AMBER Alert SUMMER WELLS: Missing from Rogersville, TN - 15 June 2021 - Age 5

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AMBER Alert: Search continues for missing 5-year-old Summer Wells

Sheriff’s Office officials are asking for help in locating her.
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AMBER Alert issued for missing 5-year-old out of Hawkins Co.​

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide AMBER Alert for a missing 5-year-old girl from Rogersville in Hawkins County Wednesday morning.

Officials with the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to WVLT News that Summer Moon-Utah Wells went missing Tuesday night. Sheriff’s Office officials are asking for the public’s help locating the child.

Summer Wells has blonde hair and was last seen wearing grey shorts and a pink shirt on Ben Hill road, officials said. She has been missing since 7 p.m. Tuesday.

TBI officials said Summer Wells may now have shorter hair than that pictured in earlier alerts.


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SUMMER WELLS has been missing from Rogersville, #TENNESSEE since 15 June 2021 - Age 5

Summer was last seen walking away from her home on Ben Hill Road, off Beech Creek Road, at around 7 p.m.
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‘There’s still more questions than answers’ | TBI says investigators won’t give up search for Summer Wells

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) released a video updating the public on the latest in the search for missing five-year-old Summer Wells. TBI Public …
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‘There’s still more questions than answers’ | TBI says investigators won’t give up search for Summer Wells​

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) released a video updating the public on the latest in the search for missing five-year-old Summer Wells.

TBI Public Information Officer Leslie Earhart said the investigation into the Hawkins County child’s disappearance is ongoing.

“Unfortunately, there’s still more questions than answers,” Earhart said. “But we haven’t given up, and we won’t.”

Earhart said the TBI and the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office are working daily to find Summer.

“We’re still looking, still searching, still following tips,” Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said in the video. “One thing that we need to do is preserve the integrity of this case because we can’t tell everything we’re doing, we can’t tell everything we know, and a lot of the stuff that we get called on, we’ve already done several times.”

Investigators are still combing through hundreds of tips, but the TBI says tips that stem from social media are slowing efforts to find Summer.


 
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Summer Wells case to be featured Wednesday on 'In Pursuit with John Walsh'

“In Pursuit with John Walsh” will feature an episode Wednesday evening on 5-year-old Summer Wells who was reported missing from her home in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County
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Summer Wells case to be featured Wednesday on 'In Pursuit with John Walsh'​

“In Pursuit with John Walsh" will feature an episode Wednesday evening on 5-year-old Summer Wells who was reported missing from her home in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County on June 15.

The Summer Wells episode of “In Pursuit with John Walsh” airs Wednesday, September 29 at 10 p.m. on the Investigation Discovery network.
 

Rumors on social media are derailing search for missing Summer Wells, officials say​

Summer Wells vanished from her family’s home in rural Tennessee more than three months ago. The circumstances surrounding the 5-year-old’s disappearance garnered national headlines, and law enforcement spent weeks combing the back country for any sign of her.

The case is far from cold, law enforcement said, but it’s no longer the rugged, mountainous terrain that’s derailing search efforts — it’s a slew of misinformation circulating on social media.

“We want to urge you only to share information from official sources,” Leslie Earhart with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said in an update Thursday. “The misinformation and speculation simply don’t help the case. Our teams continue to sift through hundreds of tips and it turns out most of them are rooted in rumors and bad information spread on social media.”

“We’re still looking, still searching, we’re still following tips,” Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said Thursday. “One thing that we need to do is preserve the integrity of this case because we can’t tell everything we’re doing. We can’t tell everything we know.”


Summer’s case is not the first to face interference from social media and web sleuths.

True crime has attracted the masses for decades with shows such as “20/20,” “Dateline” and “America’s Most Wanted.” That fascination has seemingly grown in the age of podcasts with hits such as “Serial” and “Crime Junkie.”

“True crime is everywhere,” Kelli Boling, a researcher at the University of South Carolina who studies true crime audiences, told Time last year. “When you watch the nightly newscast, you’re watching true crime. What makes the genre special is that it turns those facts into a narrative, a really strong story.”

