Woman's family in national spotlight

Tre B. Hutcherson

Tiffany Tehan (left) has been missing since Saturday, April 17, 2010. The man standing with her is a person of interest in connection with her disappearance.

Submitted Photo Tiffany Tehan (left) has been missing since Saturday, April 17, 2010. The man standing with her is a person of interest in connection with her disappearance.

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By Kelli Wynn, Staff Writer Updated 6:53 AM Thursday, April 22, 2010

BEAVERCREEK — The Tiffany Tehan disappearance became the latest case to put the Miami Valley in the national spotlight.

News of the missing Xenia wife and mother prompted several national news networks to visit Beavercreek on Wednesday, April 21, where Tehan’s family and Xenia police Cpt. Scott Anger were interviewed at Tehan’s church.

“Good Morning America,” “The Today Show,” “The Early Show,” and MSNBC all provided coverage of Tehan’s disappearance after setting up shop at Patterson Park Church, 3655 E. Patterson Road.

National attention has turned to the Miami Valley in the recent past for notorious cases such as the killing of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia and the 2008 conviction of China Arnold, who was found guilty of killing her baby in a microwave oven.

Anger said he hoped the national news attention would generate more leads on the whereabouts of Tiffany Tehan and a person of interest, Tre B. Hutcherson, 42, of Dayton.

Tiffany Tehan went missing Saturday, April 17, after a solo shopping trip.

“We just miss Tiffany so much and can’t wait to see her again,” her husband David Tehan told “The Early Show” while the couple’s 1-year-old daughter Alexis squirmed on his lap and sucked her thumb.

Chuck Tabor, Tiffany Tehan’s father, talked to CNN’s Nancy Grace on Tuesday night.

During the segment, Grace asked Tabor about any connection Tiffany might have with Hutcherson.

“I did not recognize the man in the picture, and that name is an unfamiliar name,” Tabor said.

Pastor Joe Godwin said he doesn’t know Tiffany Tehan very well, but she has been a member of the church for several years.

Godwin estimates that there have been at least 20,000 fliers distributed telling of Tiffany Tehan’s disappearance. Volunteers have also started to contact hotels along Interstate 75.

“We’re just doing everything we can to find her and bring her home safely,” Godwin said.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2414 or kwynn@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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