12/14/2025
“DOUBLE DATE.” A BASEBALL FIELD. TWO WOMEN SET ON FIRE. STILL NO JUSTICE.
THE DEATHS OF TANYA MOORE AND TINA RODRIGUEZ
Philadelphia & Middletown, Pennsylvania — June–July 1986
Tanya Moore and Tina Rodriguez were best friends who moved through life together. They lived together. Worked together. And in the end, they were taken together.
Tanya Moore, 31, was described as soft-spoken, spiritual, and reserved. Born Jonathan Streeter in Germantown, she carried herself quietly and carefully. Tina Rodriguez, 27, born Faustino Rodriguez and raised in Camden, New Jersey, was her opposite — bold, outspoken, and hungry for love and attention. Together, they were inseparable.
The two women were well known along 13th Street in Philadelphia, an area locals referred to as “The Stroll.” They had survived violence, prejudice, and hardship — but nothing prepared them for what happened next.
On the night of June 30, 1986, witnesses saw Tanya and Tina get into a light-colored van with two unidentified men. It appeared to be a date. They never returned home.
Three days later, at 12:31 a.m. on July 3, 1986, a passerby noticed flames burning in a baseball field in Middletown, Pennsylvania. When first responders arrived, they discovered two bodies that had been brutally mutilated, dismembered, and set on fire. The victims were identified as Tanya Moore and Tina Rodriguez.
No arrests were made. No suspects were named.
In 1999 — thirteen years later — a man connected to another homicide claimed he had information about the murders. But his attorney negotiated a proffer agreement, granting immunity in exchange for information. Even if names were given, charges could not be filed.
Two women were murdered in an act of extreme violence — and nearly four decades later, no one has been held accountable.
Who were the men in that van, and why were they never identified?
What information was given in 1999 that can never be used in court?
Tanya Moore and Tina Rodriguez were more than the way they died. They were loved. They were known. They mattered — and they deserve justice.
If you have any information, please contact the Middletown Police Department.
