Tensley Gross, 18, was last seen leaving her school on EE Wallace Boulevard in Ferriday at about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, wearing a black shirt and tan pants, according to KLFY. Louisiana State Police issued a Bryan’s Call Silver Alert early Thursday on behalf of the Ferriday Police Department, according to the agency’s alert. KLFY reported in an Oct. 15, 2026, update that Gross was located and found safe at 9:50 p.m.
The alert described Gross as 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 154 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and said she might be traveling on foot in an unknown direction. Her family says she has a medical condition that can impair her judgment; state police have not publicly specified the condition. At the time, police had not reported a known direction of travel or additional sightings.
What a Bryan’s Call Silver Alert means
Louisiana State Police says a Silver Alert may be requested for a missing Louisiana-domiciled adult believed to have a cognitive disability when the person’s disappearance poses a credible threat to their health and safety; a separate eligibility route applies to people 60 or older facing such a threat. Bryan’s Call is a designation for a Silver Alert or a Level II Endangered Missing Child Advisory when the missing person is believed to have a developmental or cognitive impairment and is not considered a risk to the public, according to the agency’s alert information.
Bryan Vasquez, a 12-year-old who went missing in New Orleans in 2025 and was later found deceased, is the namesake of Bryan’s Call, the designation described in the agency’s FAQ.
Separate alerts have ended after people were found safe
Louisiana State Police has also reported separate Silver Alerts in which the missing people were located safe: its alert for Cassandra Johnson in New Orleans was canceled in a release published May 23, 2026, and its alert for William Clark in Orleans Parish, first released Sept. 1, was later canceled, according to the agency’s Johnson notice and Clark notice. Those are separate cases and do not indicate an outcome in Gross’s case or establish a statewide trend.
