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Please help us and only call if you have direct, specific information about the disappearance of Summer. Moving forward, we ask the public not to submit tips as a result of a video you have viewed on YouTube or a theory you’ve seen posted on Facebook. This has had a major impact on the investigation. However, we are also aware that some individuals are using this case for their own personal gain by spreading false information on social media posed as facts. We know that this case has attracted the attention of many across the country who genuinely care about Summer and want nothing more than to help find answers, and we appreciate the interest. The vast majority of those pertain to rumors and speculation. To date, we’ve received well over 2,000 tips. While investigators have been diligently working to find answers, they’ve had to deal with hundreds of tips generated by false information that – in some cases – has been intentionally spread across social media platforms. That does not count the hundreds of phone calls made to follow up on tips reported to law enforcement that were the result of non-factual information posted on social media. TBI agents, working alongside the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI, have conducted nearly 170 interviews during the investigation. Those searches don’t account for the numerous other targeted searches that agents and detectives have done while following up on potential leads.įrom TBI alone, more than 100 agents, intelligence analysts, and support staff from across the state have been involved in this case. Three large-scale ground searches have taken place in the last year with the assistance of more than a hundred local, state, and federal agencies. This includes the social media accounts of those associated with Summer. Cell phone data has been analyzed, and any other available digital evidence has been collected, searched, and documented. Numerous search warrants have been executed. We can tell you that agents and detectives have worked thousands of hours on this case. Many of you have asked for details about what’s been done in the last year. All possibilities are still being explored. There are few clues as to what happened to Summer despite investigators doing everything within their power to find answers. We’ve said from the beginning that this case is outside of the norm. At that time, no one imagined we would still be searching for her a year later. on June 15, 2021, Summer Wells was reported missing from her home on Ben Hill Road in the Beech Creek Community of Hawkins County. UPDATED 6/15/22 – At approximately 6:30 p.m.