Five Tennessee Kids at Center of ‘Endangered Child Alert’ Found Safe

TBI issued the statewide alert on behalf of the Athens Police Department. (Courtesy: TBI)

Five Tennessee Kids at Center of ‘Endangered Child Alert’ Found Safe

Athens, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Five children at the center of an Endangered Child Alert out of Athens are found safe.

Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had issued the alert early Wednesday morning for the five boys saying that they may have been with their non-custodial parents.

TBI says all five children were later found safe in Georgia.

ORIGINAL STORY: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for five missing children out of Athens.

The Athens Police Department says they are believed to be with their non-custodial parents, 30 y/o Kurtis Pendergrass and 30 y/o Sawana Pendergrass. Kurtis has brown eyes, brown hair, is 5’10” and weighs 180 lbs. Sawana has blue eyes, brown hair, is 5’ tall and weighs 140 lbs.

They are believed to be in a white 2018 GMC Acadia with a TN tag 521 BMMM.

If you have any information please call 1-800-TBI-FIND.

or the Athens Police Department at 423-745-3222 or 1-800-TBI-FIND with info.