Lori Sibrel Missing Person Case

May 06, 2015

Apr 03, 2023

Lori

Sibrel

62

15

67 inches

69 inches

120 lbs

140 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the autumn of 1978, a 15-year-old girl named Lori Sibrel vanished from Franklin, Tennessee, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for decades. On November 5th of that year, the Franklin High School tenth-grader was working her shift as a cashier at the C.Y. Market, then located at 2181 Hillsboro Road in the Grassland community of Williamson County. She was a resident of Boxwood Drive in the River Rest subdivision, an unincorporated area of the county. According to her coworkers, Lori received a phone call from an unknown individual and subsequently complained of not feeling well. Though she was reportedly scheduled to work until 6:00 PM, she left her job early, sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 PM. The last time anyone officially saw Lori Sibrel, she was walking north on Hillsboro Road, the very direction that would have led her home. Dressed in a blue shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes, and carrying a brown purse, Lori seemingly disappeared without a trace. At the time she went missing, she was described as a white female with brown hair and blue eyes, standing between 5'7" and 5'9" tall. The initial investigation into her disappearance yielded few leads, and as days turned into weeks, and weeks into years, her case grew cold. The Williamson County Sheriff's Office has kept her file open, hopeful that a small piece of information might one day surface and provide the breakthrough they need to solve the case. Her case is classified as an endangered missing person. The disappearance of Lori Sibrel remains an open and active investigation with the Williamson County Sheriff's Office. Over the years, details have remained scarce, leaving her family, friends, and the community with unanswered questions. The narrative of her last known moments, pieced together from coworker statements, paints a picture of a young girl who may have been in some form of distress before she vanished. The detail about the phone call and her subsequent early departure from work are poignant clues in a case with very few of them. Despite the passage of time, law enforcement continues to seek justice for Lori and encourages anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to come forward. Her disappearance is a stark reminder of the fragility of life and the enduring pain of not knowing the fate of a loved one.

Nov 05, 1978

Franklin

Tennessee

Williamson County

37064

No

29847

Williamson County Sheriff's Office

Franklin

Tennessee

Williamson County

37064

Darren Barnes

Detective

408 Century Court, Tennessee

6157905560

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/20/Sheriff

78110521475

Williamson County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Blue

Blue

07/05/2026