Deputies searching for missing Georgia teacher who vanished after ‘suspicious’ phone call

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for a Georgia first grade teacher who vanished Friday night from a Mexican restaurant in middle Georgia.

Tina Prince, 46, ate dinner with her family at a Pueblo’s in Sandersville and left around 8 p.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Family members said Prince got a “suspicious” call while at the restaurant. She took the call outside, went back in the restaurant and told her family goodbye and then left.

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Her car was later found in a Walmart parking lot out of view of cameras.

Prince is described as being 5 feet 5 inches, weighs around 130 pounds and has auburn hair and blue eyes

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Anyone with information is asked to call the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at 478-553-0911.

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