The problem is that audiences often forget the impact reliving these crimes has on the victim’s families, Time reported.
 
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Search for Summer Wells: Reward has surpassed $40,000

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – According to a post from the Church Hill Rescue Squad (CHRS), the reward for information that leads to the location of Rogersville 5-year-old Summer Wells has p…
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Search for Summer Wells: Reward has surpassed $40,000​

According to a post from the Church Hill Rescue Squad (CHRS), the reward for information that leads to the location of Rogersville 5-year-old Summer Wells has passed $40,000.

“As of September 27, 2021 the Summer Wells Reward Fund total is $40,355.00,” the post states. “This total is from the two large donations of $35,000.00 at the beginning of the reward fund. The rest is from the contributions that were made either directly to the bank and/or mailed to our agency.”

The Church Hill Rescue Squad maintains the fund, planning to grant it to anyone with information that leads to Summer’s rescue or recovery. CHRS staff also mentioned that further total updates would be released as the fund reaches later milestones.

If Summer Wells is not located and funds are not awarded to a member of the community by Dec. 31, then the funds will then be donated to the Child’s Advocacy Center.
 
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‘In Pursuit with John Walsh’ to cover search for Summer Wells Wednesday night, call for tips

According to a Facebook post by the show, “In Pursuit with John Walsh” will feature an episode outlining the circumstances and current knowledge surrounding Summer’s disappearance…
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‘In Pursuit with John Walsh’ to cover search for Summer Wells Wednesday night, call for tips​

As the reward for information on Summer Wells’ location increases and investigators continue to follow leads, a national investigation icon will throw his weight behind the effort to locate the Rogersville 5-year-old who has been missing since June 15.

According to a Facebook post by the show, “In Pursuit with John Walsh” will feature an episode outlining the circumstances and current knowledge surrounding Summer’s disappearance on Wednesday at 10 p.m. EST, as well as a call for credible tips to their own “In Pursuit” hotline and web form.
 
VIDEO AT LINK. (same trail posted on the video on the family website earlier in the thread)

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Father of missing five-year-old Summer Wells shows trail where he believes his daughter went missing

Don Wells invited WVLT to his home, sharing where and how he believes Summer Wells was abducted.
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Father of missing five-year-old Summer Wells shows trail where he believes his daughter went missing​

It’s been more than three months since the disappearance of five-year-old Summer Wells. Don Wells invited WVLT to come to his home in Rogersville to show in detail what he thinks happened to his daughter.

Wells says he believes someone came through a wooded trail near the family home and took Summer.

”We don’t know if someone was waiting in the basement or if she come outside here and went to the swing or possibly back up there to grandma’s. We don’t know. All we know is that she went down the basement. That’s the only thing we know. To play with her toys,” shared Wells.

He said the basement door at their home was typically left open or unlocked.

“The boys a lot of times would leave this unlocked and wide open a bunch of times, and we’d get on them a lot and tell them ‘you can’t do that’ but we’d always find it open a bunch of times. We tried to control that but we couldn’t control that 100 percent of the time,” says Wells.

From there, Wells shared he feels Summer was carried down a steep and rugged trail, just a few feet away from the house.

Don says while this was happening, he was at work, his sons were inside the home and Summer’s mother and grandmother were outside of the home facing away from the basement door.

“Well I think whoever grabbed her probably had her mouth covered, and I think she was gasping for air by the time she got somewhere down here because our neighbor heard a scream. A really funny scream and she’s been telling us that all along,” says Wells.

Don says search dogs lost Summer’s scent once the trail ended at the road. From there he says he believes someone put his daughter in a car and drove off.



“The dogs had a pretty good trail that tracked for a little while, but then it disappeared. They lost scent when it came to the road. Sometimes K-9′s will lose the scent when it changes different types, where they maybe went from the gravel to the pavement,” says Lawson.

Sheriff Lawson also spoke to us about the report of a scream heard by a neighbor.

“Best I recall it’s been a couple months ago and I think that was unfounded,” shared Lawson.
 
