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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.
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 SOURCE LINKS
Missing Child Poster
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
ID Crimefeed
Our Black Girls
DA reopens cold case of Tonetta Carlisle, missing since 1989
WTVC NewsChannel 9
Cold Case - Tonetta Yvette Carlisle - WDEF News 12
Remember When, Chattanooga?
The city's downtown riverfront was just a muddy fishing spot
February 25, 2022 by Mark Kennedy
This 1989 photo, which appeared in the Chattanooga News-Free Press, shows an unidentified fisherman enjoying a spring afternoon at a spot near what is now the Tennessee Aquarium property.
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Could this be similar to Jeffrey Jones' vehicle?
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.
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