MISSING: Dawnita Wilkerson
When Dawnita Wilkerson stops answering her phone one Sunday in June of 2020, her loved ones know something is wrong – especially because she’s been telling everyone that her ex-boyfriend and one of his relatives have been threatening her. Two years after her disappearance, police and her family are still hoping someone out there will come forward with information they need to solve the case.
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Dawnita arrived at the motel in Evansville, Indiana on Sunday, June 21st, 2020 in this silver 2004 Chevy Suburban
Dawnita got into the silver 2004 Chevy Suburban with this man and left the Evansville, Indiana motel on Sunday, June 21st, 2020 around 8:16 p.m.
Photo Source – Edited by Audiochuck staff
An enhanced photo of Dawnita leaving the motel in Evansville, Indiana on Sunday, June 21st, 2020 around 8:16 p.m.
Photo Source – Edited by Audiochuck staff
Dawnita Wilkerson
Photo Courtesy of the family
Dawnita with four of her six children
Photo Courtesy of the family
Please contact the authorities If you have any information about the following:
If you have information about Dawnita, please contact the Evansville Police Department at 812-436-7979, the tip line at 812-435-6194 or the FBI Indianapolis Office at 317-595-4000.
You can also email tips to the family at [email protected].
To donate to the family’s GoFundMe visit here.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233); for TTY: 1-800-787-3224 or Text “START” to 88788.
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Episode Source Material
- Vanderburgh County court records (Indiana)
- Evansville Police Department records
- Evansville Police Department news release
- Carbondale Police News Release
- NamUS
- FBI Missing Persons: Dawnita Wilkerson
- Evansville Courier & Press: Family of missing Evansville woman Dawnita Wilkerson looking for answers, by Isaiah Seibert
- Evansville Courier & Press: Friends, family say Dawnita Wilkerson ‘was afraid for her life’ in days before disappearance, by Christina Elias
- CBS44: New Info Released on Disappearance of Missing Evansville Woman Dawnita Wilkerson
- WFIE 14News: Crews work Evansville house fire for 2 hours, by 14 News Staff
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