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TONETTA YVETTE CARLISLE

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Left: Tonetta Carlisle around the time she disappeared; and Right: Age progression to 40 years old
Missing since March 16, 1989
DOB: August 28, 1973

Tonetta Carlisle was 15 years old when she disappeared. She was walking home from City High School, where she was a freshman, to her family's house in the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue. 

Around 3:00pm on March 16, 1989, Tonetta was seen walking a half block from home, on Ruth Avenue. A woman glanced up the hill and saw several people jump out of a tan and yellow car with Tennessee tag LKH-920. The woman watched as they pulled Tonetta into the car and sped away. 

The woman and her husband chased the car and called police with the license number. 

Eight hours later, after Tonetta failed to return home from school, her mother filed a missing child report. The two cases were not immediately connected. 

The license number of the car involved in the abduction traced back to convicted rapist Jeffrey Jones. Jones killed himself two days after Tonetta's disappearance. 

Tonetta Carlisle is a black female, with black hair and brown eyes, 5'11", 95 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen wearing a pink and white striped blouse, a denim skirt and white sneakers. 

Original Investigating Agency: Chattanooga Police Department
If you have information on this case, please use the form below or call the cold case hotline:   423-209-7470

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