Missing Trenny Lynn Gibson Trenny, approximately 1976 Date reported missing : 10/08/1976 Missing location (approx) : Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 08/17/1960 (60) Age at the time of disappearance: 16 years old Height / Weight : 5'3, 115 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue blouse, a blue and white striped sweater, a borrowed brown plaid heavy jacket, blue jeans, blue Adidas shoes and a diamond and star sapphire ring. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Trenny accompanied 40 of her classmates from Knoxville, Tennessee on a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on October 8, 1976. The students were hiking to Andrews Bald on the trip and separated into small groups when they arrived at the trails. Trenny apparently hiked with several different sections of her classmates at different paces during the day. She was last seen at approximately 3:00 p.m. near Clingman's Dome, walking on a moderately steep trail with sharp drop-offs and dense undergrowth on both sides. Extensive searches of the park continued until the end of October 1976, but Trenny has never been located. She was a sophomore at Bearden High School at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation 615-744-4000 September 2021 updates and sources The Doe Network NewspaperArchive The Knoxville News Sentinel National Park Service Trenny Lynn Gibson Missing Person since October 8, 1976 Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. May 25, 2021; picture added. |