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U.S. Marshals Searching for Child, Alleged Abductor

May 7, 2016 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article Leave a Comment

KNOXVILLE – The U.S. Marshals are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the safe return of 9-year-old Carlie Trent, and the arrest of her alleged abductor, Gary Simpson.

Simpson, 57, was last seen driving a white 2002 Dodge Conversion Van with Tennessee license plates 173GPS. The van has a dark stripe down the middle with light gold running boards and paint chipping off the hood.

Simpson is a 5-foot-10 white male weighing approximately 157 pounds. He is balding with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown cap, a dark colored shirt and jeans.

The endangered child, Carlie Trent, is a 4-foot-8 white female weighing approximately 75 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Simpson allegedly abducted Carlie Wednesday from her school in Rogersville, Tennessee. He is charged with abduction.

If you have any information regarding the location of Simpson and Trent, please call the U.S. Marshals at 1-800-336-0102, or email [email protected].

Filed Under: Crime News, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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