Last seen walking home from City High School, at approximately 2:55 p.m. A witness observed Tonetta's abduction half a block from Tonetta's home at approximately 3:00 p.m. A woman on Ruth Street near Hamilton Avenue glanced up and watched Tonetta walking down the street. Several unidentified suspects jumped out of a tan and yellow vehicle with the Tennessee license plate number LKH 920, forcibly pulled Tonetta inside the vehicle and drove away. The witness told authorities that she and her husband chased the vehicle and called law enforcement with its license plate number. Tonetta's mother filed a missing child report eight hours later when her daughter failed to return home from school. The missing child report and the abduction report were not connected for two days. The plate number was traced back to Jeffrey Jones. Jones was previously convicted of rape and aggravated sexual assault and served eight years in prison. He was released about a year before Tonetta disappeared. He died by suicide and his body was found inside his van on March 18, 1989.