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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An average of 500 to 600 kids under the age of 18 go missing each month in Tennessee, many due to parental abductions or runaways, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

 

Their smiling faces circulate across social media and on television screens as their parents wait for answers. The wait can be agonizing, but with today’s technology, it’s often not long before the child is found, said Shelly Smitherman, TBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge.

 

“A lot of times historically, it’s the public that has led to the safe resolve of a case,” Smitherman said. “It just takes that one person to see that story or see that face and remember something or realize that they were present or in the area on the day that child disappeared.” 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An average of 500 to 600 kids under the age of 18 go missing each month in Tennessee, many due to parental abductions or runaways, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

 

Their smiling faces circulate across social media and on television screens as their parents wait for answers. The wait can be agonizing, but with today’s technology, it’s often not long before the child is found, said Shelly Smitherman, TBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge.

 

“A lot of times historically, it’s the public that has led to the safe resolve of a case,” Smitherman said. “It just takes that one person to see that story or see that face and remember something or realize that they were present or in the area on the day that child disappeared.” 

Cleveland Police said in a statement that the department is currently investigating a total of 137 missing persons cases — 65 juveniles and 67 adults. Fourteen of those minors are habitual runaways and two others are in the process of being removed from that list, while 16 are considered endangered.

 

Police Chief Wayne Drummond said in June that although missing children cases have spiked 20 per cent this year in Cleveland, 1,020 of the 1,072 children reported missing in 2023 have been found safe and returned to their homes. The department issued a statement on Thursday decrying the misinformation surrounding the recent reports, and adding that the department does not investigate cases in the Akron area.