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Elizabeth Smith Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kingsport, Tennessee on Jun 01, 1982

Victim Details

May 04, 2018

Apr 29, 2024

Elizabeth

Smith

83

39

60 inches

65 inches

100 lbs

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jun 01, 1982

Kingsport

Tennessee

Sullivan County

No

32576

Kingsport Police Department

Kingsport

Tennessee

Sullivan County

37660

Martin Taylor

Detective Sergeant

200 Shelby Street, Tennessee

4232299300

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/police-department/

18-015038

2018-05-21

Kingsport Police Department

10655

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

08/04/2026


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In the summer of 1982, a 39-year-old woman named Elizabeth Ann Smith vanished from her home in Kingsport, Tennessee. Known to her loved ones as 'Liz,' she was a mother whose disappearance would leave a void of unanswered questions for decades to come. The circumstances surrounding the last time she was seen are clouded with uncertainty. One of her sons recalls seeing her sometime in 1982 or 1983, during warm weather that suggested it was summer break, but the exact date remains unknown ...
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Last Seen: Jun 01, 1982

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