the Alabama Department of Human Resources who advised that the father would need to file a petition with DFC in Florida to legally locate his daughter. Mr. McShane advised that he would go that route and contact the Sheriff’s Office at a later date if the search turned up nothing.
On 09/27/2010 Mr. McShane contacted the Sheriff’s Office and advised that Alabama had no record of Tia in their system. Investigator Brown and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had contacted the Alabama Bureau of Investigation who advised that Tia was not in any legal foster care in their state. She is also not in any type of legal foster care in Florida.The child was last seen living on Continental Court in Pensacola around the fall of 2006. Her Medicaid has not been used since 2006 and this was the last time a doctor visit was made.
Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Tia or have any information that may help investigators with this case are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 436-9620 and get in contact with Investigator Brown. If the caller wishes to remain anonymous they can call Crime Stoppers at 433-STOP.