Shelley Mook Missing Person Case

May 11, 2011

May 10, 2024

Shelley

Mook

39

24

67 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the late afternoon of February 28, 2011, Shelley Mook, a 24-year-old teacher from Shelbyville, Tennessee, vanished. She was last seen between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. after she went to the home of her ex-husband, Tyler Mook, to drop off their six-year-old daughter. According to her ex-husband's account, Shelley was upset about a new boyfriend and stayed to talk for over an hour. He claimed they were intimate before she left to run errands, promising to return later that evening. However, Shelley never came back. She had an appointment with a maintenance worker at her new apartment in Murfreesboro at 4:30 p.m. that she failed to keep. The alarm was raised when she didn't show up for her job as an eighth-grade teacher at Harris Middle School the following morning. The night Shelley Mook disappeared, her 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix was discovered engulfed in flames in a field off U.S. 41A, miles from her home and southeast of Murfreesboro. The discovery of the burned vehicle in the early hours of March 1, 2011, was a grim sign that something was terribly wrong. The investigation into her disappearance quickly focused on her ex-husband, with whom she had a contentious relationship. Court records indicated a history of volatility, including an incident where he was charged with attempting to run her off the road. Their daughter provided a chilling, albeit brief, account to a child specialist, stating she saw her mother go into the house looking upset and never saw her again. A mysterious text message was sent from Shelley's phone around 7 p.m. that evening, but the circumstances surrounding it remain unclear. Years have passed since Shelley Mook was last seen, and her case remains an unsolved and painful mystery for her loved ones. Tyler Mook has consistently been named a person of interest in his ex-wife's disappearance, though he has never been charged in connection with the case. Following Shelley's disappearance, her family obtained custody of their daughter. In a separate and later incident, Tyler Mook was convicted of the attempted murder of his then-girlfriend in Florida. Despite extensive searches and ongoing investigative efforts by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, no trace of Shelley has ever been found. The case is an overview of a young mother and teacher who went missing after a visit to her ex-husband's home, her car later found destroyed by fire, and an investigation that, while pointing to a person of interest with a history of violence, has yet to lead to any charges or definitive answers about her fate.

Feb 28, 2011

Shelbyville

Tennessee

Bedford County

37160

No

21531

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Nashville

Tennessee

Davidson County

37216

Zach Burkhart

Special Agent

901 R.S. Gass Boulevard, Tennessee

8008243463

State

Law Enforcement

NA-5A-000273

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Blond/Strawberry

Hazel

Hazel

No

07/16/2026