Elizabeth Ann Smith, known to family as Liz, was 39 when she vanished from her Kingsport, Tennessee home in the summer of 1982. The exact date she was last seen is uncertain: one of her sons remembers seeing her in the summer of 1982 or 1983 during warm weather, but no definitive day could be established. At the time she disappeared she was described as a white female, about 5 feet 0 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, 100 to 120 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes and two tattoos, including one on her right ankle.

A lead surfaced later suggesting she may have been alive in Nashville as late as 1989, but that information is described as circumstantial and unclear if it was ever verified. The case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System on May 4, 2018, and a report was filed with the Kingsport Police Department on May 21, 2018. Her disappearance remains unsolved and the family continues to seek answers.

If anyone knew Elizabeth, saw her in the 1980s in Kingsport or Nashville, or has information that could help, please come forward.