TBI issues Endangered Child Alert for Washington County teen

UPDATE, 2:40 p.m.

A statement from the Washington County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office said Gabriella Carpenter was located safe.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for a Washington County teenager last seen Thursday morning. Authorities are trying to locate 15-year-old Gabriella Carpenter. The TBI says she was last seen in Gray wearing a brown cropped t-shirt, blue Cookie Monster pajama pants, and black-and-white Converse shoes. Carpenter is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs around 145 pounds, and has purple hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Washington County Sheriff’s Office or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.