A 16-year-old Knoxville girl has not been seen or heard from in more than two weeks after leaving her Inskip home and later losing contact with her mother, according to a new alert from East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers. Paietences Crenshaw-Kyle left home around noon on October 18 and spoke with her mother by phone the following night around 9 p.m., but nothing since then has been confirmed about her whereabouts.
The organization’s Facebook post, shared Wednesday, says Crenshaw-Kyle was last seen wearing a tan Nike hoodie and yellow shorts. According to East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers, she has not been seen or heard from since that October 19 call with her mother.
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This is not the first time Crenshaw-Kyle, also known as Terry’onna, has gone missing from the Knoxville area. The earlier Hoodline report noted she had previously been reported missing in late December 2025 and was later spotted on January 7, 2026, getting off a KAT bus near West High School. That same report said she had also been reported missing by her aunt on August 27 after last being seen near the Knoxville Botanical Gardens, and it is unclear how that earlier episode relates to her current disappearance.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation maintains a statewide missing-children page that links to active AMBER Alerts and Endangered Children Alerts, as well as other missing Tennessee children that law enforcement agencies are working to locate with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s assistance. It is not known whether an alert has been issued specifically in Crenshaw-Kyle’s case. The search for the Inskip teenager continues.
