Three years after Hollynn Snapp disappeared, her case remains an unresolved missing-person investigation. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has renewed its appeal for information, while investigators have said that a person of interest has been identified but no suspect has been named.
Snapp was 19 when she was reported missing in October 2023, according to WJHL. She was reported missing from the Bell Ridge Drive area in Sullivan County, the station reports. WJHL also reported that she was last seen in Kingsport.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation remains involved in the search for Snapp. WJHL reported that an investigator asked anyone with information to come forward.
A Case That Remains Open
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office used the Holly Bobo Act to bring the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into the search for Snapp, according to WJHL. The case remains unresolved, with local and state investigators involved.
According to the same WJHL report, officials said the case remains an active missing-person investigation involving both the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Officials told WJHL that investigators have a person of interest but have not named anyone as a suspect. That distinction leaves the case classified as a missing-person investigation, without a publicly identified suspect.
A Statewide Problem, One Family's Wait
Snapp's case is one of many missing-person cases in Tennessee. Authorities have said nearly 400 people go missing in the state each year, according to WATE. That figure offers little comfort to Snapp's family, whose wait for answers has stretched into a third year.
What the numbers and resources show
National figures distinguish records entered during a year from records still active at year’s end. The FBI reported 533,936 missing-person records entered into the National Crime Information Center in 2024 and 93,447 active records on Dec. 31, 2024; those are different measures, not counts of unique people who went missing that year. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation cautions that the people listed on its missing-persons website do not represent everyone missing in the state, so the list does not establish how many Tennessee cases remain unresolved.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Endangered Young Adult Alerts issued under the Holly Bobo Act are included in its Endangered Child Alert totals; that note does not specify the law’s division of responsibilities between local law enforcement and the TBI. For families seeking general support, NamUs says it provides free forensic services, including DNA analyses, and family DNA collection kits at no cost. That information does not establish that those services are being used in Snapp’s case.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking anyone with information to come forward. Tipsters can reach the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office at 423-279-7330 or contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
