Dateline NBC - What happened to Teekah Lewis? Preview Dateline: Missing in America Season 4

Episode Date: June 17, 2025

Hey Dateline fans, here’s a special preview of the next episode of Dateline: Missing in America Season 4. In ‘Taking Teekah,’ Josh Mankiewicz delves into the disappearance of 2-year-old Teekah Lewis, who vanished from a bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington, in January 1999, and hasn’t been seen since. Listen to the full episode in the ‘Dateline: Missing in America’ feed – something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities find Teekah. Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3SUphN6Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gEzKW7yke7MOxoYX2Rh44?si=eo69gMtvR_mLQ04D9da0Lw

Hi, I'm Josh Bankowitz with a preview of Dateline Missing in America. In our podcast's fourth season, we share six new unsolved mysteries. And we hope someone listening may have a clue that could help crack one of these cases. Could that someone be you? Here's Dateline, missing in America. You could feel the energy the moment you walked in. Laughter echoed off the walls. The smell of burgers and fries hung in the air. Bowling balls rumbled down lanes, followed by the clatter of pins.

This was a Saturday night in Tacoma, Washington. There were a lot of people there that night. Oh yeah, at least 350. January 23, 1999. The neon sign read, New Frontier Lanes. That glow drew people in on a damp, chilly evening. Teresa Chepesky was one of them. So we get there and we get our shoes and we go to our lanes. Teresa was there with two of her daughters, her boyfriend, some family, and some friends.

And Tika sees the video game. Tika was Teresa's two-year-old. She picked out a game over in the bowling alley's arcade. It was my turn to bowl. And I told my brother and my boyfriend, make sure you watch Tika so nobody, you know, nothing happens to her. Teresa bowled her frame and something did happen. She was gone. That

was more than two decades ago. The search for Tika began that night and it still is not over. My kids have suffered for 26 years not knowing where their sister's been. Thanks for listening. You can search for Dateline Missing in America to start listening to Season 4 and follow us now. For ad-free listening, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple or Spotify.