The Strange Disappearance of Tonee Turner
The 22-year-old vanished under mysterious circumstances in 2019 and her family is still searching for her.
Tonee Turner was her usual friendly self when she stopped by Dobra Tea in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania around 6:00 pm on Monday, December 30, 2019. The 22-year-old then got on a city bus headed for Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood where she lived. The bus driver noted that she got off at her normal stop on Giddings Street, but what happened to her after that is a mystery. She never made it home and was never seen again.
Monday night, a Pittsburgh firefighter riding his bike on the Homestead Grays Bridge found a purse on the pedestrian walkway of the bridge. Oddly, sitting next to the purse was a pair of shoes and a ceramic pot. Not seeing anyone on the bridge at the time, the cyclist took the purse home with him; he left the shoes and vase behind. He checked the contents of the purse for anything that might identify the owner and found a cell phone, keys, a water bottle, and a journal.
The following morning, the man called one of the phone numbers he found on the cell phone and reached Tonee’s aunt. He explained that he had found the phone and other belongings on the bridge and was trying to reunite them with their…