{"id":917937,"date":"2026-07-06T22:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/fbi-joins-search-for-tennessee-girl-summer-wells-5\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:14:21","slug":"fbi-joins-search-for-tennessee-girl-summer-wells-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/fbi-joins-search-for-tennessee-girl-summer-wells-5\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Joins Search for Tennessee Girl Summer Wells, 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"top\">\n<p><main><\/p>\n<section id=\"primary\">\n<article id=\"post-382134\">\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FBI JOINS SEARCH FOR TENNESSEE GIRL SUMMER WELLS, 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JNFd8sIPtBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Grace investigates the baffling disappearance of five-year-old Summer Wells, who vanished from her rural Hawkins County, Tennessee home in a matter of mere minutes. Alongside an expert panel\u2014Nancy dissects the highly unusual layout of the home, specifically focusing on the narrow staircase into the basement where Summer slept. By analyzing walkthrough footage obtained by <em>The Interview Room<\/em>\u2018s Chris McDonough and scrutinizing the parents\u2019 highly detailed yet conflicting timelines, the panel evaluates the chilling probability of an outside abduction versus an inside tragedy. With a $10,000 reward offered for Summer\u2019s safe return, this intensive breakdown cuts through local rumors to keep the active search for Summer Wells alive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joining Nancy Grace today:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chris McDonough<\/strong>\u2013 (St. George, UT) Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective in Oceanside, CA, has worked over 300 Homicides in 25 year career, Host of YouTube channel, \u201cThe Interview Room,\u201d where Chris walked through the Wells\u2019 home with Summer\u2019s mother, Candus Bly<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Powers \u2013 <\/strong>(Tennessee)\u202fCriminal Defense Attorney, Facebook: Legal Powers\u00a0PLLC,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brian Fitzgibbons \u2013 <\/strong>(Plymouth, MA)\u202fDirector of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, Leads a team of investigators specializing in locating missing persons, former Marine and Iraq war veteran,\u00a0Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kristen Quon<\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>(Bristol, VA) News Anchor at News 5 WCYB, X: KristenQuon, Facebook: Kristen Quon WCYB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Mack \u2013 <\/strong>(AL) Crime Stories Investigative Reporter<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/p><\/div>\n<p> Crime Online Staff<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeonline.com\/2026\/06\/12\/fbi-joins-search-for-tennessee-girl-summer-wells-5\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Grace investigates the baffling disappearance of five-year-old Summer Wells, who vanished from her rural Hawkins County, Tennessee home in a matter of mere minutes. Alongside an expert panel\u2014Nancy dissects the highly unusual layout of the home, specifically focusing on the narrow staircase into the basement where Summer slept. By analyzing walkthrough footage obtained by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,4493],"tags":[5460,6306],"class_list":["post-917937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-joins","category-search","tag-joins","tag-search"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}