Carlie Trent is just nine years old and in a newly-released video she talks about her sister getting a flu shot—a poignant contrast with the current dramatic search for the kidnapped child.
The video was released by TBI on May 9.
Carlie talks about her sister getting off school early because she had to get a flu shot. “She just got home now from the store and her flu shot,” she said.
Carlie has not been seen since she was signed out of her Rogersville, Tenn., school during the afternoon hours of May 4 by her uncle, Gary Simpson, 57, who has no current custodial rights to Carlie. Authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest for kidnapping.
Carlie’s mother has said she doesn’t know why Simpson would take Carlie.
Authorities issued an amber alert and have been searching on the ground and in the air, according to Josh DeVine, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) public information officer.
“We will not rest at TBI until we bring resolution to this, until we find her and reunite her with her family,” said DeVine.
