HAWKINS COUNTY (WVLT) -- Police suspect foul play in the disappearance an East Tennessee soldier stationed in Texas.
According to authorities in El Paso, Jeneesa Lewis, 29 didn't report for duty at Fort Bliss on Friday morning. They think she may be with her husband, Clinton William Lewis, 34, and may be in danger.
Lewis' family has told Volunteer TV News that the couple had problems in their two year marriage. Additionally, that investigators have confirmed to them that there were signs of a struggle in their Texas apartment.
"I want to go to her, but I don't know where she is," said Tammy Skelton, Jeneesa's sister. "If I could help her in anyway, I would. If I could trade places with her I would."
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HAWKINS COUNTY (WVLT/AP) — A nationwide manhunt is underway for a missing East Tennessee soldier who disappeared sometime Thursday evening.
Hawkins County dispatchers confirm Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, 29 is a resident of Rogersville.
Police in El Paso, Texas say Pfc. Lewis did not report for work on Friday at Fort Bliss, and she is considered in danger after evidence of foul play was found in the apartment she shared with her husband, Clinton Lewis, 34.
According to the Associated Press, people who know the soldier told investigators that she and her husband, who is not in the Army, have been having marital problems.
Fort Bliss spokeswoman Jean Offutt told the AP that when Jeneesa Lewis didn't report to physical training or work, soldiers from the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11th Brigade went to her off-post apartment to check on her.
The apartment she shares with her husband was locked and neither of the Lewises were home.
Pfc. Lewis had only been stationed at Fort Bliss for a few months and arrived at the post alone according to its spokeswoman.
According to Army records, she still has children that live in Tennessee.
KDBC-TV, the CBS affiliate in El Paso talked to police who believe Pfc. Lewis and her husband could be in a 2001 Dodge Dakota truck with Texas license plates reading 20ZFD7.
If you have seen Pfc. Lewis, or have any information about the whereabouts of her or her husband, please call your local police department, sheriff's office or 911.
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