Episode 21 - The Open Basement Door

How can a five-year-old girl disappear from a home filled with family members without a trace? The search for Summer Wells has been exhaustive and extensive, yet without any significant leads.

The story that unfolds after her bizarre disappearance has led to uncontrollable online rumors that point fingers at the people who should have loved her more than anyone in the world.

If you know anything about the disappearance of Summer Wells, call the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office at 423-272-7121 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or email tipstotbi@tn.gov.

This week, we're drinking Broken Anchor's Chardonnay.

Listen to Episode 21: The Open Basement Door

SOURCES:

• AMBER Alert – Summer Wells

• Find Summer Wells

• June 2021 to now: Timeline of the search for Summer Wells

• PARENTS IN DISTRESS Who are Summer Wells’ parents?

• #TNAMBERAlert: New information and growing concern about the well-being of Summer Wells has us now issuing a statewide AMBER Alert.

• LISTEN: Emergency scanner traffic from night Summer Wells went missing, 911 calls not released

• 'DANGEROUS IN MY HOUSE' Summer Wells’ father reveals ‘her 3 brothers have been removed from home’ six weeks after the 5-year-old went missing

• Summer Wells Disappearance: What Do the Parents Know?

• 'CODE SILENCE' Summer Wells update – Inside the drug-fueled ‘Cornbread Mafia’ that triggered missing girl’s mom to storm off Dr Phil

• What is the Cornbread Mafia? A law enforcement expert’s perspective

• The Cornbread Mafia

• Don Wells Family : Thank You : October 13 2021

• Don Wells Family : Billboards : October 13 2021

• Gag order placed on case involving Wells family children in state custody

• 'Definitely not a cold case': Investigation continues as missing Summers Wells' 7th birthday arrives

• Heartbreaking final pics of missing Summer Wells shared on her 7th birthday

• WHERE'S SUMMER? Chilling details in case of missing Summer Wells – from 5-year-old’s shaved hair to her brothers being removed from home

• Don Wells writes letter to missing daughter Summer Wells

• 'I CAN BARELY BREATHE' Huge Summer Wells update as her father releases letter revealing his worst fears for his missing five-year-old daughter

• Police: Candus Wells reports Don Wells for assault

• Summer Wells’ father speaks out for first time since jail release

• Father of Missing Tenn. Girl Who Vanished a Year Ago Speaks Out After Jail Release

• BRING HER HOME Summer Wells family ‘not cooperating’ as cops return to ‘points of interest’ in day 2 of new search for 6-year-old

• TBI: 2-day search for Summer Wells ends with ‘no significant developments’