Regina Robinson Missing Person Case

Apr 06, 2020

Mar 22, 2024

Regina

Robinson

49

43

67 inches

128 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the winter of 2019, 43-year-old Regina Dawn Robinson was seeking a fresh start in Knoxville, Tennessee. She had recently moved to the city from Unicoi County and, despite some initial challenges, had secured a new job that was set to begin in the new year. However, on December 16, 2019, a shadow was cast over her new life when she confided in a friend about disturbing threats she had received. She was last seen in the Chapman Highway area and left her friend's home that day in her red 2001 Toyota Celica. The following night, she sent a text message to the same friend, which would be the last time anyone is known to have heard from her. The circumstances surrounding Regina's disappearance are deeply concerning. The day before she vanished, she told a friend that a man she had been staying with had made threats against her. This individual had allegedly threatened to "chop her up into bits," a chilling reference to another local case where a missing person was later found murdered. Compounding the distress, Regina was scheduled to appear in court on December 18, 2019, an appointment she never kept. Her social media accounts, which had been active, fell silent after November 2019, adding another layer of mystery to her sudden absence. Despite the passage of time, the investigation into Regina Robinson's disappearance remains open. Law enforcement has pursued various leads, and her case is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). Volunteer search efforts have been made, with some focusing on local waterways in an attempt to locate her distinctive red Toyota Celica, but these searches have not yet yielded any definitive answers. The lack of any significant breakthroughs has left her family and the community with unanswered questions. The troubling threats she received just before she went missing, coupled with her missed court date and the subsequent silence, create a distressing overview of a woman who was hoping for a new beginning but instead vanished under a cloud of suspicion.

Dec 16, 2019

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

37921

No

80283

Knoxville Police Department

Knoxville

Tennessee

Knox County

37915

patricia tipton

detective

800 Howard Baker Junior Avenue, Tennessee

8652157000

Local

Law Enforcement

http://knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/police_department/

20-003939

2020-01-29

Knoxville Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

06/30/2026