MCKENZIE, Tenn. — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office located a missing 20-year-old woman safe on Monday afternoon, ending a search that began after she left her home the night before. The woman, Alissa Lillian Saxton, was reported missing after she left her residence on Clay Hill Road at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1.
The sheriff’s office had put out a public appeal earlier on Monday asking for help finding her. WBBJ, which first reported the search, published the sheriff’s office description: Saxton is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs about 110 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black pants and a black T-shirt.
One detail made the search more urgent. Saxton was not wearing her glasses when she left, and she is almost blind without them. Officials asked anyone who had seen her or who knew anything about where she might be to call the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at (731) 986-8947.
By about 3:30 p.m. Central on Monday, WBBJ updated its report to say the sheriff’s office had located Saxton safe. The updates did not say where she was found or what led deputies to her, and the sheriff’s office had not released further details in the reports available Monday evening.
Missing-person appeals like this one often depend on how quickly the public sees them. Local television, social media and word of mouth spread the description within hours. It was not clear from Monday’s reports whether a tip played a role in locating her.
The search was one of several West Tennessee public-safety stories on Monday. Anyone with questions about the case can contact the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office directly, since it is the agency that handled the search and will have any additional information it decides to release.
Raw 100.5 will update this story if the sheriff’s office provides more detail. For now, the key facts are simple: a young woman who is nearly blind without her glasses left home on a Sunday night, a community was asked to help, and by Monday afternoon she was safe.