AK AK - Jonnie Renee White, 16, Kodiak, 19 July 1998

Missing Since: July 19, 1998 from Kodiak, Alaska
Classification: Lost/Injured Missing
Date Of Birth: December 31, 1981
Age: 16 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 105 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Red/brown hair, brown eyes. White's hair at the time of her 1998 disappearance was longer on the sides than is depicted in the above picture. She goes by her middle name, Renee.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: Black stretch pants, a blue and black cut-off t-shirt with an image of the planet Earth imprinted on the front, and black sandals.

Details of Disappearance

White resided with her mother in Kodiak, Alaska in 1998. She was hired to babysit Sharon Dawson Raikoglo's young child while the latter attended a music festival in July 1998. Raikoglo and her then-boyfriend, Roland Scott Tennison, camped overnight with White and the child at the Pasagshak Bay State Recreation Site on July 18. The area is approximately 40 miles north of the city of Kodiak.


Tennison told authorities that White accompanied him to collect firewood from the beach at approximately midnight on July 19. Tennison stated that his four-wheel drive pickup truck became stuck in the sand near the Narrow Cape area shortly afterwards. He claimed that he and White decided to sleep inside the vehicle at approximately 4:00 a.m. Tennison stated that she had disappeared by the time he awoke at 10:00 a.m. White has never been heard from again.


Raikoglo contacted authorities when Tennison and White failed to return several hours after departing the campsite. Officials had launched a search by the time Tennison arrived later in the morning. No evidence related to White's whereabouts was found inside the park.


In July 2000, a state coroner's jury concluded that White died as the result of undetermined causes on the night of her disappearance. No physical evidence was discovered linking anyone to her case.

White's mother filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Raikoglo and Tennison in February 2001. The suit alleged that Tennison may have been intoxicated on July 19 and injured White while they drove along the beach. Raikoglo was declared liable for White's presumed death in June 2003. Tennison, who now lives in Arkansas, did not defend himself against the suit and a judge ruled in White's mother's favor in August 2003, awarding her $1.5 million in damages. Neither Tennison nor Raikoglo have been charged with criminal wrongdoing in White's case. Her disappearance remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Alaska State Troopers

907-225-5118

Charley Project​

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Jonnie's been added to NCMEC, finally. 15 years later.

Case Type: Endangered Missing

Jonnie has a tattoo and a mole near her navel.

Jonnie's photo is shown age-progressed to 31 years.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...seNum=1152816&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

Just came across this case for the first time. It's pretty obvious poor Jonnie met with foul play.

Pasagshak Bay State Recreation is so remote. How tragic and sad.

So Tennison is gone somewhere in the neighborhood of ten hours and comes back with the story about the truck getting stuck. I wonder what story he gave about how he got the truck out.

I'm also having some difficulty with the part of the story in which he says he (apparently) slept through her getting out of the truck and he assumes she walked the three or four miles back to the campsite.

Age progression to 37:



Jonnie Renee White – The Charley Project

Bumping for Jonnie. Tennison’s story is ridiculous and I think it’s pretty obvious he’s responsible for what happened to Jonnie. Ten hours is a lot of time to clean up and conceal evidence.

On July 19, Jonnie will have been missing for 25 years

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Jonnie, circa 1998; Age-progression to age 37 (circa 2018)

• Missing Since 07/19/1998
• Missing From Kodiak, Alaska
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 12/31/1981 (42)
• Age 16 years old
• Height and Weight 5'3, 105 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description Black stretch pants, a blue and black cut-off t-shirt with an image of the planet Earth imprinted on the front, and black sandals.
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• Associated Vehicle(s) Four-wheel drive Ford pickup truck (accounted for)
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Red/brown hair, brown eyes. Jonnie's hair at the time of her 1998 disappearance was longer on the sides than is depicted in the pictures. She may go by her middle name, Renee. She has a mole near her navel and a tattoo.

Physical Description​

Hair Color Red/Auburn
Head Hair Description red/brown
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown
Eye Description --

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Scar/mark Mole next to navel

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Scar/mark Scar on both knees; scar back

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Tattoo Unknown tattoo around navel; shoulder

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Clothing Dark blue bell bottom pants w/ daisies on the bottom; Black stretch pants underneath pants; Dark blue and black mid rib t-shirt w/ photo of the earth on the front; Brown flannel shirt

Footwear Black sandals

Accessories Black rope type necklace w/ black shark tooth

<<Circumstances of Disappearance​

Jonnie was last seen at the Pasagshak River State Recreation Site near Mile 9 of Pasagshak Bay Road. She had accompanied Sharon Dawson, Dawson's 4-year-old daughter, and Ronald Tennison to the Kodiak Music Festival. The couple had hired Johnnie as their designated driver and babysitter.

Sometime after midnight, Jonnie and Tennison drove onto a beach near the Kodiak Cattle Ranch to collect firewood. Tennison told investigators his truck got stuck on the beach and he and Jonnie decided to sleep in his truck until daylight. When he woke at 10.00 a.m., Jonnie was gone. Tennison returned to their camp around noon and discovered Jonnie hadn't returned.

A search team, including members of Kodiak Island Search and Rescue, Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs, State Fish and Wildlife Protection troopers, and others, combed the area of open, grassy terrain and occasional brushy ravine near Narrow Cape. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flew two sorties each day, using an infrared, heat-detecting device. No trace of Jonnie was found.

While searching Tennison's truck, investigators did not find any firewood in the truck. The truck was tested for blood and semen, and none was found.

Jonnie's mother had her declared legally dead in 2000. She then filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Tennison and Dawson and won. Criminal charges have not been filed. Foul play is suspected in Jonnie's disappearance.>>


It's pretty obvious who is responsible for Jonnie's disappearance.
I wonder if the guy and Sharon Dawson ever married or are still together, or if she is now able/willing to be re-interviewed. I suspect she might know what happened.