Camille Dardanes Dotson
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Camille Dardanes Dotson disappeared from Las Vegas, Nevada, sometime in September of 1994. While she once had a promising future, Camille had been on a downward spiral for quite some time. Unfortunately, it took months to report Camille missing, and the police didn’t seem very interested in looking for her. Camille’s mom moved to Las Vegas and began spending her free time searching for her daughter, but no one had seen Camille. Mysteriously, Camille’s missing person’s case was closed by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department months later and wasn’t reopened until the early 2000s, when a friend began seeking answers. Today, the search for what happened to Camille continues with her daughter, Ashley, who was just a young child when her mom vanished. During this renewed search, they have found was that in the lead-up to her disappearance, Camille was involved with some violent men, had ties to organized crime, and was possibly working as an informant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:06.0 | I deserve answers. My mom deserves answers. I fully believe my mom's not alive, but I should be able to have answers. |
| 0:32.0 | And I mean, the goal would be to bring her home and be able to give my son answers who asks about why he doesn't have a firm on my side. |
| 0:41.0 | It's been too long for it to be this way. |
| 0:45.0 | I think that if it were me that saw us the face of the earth one day, I would hope somebody looked for me. |
| 0:54.0 | For me, you just never really understand how delicate life is and how fast things can change until you see situations like this. |
| 1:04.0 | Nobody deserves a death sentence and to miss out on their kid growing up and their grand kid. |
| 1:10.0 | I mean, if she could see how much it would look like her, she would be a shock, really. |
| 1:18.0 | 30-year-old Camille Dardane Statsen disappeared from Las Vegas, Nevada sometime in September of 1994. |
| 1:27.0 | By this point in her life, Camille had been on a downward spiral for quite some time. |
| 1:33.0 | While she once had a promising future, Camille had gotten involved with drugs. |
| 1:39.0 | Unfortunately, it took months to report Camille missing and the police didn't seem very interested in looking for her. |
| 1:46.0 | Camille's mom began spending her free time searching for her daughter, hanging posters and inquiring in local strip clubs. |
| 1:54.0 | But no one had seen Camille. |
| 1:57.0 | Mysteriously, Camille's missing persons case was closed by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department months later, |
| 2:04.0 | and wasn't reopened until the early 2000s when a friend began seeking answers. |
| 2:10.0 | Today, the search for what happened to Camille continues with her daughter Ashley, and some friends who are trying to piece together the few clues that they've been able to uncover. |
| 2:20.0 | What they've found is that in the lead-up tour disappearance, Camille was involved with some violent men, had ties organized crime, and was possibly working as an informant. |
| 2:31.0 | I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 259 of The Vanished. Camille Dardane's Dotson's story. |
| 2:40.0 | 13 years ago, in one of the cramped dorm rooms of prestigious Sarah Lawrence College, a nightmare unfolded. |
| 3:00.0 | The students didn't know it yet, but when a bizarre new roommate moved in, he would change their lives forever. |
| 3:15.0 | Shortly thereafter, he started to control, manipulate, and brainwash some of the students. |
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