Outside, Manny and another associate are supposed to keep watch.

Tammy appears as a blonde woman near the car, momentarily drawing attention away from what is happening inside.

IMDb lists the role as uncredited but specifically identifies her as the distraction during the chainsaw sequence.

Over time, that brief appearance became one of the strangest footnotes in Scarface history.

A young woman seen for seconds in one of the decade’s most famous films would disappear before audiences ever saw the finished movie.

But Tammy’s experience on the set may also have reflected her deteriorating emotional state.

A Breakdown During Filming

According to the Unsolved Mysteries account, Tammy initially seemed to manage the production normally.

She was staying with family friend Walter Liebowitz while working on the film.

Then, on approximately the fourth day, something went wrong.

Liebowitz said he received a call telling him Tammy had suffered what was described as a breakdown on set.

According to his account, Tammy became hysterically upset while watching the filming of a violent scene involving artificial blood.

She was taken to a trailer because her fear and anxiety had become overwhelming.

It is important to distinguish this account from later internet embellishments.

There is no reliable evidence establishing exactly what Tammy saw or why it affected her so intensely.

What is documented through the people interviewed for Unsolved Mysteries is that her behavior deeply concerned those around her.

Liebowitz later advised Tammy’s mother to seek both medical and law-enforcement assistance.

He believed the family needed to determine whether Tammy’s fears had a psychological explanation or whether she genuinely believed someone was pursuing her for a reason.

Tammy left the production and returned home.

The movie continued without her.

Her fear did not disappear.

PART TWO — FEAR, PARANOIA AND THE LAST DAYS BEFORE JULY 6

“Somebody Is Trying to Kill Me”

Once Tammy returned home, the people closest to her saw behavior that was increasingly difficult to explain.

She became more isolated.

Family members said she suspected people were trying to poison her.

According to The Charley Project, she sometimes refused to drink from already-open containers and avoided eating from her own plate because she feared that someone might tamper with her food.

Those details have become central to almost every retelling of the case.

But they must be interpreted carefully.

Fear does not prove that somebody was actually targeting Tammy.

At the same time, paranoia does not automatically prove that every fear was imaginary.

The people around her faced exactly that uncertainty.

Her mother reportedly believed Tammy might have learned something connected to criminal activity in the region, including alleged drug trafficking or money laundering.

According to The Charley Project, Curtis later developed a theory that Tammy had become aware of a significant criminal operation involving influential people.

Police, however, have never publicly endorsed that theory, and investigators reportedly found no record of a police report that Curtis believed Tammy had made concerning such information.

That distinction is essential.

The criminal-conspiracy theory remains a family theory, not an established fact.

The July Breakdown

By early July, Tammy’s behavior became dramatically more alarming.

The precise date differs between some sources.

The current Charley Project summary says that on June 1 she became extremely agitated at home, broke a window with a baseball bat and accused relatives and friends of attempting to poison her.

The archived Unsolved Mysteries account places a major episode on July 1 and describes Tammy smashing windows and attacking family friend Wing Flannagan.

Regardless of the discrepancy in dating, both sources agree on the broader point:

Tammy’s family believed she needed professional evaluation.

Her mother arranged for her to be admitted to a mental-health facility.

She was reportedly held for approximately 72 hours.

Doctors found no evidence of drug or alcohol use.

According to both The Charley Project and Unsolved Mysteries, the evaluation did not produce a clear explanation for her behavior.

That outcome must have been deeply frustrating for the family.

They could see that something was wrong.

Tammy was frightened.

Her behavior had changed dramatically.

But they still did not know why.

Her mother intended to arrange further therapy.

She never got the opportunity.

July 6, 1983

On the morning of July 6, Tammy left the family home in Rockledge.