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Tonetta Carlisle Missing Person Case

Last seen in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Mar 15, 1989

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

Apr 22, 2022

Tonetta

Carlisle

52

15

61 inches

95 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Mar 15, 1989

Chattanooga

Tennessee

Hamilton County

No

26473

Chattanooga Police Department

Chattanooga

Tennessee

Hamilton County

37406

Vincent Holoman

Investigative Sergeant

3410 Amnicola Highway, Tennessee

4236435000

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.chattanooga.gov/police-department

89-25551

1989-03-15

Chattanooga Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

07/26/2026


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DA reopens cold case of Tonetta Carlisle, missing since 1989

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On a spring afternoon in March of 1989, fifteen-year-old Tonetta Carlisle was walking home from school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a journey she had made many times before. It was March 16th, and Tonetta, a freshman at City High School, was just a short distance from her family's residence on Hamilton Avenue. At approximately 2:55 p.m., her walk was abruptly interrupted. Witnesses saw a tan and yellow van pull up alongside the teenager. Several individuals reportedly exited the vehicle, forc ...
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Last Seen: Mar 15, 1989

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