The investigation into how two Clarksville teens came to be in Russellville, Kentucky, remains ongoing, and Metro Nashville Police have not publicly identified the man who reportedly let them stay at his home, WSMV reported. Amaya Allen and Zidan Leotaud, both 15, were found after five days missing and have returned to their families, the station reported.
Allen and Leotaud were reported missing on October 8. WSMV reported that Char Peavie, Allen’s grandmother, said the teens were seen getting off a bus at Stratford STEM Magnet School in Nashville but did not go to class. Peavie told the station that the family received a location alert after Allen turned on her iPad.
Peavie told WSMV that Allen left with Leotaud because she feared her family would not accept him. She said a man picked up the teens and let them stay at his home before they went on to Kentucky. Metro Nashville Police have not publicly identified the man, the station reported.
The article’s broader figures provide context, not details about the Allen investigation: FindBethany.org reports that 500 to 600 children are reported missing in Tennessee each month, while the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that runaway youth accounted for 92% of missing-child reports nationally and that it supported 32,167 missing-children cases in 2025, resolving 90% of them.
What missing-child data show
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says approximately 600 missing children per month are entered into the NCIC by local law enforcement agencies. That figure describes monthly entries, not resolution outcomes; the national resolution figure cited above is not a Tennessee-specific rate.
