On a spring afternoon, in 1989, 15-year-old Toneta Carlisle left City High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a smile on her face and a report card full of A's and B's in her backpack.

She was just blocks from her home, the same route

she always took. The afternoon sun was still shining high in the sky, and the weekend was just one

day away. Then, in an instant, she was gone. Two witnesses stopped at a nearby intersection, saw everything.

They watched as several men grab Taneda and forced her into a vehicle before speeding away with her inside.

The witnesses caught the license plate and reported it all to the police.

Two days later, the vehicle was found, but there was absolutely no sign of Taneda.

Now, more than three decades later, her family is still waiting for answers, still hoping

that someone out there will finally come forward.

This isn't a story that made national headlines,

but it should have.

Instead, it shattered a family

and left a community searching for answers

that still have not arrived.

My name is Sarah Reed,

and you're listening to Sequested,

Season 2, Case 1,

The Disappearance of Teneta Carlisle. Tucked between the rolling Appalachian foothills and the winding Tennessee River, Chattanooga in the late 80s was a city with roots.

Neighbors waved as they drove by. Everyone knew each other's names.

Downtown hadn't yet become the bustling, trendy hub that it is today.

On our website, sequesteredpod.com, we've posted a photo of a fisherman sitting on the rocky banks of the Tennessee River.

This photo was taken on March 7, 1989, just nine days before Teneta disappeared.

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