![]() Robin Duncan received First Team All-America East honors this season as the line of Duncan brothers nears an end. "You are somewhere and we will keep looking for you.Evansville’s East Side is well-represented by the Catamounts. "I miss your morning calls (and) the laughter in your voice when you had something funny to say," Cardin wrote. Rita Wilkerson said she was "missed terribly," while her aunt Nora Martin hoped Dawnita felt "all the love that is being shown in your absence." They’re offering a $5,000 reward for information on Dawnita’s whereabouts, and they urge the family members of other missing people to join them at rallies and events.Īnyone with information on Dawnita Wilkerson’s disappearance can call Evansville police at 81, the FBI Indianapolis Field Office at 31, or email before Dawnita's birthday, several family member sent birthday messages to the Courier & Press. But holidays and birthdays – and even certain foods Dawnita used to whip up – bring a flood of memories and remind them their loved one is gone. The family, including Dawnita’s kids, are hanging in there. Wilkerson's disappearance looms over them everywhere they go. By 4:30, she might be receiving texts from friends or family speculating on a possible lead. How is the family doing?Ĭardin gets up at 4 a.m. ![]() Gray said despite the active investigation, there are no official persons of interest in the disappearance. Cardin gave an old picture of Wilkerson to the Courier & Press that she said showed bruising from the bite marks. The family is also concerned about a case working through the Vanderburgh County court system, Cardin said.Įarlier this year, a man – who the Courier & Press isn’t naming since he hasn’t been charged in connection to Wilkerson’s disappearance – was arrested and accused of two counts of rape, as well as other charges.įamily members say details from the affidavit mirror injuries they say the man inflicted upon Wilkerson several years ago, including bite marks to her shoulder. Wilkerson was last seen on June 21, 2020, and a missing person investigation is ongoing. A map obtained by the family and shown to the Courier & Press shows Wilkerson’s phone pinging in five spots in and around Carbondale just after she disappeared.įamily and friends walk along Boeke Road to raise awareness on the one-year mark since Dawnita Wilkerson went missing from Evansville, Ind., Saturday morning, June 19, 2021. “Dawnita has several medical conditions that require medication that she is without.”įrom the motel, police believe Dawnita was driven into Southern Illinois. “Her family reported her missing when she didn’t call her mother or her daughters, as she usually did,” the flyer reads. Police have identified and questioned that man, but he has refused to cooperate, former Detective Jeff Hands told the Courier & Press in 2021. Pictures on the flyer show her standing outside a gray, or pewter, 2004 Chevy Suburban next to a Black man in a white ball cap. According to the FBI’s missing persons flyer, she was last spotted at 8:16 p.m. Still, few answers have emerged since the day Wilkerson vanished. Anna Gray told the Courier & Press that "investigators are continuously following up on leads and have interviewed several people." He couldn’t share many details, which the family understands, but he confirmed that the investigation into Dawnita’s disappearance is still open.Įvansville police spokeswoman Sgt. Still an ‘active investigation’Īfter months of trying to set up a meeting, the family met with Detective Aaron McCormick in February, Cardin said. Cardin is joined by Wilkerson’s daughters and granddaughter, cousins, aunts, and uncles in observation of her birthday when she would be turning 47 years old. ![]() ![]() “We like to celebrate each other’s birthdays.whenever we’re together, it’s always going to be 20 - 30 people. “She has a very close-knit family,” says Faye Cardin, Wilkerson’s aunt. The family of Dawnita Wilkerson releases balloons at the Four Freedoms Monument in honor of her birthday on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
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