Amanda Maria Crawford, also known as Jade, was 33 when she was last seen in Cookeville, Tennessee, on August 15, 2015. She stood about 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 5 inches, weighed roughly 140 to 145 pounds, had brown hair and brown eyes, and several distinctive tattoos: a flower across her shoulders, butterflies on her left arm, and a fairy either on her stomach or right arm. Amanda was in regular contact with her young son, but those communications stopped suddenly.

At the time of her disappearance Amanda had recently married James Willis Pharis and the couple were living in his camper at the Twin Lakes Catfish Farm and Campground near Baxter in Putnam County. Pharis, later arrested for driving under the influence on September 11, 2015, was not with Amanda at that arrest and gave no useful information about her whereabouts. A formal missing person report was not filed until June 2016, and the delay has been described as hampering early search efforts. Pharis has denied knowing what happened to Amanda.

Anyone who knew Amanda’s movements in August 2015, or who saw her at the campground or elsewhere in Putnam County, is asked to come forward with information.