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ON THIS DAY: The 2001 Disappearance of Ramona Mae Priest

Jennifer
2 min readFeb 6, 2025

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WARREN COUNTY, TENNESSEE:

Ramona Mae Priest, ‘Mona’ to her friends and family, has been missing since February 6, 2001.

On that day, she was released from the city jail on Security Circle in McMinnville. She was just 19- years old.

There were rumors that she was pregnant at the time she vanished, but that has since been proven false.

She left behind all of her personal belongings and an infant daughter. Her family says she would not leave without contacting them or keeping in touch with them. Her disappearance is very much considered out of character for her.

Ramona had told her family that she had been receiving threats from people, but she didn’t identify who those individuals might be.

Because of the circumstances of her case, authorities believe she may be the victim of foul play.

Someone out there likely knows where Ramona Priest is.

She is described as a Caucasian female, standing 5'3" and weighing around 125 pounds when she was last seen in February of 2001. She was just 19 years old then, and…

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Jennifer
Jennifer

Written by Jennifer

Jen is the host of the missing persons podcast: "Where are they?”

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