Mercedes Powers was 17 when she was last seen in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, on December 17, 2025. Authorities describe her as a white female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, about 147 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Investigators entered her case into national and state missing-child systems; the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children assigned case number 2072571 and law-enforcement records list NCIC number M338719069. A missing-child poster from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added a notable detail: Mercedes was believed to be in the Obion County area of Tennessee. Obion County lies in the northwest of the state, distant from Lawrenceburg in southern Middle Tennessee, and officials have not publicly explained what led them to focus on that region.

The record remains limited, so even a single recollection that once seemed minor — a sighting, conversation, ride, online interaction, or other encounter — could change the picture. Anyone with information about Mercedes’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Lawrenceburg Police Department at 931-762-2276, the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND, the NCMEC 24-hour line at 1-800-843-5678, or to call 911 if she is seen.