What Happened to Tiffany Sessions?

Much like the case of Julie Love (which I wrote about here), the disappearance of Tiffany Sessions is etched in my mind as an indelible memory from the 1980s, helped in part by the fact that Tiffany Sessions and I were the same age and both college students at the time.

Tiffany disappeared from Gainesville, Florida, the same town that would be rocked by serial killer Danny Rolling a year and a half after her disappearance. The Gainesville Ripper’s (as Rolling was dubbed by the overzealous media) crimes and capture would take much of the national news away from Tiffany.

Tiffany was a student at the University of Florida, a junior majoring in finance. A serious student with a 3.5 GPA, she was twenty years old that February of 1989 and a pretty girl with blonde hair and brown eyes. Known for her quick smile, she was considered warm and friendly, always willing to help. She had begun a new exercise routine after Christmas break, around the beginning of her second semester, and typically took a power walk daily around five o’clock. She left her residence at the Casablanca East Condominiums shortly before five, telling her roommate she was going to take her normal walk. She was dressed in red sweatpants, a long sleeved white pullover sweatshirt with gray stripes, and Reeboks and carrying a black Walkman. The only other item Tiffany had with her was her ladies…