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TONETTA Y. CARLISLE
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Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Date of Last Contact: March 15, 1989
Missing Age: 15
Current Age: 51
African American Female
5'1" 95 lbs.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISAPPEARANCE
On the afternoon of March 16, 1989, 13-year-old Tonetta Carlisle left Chattanooga City High School and began her short walk home. Just a few hundred feet from her house on Hamilton Avenue, witnesses reported seeing a young girl forced into a tan and yellow vehicle. Tonetta was never found. More than three decades later, her disappearance remains unsolved, with no trace of her ever recovered. She has curly hair, cut short on top and sides, with longer hair in the back, and large almond-shaped eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink blouse with white stripes, a denim skirt, and white tennis shoes. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACTS
If you know anything about the Tonetta Carlisle case, please contact:
Chattanooga Police Department
Phone: (423) 643-2525
Agency Case Number 89-25551
MEDIA AND SOURCES
Missing Child Poster
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
ID Crimefeed
The Charley Project
Our Black Girls
Heard on Episode 1:
Remember when, Chattanooga? The city's downtown rIverfront was just a muddy fishing spot (Chattanooga Free Times Press)
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Pictures of Jeffrey Jones' vehicle have never been released. It's only been shared that it was a Plymouth Colt. Media reports have called the vehicle a tan and yellow van. We did some searching and wonder if this picture could be similar to the suspect's vehicle. This is just a guess on our part, but we found this photo online of a 1986 Dodge Colt Vista. Could this be similar to the vehicle of Jeffrey Jones?
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