Arkansas Teen Missing, may be Traveling in Area

Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 11:42 AM

Joni Templer and Brandon Wheat (Photos courtesy Baxter County Sheriff's Office)

A Henderson teen has been reported missing. Seventeen-year-old Joni Raingrace Templer was last seen at her residence around 11:30 Sunday morning.

According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Templer stated she was going on a picnic that day with her boyfriend, Brandon Wheat, and never returned. Templer and Wheat were last seen in a red 2004 Chrysler Pacifica, which was discovered to be abandoned around 5:30 Sunday evening.

Templer and Wheat may be traveling to Pulaski County, Missouri, with a tan-colored Great Pyrenees dog. Templer reportedly has family members in Columbia, and one is attending school.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Templer or Wheat should contact Baxter County Sheriff’s Investigator Brian Williams at 870-425-7000 or bwilliams@baxtercountysheriff.com.

(From KTLO)

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