Missing: Terry Lynn Tersak

"Her dad kept telling me she is probably hiding from bill collectors. He acted like she's been known to disappear," [Jamie] Pendergraft said. "I begged him to call the police. He kept asking me not to call, and I didn't know who to call. I was only 22 at the time."

Read the article, "Police seek help finding a Raleigh woman missing since 2009," By Thomasi McDonald, tmcdonald@newsobserver.com, 919-829-4533.

Terry is best described as an extremely pleasant and caring, eccentric genius. There are no limits to the number of behaviors she can display. Her favorite color is blue, with a special fondness for baby blue. She is very, very tiny, but her build is perfectly proportioned.

Her real height and weight is often stated incorrectly. When barefoot and soaking wet she is 4' 11 1/2". She hates being less than five feet tall. So with her walking shoes on and fluffed up hair, she can claim 5' 1" tall and usually says that is her height.

She uses natural Henna Powder and Red Zinger Tea to color her hair. The Henna is a mixture of equal parts of Red, Burgundy and Auburn Henna. It takes five boxes of Red Zinger to do one batch of her hair color. Her roots will show a lot of gray, maybe more than 50%.

In the 10+ years I have known her the only time she has been anywhere near 100 lbs. was full term pregnant with her son. She was 101 lbs. the week before she delivered him. Her normal weight -- after a big meal -- is about 85 lbs. Terry can literally jump out of size zero jeans. She has been known to wear her son's size 3T shorts and they look really good on her. And needless to say, she's not shy.

The photo series below are Terry in her "performing" outfits. It is very unlikely that you will see her outside in the daylight hours. The most likely location she is going to be seen in will be in a strip club, where she will be working as a stripper. Terry has been a stripper for most of her adult life and is a stripper by her free choice and for no other reason.

The fact that her preferred profession is stripping should not in any way sway your thoughts as to her intelligence. Anyone that has worked with her in her advocacy work -- including preeminent authorities on the subject matter she dealt with -- can confirm the fact that she is one of the most brilliant and kindhearted people you will ever encounter.

Although Terry dropped out of school she returned to complete High School (G.E.D. Graduation Photo to the right) and continued onward with her education and dreams. Despite her earlier lifestyle and association choices that tried to keep her down, she managed to rise above all of it.

As the world renown Geophysicists, Sociologists, Attorneys and Professors who did Live Radio Shows with Terry will attest, she has amazing presence of mind and remarkable command of language (including the use of many words with more than three syllables). This made her a favorite of many to do talk shows with as her quick and concise responses to impromptu questions are always impressive.

Though many of her familiars and some of the investigators on her case do say she wasn't and isn't a stripper, it is the plain truth about her. And of those familiars saying she wasn't a stripper? Some of the most vocal were in fact most responsible for helping her break into stripping to begin with and/or were working right along with her all those years.

These familiars were also major influences in convincing Terry to abandon other career paths and remain a stripper. They may also want (or maybe need) to conceal that Terry dated several of her familiars and strip club "customers." Some of those "customers" were either the siblings or children or close mutual friends of her familiars. It is likely her "customers" are who Terry went to after leaving Asheville.

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Probation Record: Terry Lynn Tersak: North Carolina Department Of Public Safety

Initially Terry's probation for her 2007 drug conviction was somehow put under her maiden name. The questions as to how her probation record, created in Johnson County NC, failed to match her name on her state issued photo identification, IRS or her Social Security Administration records and why no one verified her Asheville address remain unanswered by all of the aforementioned agencies.

Misrepresentations and Hacking Against the Tersak Family:

A person or persons have been calling and emailing various locations, including their son's autism service providers claiming to be any of the following:

• Terry's sister (Terry does not have any sisters and her only brother is Chris),


• a person with permission from Terry and/or Stefan Tersak to access information regarding them or their child,


• an officer of the court seeking information from their son's service providers.

None of them have been able to produce a release of information from either parent, a lawful subpoena or court order for the requested information or proof of their claimed identity. None over the past 6+ years have made any effort to contact either parent to request a release of information from them.

Additionally, over the past decade numerous hacks into both Stefan and Terry's email accounts have occurred. In most of these cases the hackers have sent emails through the Tersak's accounts stating that Stefan or Terry has passed away. At this time those sending the fraudulent emails have not been positively identified.

If you know the identity of or can provide the contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) of those fraudulently claiming to be or claiming to represent Terry or Stefan Tersak, or their son, please contact us immediately. Anyone seeking information about any of the Tersaks should be challenged to provide verifiable identification.