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Summer Wells' parents to appear on Dr. Phil to share what they know about her disappearance

Donald and Candace Wells will appear in an upcoming episode of Dr. Phil, although the air date hasn’t yet been released.
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Summer Wells' parents to appear on Dr. Phil to share what they know about her disappearance​

Donald and Candace Wells will appear in an upcoming episode of Dr. Phil, although the air date hasn’t yet been released.

Kristen Nuss, who is media supervisor for Dr. Phil, contacted the Review last week seeking permission to use headline cutouts from earlier new articles to create their own headline graphic.

Nuss said, “Dr. Phil will be covering the case of Summer Wells’ disappearance. The five-year old went missing in June in Tennessee and hasn’t been seen since. Her parents will be on our show to share what they know and to get the public’s help in locating their little girl. We would like to include your headlines in a tape piece introducing Summer’s parents.”

When the Review responded and asked when the show would be taped and aired, Nuss relied, “We haven’t taped the show yet so we do not have an air date at this time.”


A Candlelight Vigil for Summer Wells will be held on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at Crockett Springs Park in Rogersville.

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Parents of missing 5-year-old Summer Wells set up YouTube channel

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The parents of missing 5-year-old Summer Wells have started a YouTube channel in hopes that it will help in the search for their missing daughter. “Hi, th…
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The channel, which is run by Donald Wells and Candus Bly, is utilized to keep the public updated with the latest developments in the search for Summer, and is also another way to help spread the word that she is missing.

The family also has a website, Find Summer Wells.com.

The Amber alert for Summer is still active and will remain that way until she is found.
 
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Summer Wells reward fund tops $58,000

CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (WJHL) — The reward fund for missing Hawkins County 5-year-old Summer Wells has surpassed $58,000. The Church Hill Rescue Squad announced Wednesday that the reward fund stood at …
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Summer Wells reward fund tops $58,000​

The reward fund for missing Hawkins County 5-year-old Summer Wells has surpassed $58,000.

The Church Hill Rescue Squad announced Wednesday that the reward fund stood at $58,634. That includes two donations totaling $35,000 that were made when the reward fund was created. The remaining funds came from contributions made at the bank or mailed to the rescue squad.

The reward fund total has increased by around $18,000 over the past month. The fund stood at $40,423 on Oct 5.

After creating the reward fund in June, the rescue squad planned to donate the funds to the Child Advocacy Center if no tips resulted in the return or recovery of Wells after six months. However, the agency recently decided to extend the date to next June.
 
Well, I have not watched anything yet but pretty sure it is fact as my mom is seeing it as well but apparently Don Wells was arrested for DUI and just recently bonded out.

I am so far beyond knowing what I think in this case any longer and did hit the point a long time ago I started having some sympathy for these parents as the attacks are so bad out there but then you see something like this. People are going to rip into this one no doubt.

Also, it is probably on here, I don't look at this one much but in case it isn't, they also are going on Dr. Phil, mom and dad, and people are going on about that. I assume it was already taped and will air in November.

Anyhow, this is a recent arrest. I am going to go watch something about it now to see what the facts are. I'll try to find a decent one and link it.
 
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Well, I have not watched anything yet but pretty sure it is fact as my mom is seeing it as well but apparently Don Wells was arrested for DUI and just recently bonded out.

I am so far beyond knowing what I think in this case any longer and did hit the point a long time ago I started having some sympathy for these parents as the attacks are so bad out there but then you see something like this. People are going to rip into this one no doubt.

Also, it is probably on here, I don't look at this one much but in case it isn't, they also are going on Dr. Phil, mom and dad, and people are going on about that. I assume it was already taped and will air in November.

Anyhow, this is a recent arrest. I am going to go watch something about it now to see what the facts are. I'll try to find a decent one and link it.
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‘A stupid decision’: Wells family releases statement after father of Summer Wells arrested on DUI charge

UPDATE: Hawkins County Jail officials told News Channel 11 that Donald Wells is no longer in custody when asked if he had been released on bail. No arraignment dates or arrest reports have been rel…
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