Carolina Zoey Hickman was 14 months old when she was last seen in Christiana, Rutherford County, Tennessee, on November 17, 2006. She was described as having red or auburn hair and blue eyes. Her father had been granted sole custody, but the child’s mother took Carolina and left for Chihuahua City, Mexico, in defiance of the court order.

The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation, which was complicated by the international border and the passage of time since Carolina was a toddler. What began as a custody dispute became a parental abduction and a prolonged missing person case that fractured the family and left her father searching for answers.

Are there any readers who lived in Christiana or Chihuahua City in late 2006 who recall seeing a toddler fitting Carolina’s description or who have information that could help locate her?