TN TN - Tah Yah Yona Chavez, 7, Endangered Alert, non-cust father Jose Chavez wanted for especially aggravated kidnapping, Union City, 4 May 2025

[Unalienable Rights]

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

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ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT: Tah Yah Yona Chavez, missing from Union City.The 7 y/o is 4', 55 lbs. w/black hair & brown eyes, wearing a pink shirt & blue jeans. She was last seen with her non-custodial father, Jose Chavez. Call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

@TBInvestigation
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May 5


Jose Chavez is wanted for Especially Aggravated Kidnapping & Custodial Interference. They were last seen in Union City Sunday night in a green '98 Chevy S10 w/TN TAG 433BPFB.Spot her? Call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or the Union City Police Department at 731-885-1515.

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/CHAVEZ_UnionCityPD.pdf

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Union City 7-year-old taken by father, may be headed to NC

They may be traveling to North Carolina in a green 1998 Chevy S-10 with Tennessee tag 433-BPFB.

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TBI requests public assistance finding Tah Yah Yona Chavez, 7

7-year-old Tah Yah Yona Chavez was last seen with her non-custodial father, Jose Chavez, around 7 p.m. on Sunday in the 800 block of West Reelfoot in Union City, in

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Obion County man wanted for kidnapping

Jose Chavez was last seen with his child, Tah Yah Yona Chavez, in a green 1998 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck with the Tennessee tag 433BPFB on May 4, 2025.

www.localmemphis.com

An Obion County man is wanted after being accused of kidnapping his non-custodial daughter, according to a social media post from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

 

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** Read comments**. This should probably be a DO NOT APPROACH situation. IMO

 

[Seni]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP143263

View NamUs missing persons case MP143263, for Tah Yah Yona Chavez, missing from Union City, Tennessee. Date of last contact: May 04, 2025. NCMEC case number: --.

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[starlightstarbright]

I don’t like the stuff he’s carrying around in the back of his truck. Not one bit.

 

[bluestsocks]

This is the kind of case that should have been all over mainstream media immediately, and it’s maddening it wasn’t.

 

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** Read comments**. This should probably be a DO NOT APPROACH situation. IMO

I wonder if they have been removed? There are few showing, offering prayers but no other information. Was there something significant you spotted?

 

[swanniee11]

I wonder if they have been removed? There are few showing, offering prayers but no other information. Was there something significant you spotted?

Looks like they deleted some. I can't remember what was said now.

 

[teeby]

I wonder if they have been removed? There are few showing, offering prayers but no other information. Was there something significant you spotted?

Try this link to the main post

https://www.facebook.com/TBInvestigation/posts/pfbid02SznV1Kh3GYA1GBha31ALWrZ8eNgqoLMGFV88jDCWEZH83VWEFSGgU9gAAX2SaxJbl

 

[wendybtn]

Unfortunately, they could have made it to a Southern or Northern border between May 4th and May 8th.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

https://wreg.com/news/local/warrant-issued-for-father-of-missing-tn-child/

June 17, 2025

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Tennessee says warrants were issued for Jose Inocencio Fraire Chavez, 39, an illegal immigrant, in connection with incidents that occurred in Obion County, Tenn.

The FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and ICE are working in coordination with the Union City Police Department and the TBI to find Chavez and his child, Tah Yah Yona Chavez, who have not been seen in the area since May 2.

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It was later determined that the two left the country and entered Mexico.

Police confirm that Chavez and the seven-year-old girl are currently still in Mexico with family.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are working to ensure that Tah Yah Yona is returned home to her family and that Chavez is taken into custody.

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[wendybtn]

I was afraid of this.

 

[starlightstarbright]

If she is confirmed in Mexico with family, that means she is alive. Complications of finding her and returning her aside, this sounds like a better outcome than I had been imagining. I hope she will be returned safely soon.

 

[tlcya]

• (a)Especially aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302:
  • (1) Accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly weapon;
  • (2) Where the victim was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the removal or confinement;
  • (3) Committed to hold the victim for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or
  • (4) Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury.

• (b)
  • (1) Especially aggravated kidnapping is a Class A felony.
  • (2) If the offender voluntarily releases the victim alive or voluntarily provides information leading to the victim's safe release, such actions shall be considered by the court as a mitigating factor at the time of sentencing.
  • (3) Notwithstanding title 40, chapter 35, a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished as a Range II offender; however, the sentence imposed upon such person may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case shall it be lower than Range II

2024 Tennessee Code :: Title 39 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 39-1-101 — 39-17-1812) :: Chapter 13 - OFFENSES AGAINST PERSON (§§ 39-13-101 — 39-13-1004) :: Part 3 - KIDNAPPING AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT (§§ 39-13-301 — 39-13-316) :: Section 39-13-305 - Especially aggravated kidnapping