Donald Wells, the father of missing Tennessee girl Summer Wells, was booked into Hawkins County Jail at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday on a domestic assault charge, according to jail records cited by Fox News. The report said he was scheduled for arraignment at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Further information about the charge was not immediately available.
Fox News reported that neither a Wells family spokesperson nor the sheriff’s office had responded to requests for comment at the time of publication. The charge is an allegation; the supplied report does not provide details about the incident or its status in court.
Summer Wells was 5 years old when she disappeared from her family’s home in the Rogersville area on June 15, 2021. Her disappearance remains unsolved. The report says her mother told police she last saw Summer at home after the child had been planting flowers with her grandmother. No suspect has been publicly identified, according to the article.
The report also notes that Donald Wells has faced prior arrests on charges unrelated to his daughter’s disappearance. Those past matters do not establish any connection to Summer’s case.
