700 Days Since Summer Wells Went Missing from Her Hawkins County Home, TBI is Still Investigating

700 Days Since Summer Wells Went Missing from Her Hawkins County Home, TBI is Still Investigating

Today marks 700 days since an Amber Alert was issued for Hawkins County then 5 year-old Summer Wells.

Summer was reported missing on June 15th in 2021 and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued Endangered Child Alert which became an Amber Alert a day later.

TBI took to Twitter on February 4, Summer’s seventh birthday, to let the public know they are still investigating.

Don Wells, Summer’s Dad, told TBI he believed she had been abducted but TBI still has no evidence to confirm that.

TBI looking for a red Toyota Tacoma with a full-bed ladder rack and white buckets in the bed that was reported in the area which could have information about Summer’s disappearance but no leads have panned out.

It was learned Don Wells’ had been arrested on domestic assault charges in 2020. In October of 2021, he was arrested for driving under the influence and pleaded guilty to a DUI charge, he was sentenced to 11 months and 29, he has now been released.

Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.