Jose Fernandez Pineda, a 28-year-old Hispanic man from Knoxville, Tennessee, was last seen on April 15, 2026, when he left his Karns-area residence at about 8:30 PM. He drove away in his vehicle and did not communicate with friends or family afterward, which was out of character. Concern grew over the following two weeks and a friend reported him missing to the Knoxville Police Department on April 30, 2026.

The Knoxville Police Department entered his case into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as MP160928. Jose is described as 5 feet 4 inches and about 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The friend who filed the report was uncertain of Jose’s intended destination, and no further details about his movements that evening were provided.

If anyone in the Karns area or greater Knoxville saw Jose, his vehicle, or has information about where he might have been headed on April 15, please come forward.