What happened to Trenny Gibson?
The 1976 Disappearance of Trenny Gibson: Vanishes During a School Field Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park In 1976, 16-year old Trenny Gibson left Bearden High School in Knoxville on a field trip with nearly 40 students.
How did Trenny get on the road?
I really have trouble taking that seriously as an explanation. However, in spite of this, the simplest explanation is that Trenny went through the woods, reached the road, and then accepted a lift from someone with malicious intentions, either the other guy mentioned in the OP or just a random stranger.
Where is Trenny Simpson’s comb?
Some suspicion was also directed towards Robert Simpson, as multiple witnesses reported seeing Trenny’s comb, which she always carried in the right hip pocket of her jeans, on the dashboard of Robert’s car following her disappearance.
What happened to Trenny in the Twilight Zone?
However, the scent trail caused speculation that Trenny may have abducted, kept hidden at the Clingmans Dome observation tower until the other students left the area, and then lead through the woods to the road by her abductor and driven away from the area inside a vehicle. Trenny’s family had suspicions about another student named Kelvin Bowman.
6 - Todd Matthews
This episode was originally published on May 27th, 2021 on Missing. In this episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna chat with Todd Matthews of the Doe Network about the disappearance of Trenny Gibson. Trenny disappeared from Knoxville, Tennessee on a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on October 8, 1976.
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5 - Laura's Case File
This episode was originally published on July 2nd, 2020 on Missing Maura Murray. In this episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna chat with Laura Riste about the disappearance of Trenny Gibson. Trenny disappeared from Knoxville, Tennessee on a field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on October 8, 1976.
When did Trenny Gibson vanish?
The 1976 Disappearance of Trenny Gibson: Vanishes During a School Field Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1976, 16-year old Trenny Gibson left Bearden High School in Knoxville on a field trip with nearly 40 students. Believe it or not, the horticulture teacher, Wayne Dunlap, did not inform the students where they were going ...
What time did Trenny walk alone?
At around 3:00 PM, Trenny was hiking alongside another group of students a half-mile from the parking lot. The other students stopped for a quick rest, but Trenny wanted to keep going. As they stopped, they remembered seeing Trenny walking alone in the distance before she bent down and took a right turn off the trail.
Where was Trenny hidden?
However, the scent trail caused speculation that Trenny may have abducted, kept hidden at the Clingmans Dome observation tower until the other students left the area, and then lead through the woods to the road by her abductor and driven away from the area inside a vehicle.
Where did the scent trail end?
The scent trail ended at a spot next to the road and eight cigarette butts were discovered nearby which were the same brand as the cigarette butts found in the woods. The afternoon when Trenny went missing was very foggy, so it would have been easy for her to have gotten lost after she stepped off the trail.
Who was the chaperone on the Great Smoky Mountains?
Believe it or not, the horticulture teacher, Wayne Dunlap, did not inform the students where they were going until after they boarded the school bus and he would be the only adult chaperone on the trip. They traveled over 50 miles to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the bus parked in the lot near Clingmans Dome.
Did Kelvin kill Trenny?
Kelvin was sentenced to time in a correctional facility, but reportedly threatened to kill Trenny once he got out. He was released after only serving six months and was back attending Bearden High School at the time Trenny went missing.
