ON the anniversary of Summers Wells’ disappearance, her father Don Wells shared a heartbreaking video featuring a touching photo with his little girl.
A statement from the Find Summer Wells website also revealed that Don released the video while he remains in jail for a DUI arrest.
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“Don had certain things he wished to share. The main one is the last picture ever taken of him with his daughter Summer,” the statement read.
“This video is as raw as Don’s current position in jail. He is spending his time and days reading the Bible, which is the only material other than postal letters that the institution has allowed.”
The six-minute video includes a features photos of Summer and her family before the little girl went missing near her home in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
The video ends with a picture of Summer, who turned 6 in February 2022, being held by her father as two hands form a heart around them.
A written statement by Don is also shown in the clip titled “A Letter and Prayer for Summer.”
“Since you’ve been gone I’ve been completely devistated [sic]. I looked everywhere for you my beuitiful girl [sic]!
“I thought U-tube would be the most powerful tool to help find you, and perhaps it still could be, but at a price, we may not be able to afford, our family may not survive!” Don wrote, referring to the Wells family’s YouTube channel that has shared several videos in an effort to find Summer.
“I ask God please look over my precious daughter we love her so much! We wish God you will return her to us as well as the boys. I would be so happy to be a family again.”
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Summer’s three brothers were removed from the family home six weeks after she went missing.
Don confirmed this while appearing on a podcast called “Jay is 4 Justice,” according to News Channel 11.
“Right now, with everybody attacking us and all this stuff going on, it’s probably better for them,” Don said on the show.
Don also reportedly said that a lot of people were coming to him and accusing him of various things regarding the disappearance of his daughter.
“I believed that stuff,” Don said. “Like an idiot, I believed it and I flipped out, started drinking, and everything else. And that’s why they took our kids.”
WHERE IS SUMMER?
The family maintains that Summer was abducted by an unknown perpetrator, but so far no evidence has surfaced to support the theory.
During an interview with Dr. Phil, the tv personality made it clear that he does not think the parents had anything to do with Summer’s disappearance, but he did press them on if they knew anything more about who may have targeted the girl.
The two experts on the show, Scott Rouse and Greg Hartley, discussed theories that local criminals may have taken Summer — since there are organized drug rings and peddlers in the area.
“I don’t think either one of them killed or injured Summer,” Hartley said.
“I also don’t think Don has any guilty knowledge of anything, based on all the time I’ve spent with him.
Summer disappeared on June 15, 2021 father her mother said she went to the basement to play with toys after planting flowers in the front yard with her grandmother and mother.
An AMBER Alert was issued for the girl on June 16, 2021.
Summer’s case has gained national attention as the circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain a mystery.
FAMILY ‘NOT COOPERATING’
In March it was reported that Summer’s family “wasn’t cooperating” with law enforcement as the search for their daughter continues.
Candus Bly, Summer’s mom, wrote a note to a WJHL, which was forwarded to The Sun by a family spokesperson, that denied the sheriff’s wall-of-silence allegations.
“I’ve never stopped talking to law enforcement. No, I have not lawyered up. I don’t understand why this is being said,” the note written in a WJHL reporter’s notebook said.
“I can’t speak for Don, and we are willing to do whatever to bring our daughter Summer home. Thank [you to] all the searchers.”
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