Dale Williams

The Vanished Podcast

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🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On May 27, 1999, 42-year-old Dale Williams, a body shop owner in Nucla, CO, got a phone call from a stranded motorist asking for assistance. Dale, being a well-liked and helpful individual, agreed to come to the aid of this stranded person. Though, this was not something he typically did in his line of work. A friend of Dale's was visiting his shop when the call came in and thought it was a woman based on the conversation.

On his way to the motorist, Dale stopped and spoke to a friend of his at a local gas station and he indicated to them what he was up to while he was out and about that day, but he never told them exactly who he was going help. This interaction is the last confirmed time anyone saw or spoke to Dale Williams.

Later, Dale’s wife called to see where her husband was. It was not unusual for Dale to lose track of time when he was focused on his work, but by the next morning and seeing no sign of Dale anywhere, his wife decided to report him missing.

Dale’s pick-up truck was found later that year in July of 1999. It was submerged in a swimming hole but there was no sign of Dale anywhere. Almost 20 years later, Dale is still missing and his case remains unsolved.

This episode features one of Dale’s daughter’s, Tonee, and his brother, Dick.

If you have any information about Dale's disappearance, please call the CBI Grand Junction office at 970-248-7500.

You can follow Dale's case on Facebook at Missing: Dale Williams.

This episode was co-researched and written by Marissa Jones and Erika Gwynn. To find more of Erika's work, please check out her podcast at https://www.apexandabyss.com.

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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	Why would you walk away from a good, stable, happy life with two daughters graduating?
0:28.0	I've been working with them for a few days, so I graduated from high school and I'm looking forward to getting them on their college, successful business friends.
0:44.0	I'm not without a dramatic reason that I wouldn't have seen it.
0:53.0	Well, you know, when I was younger, I was always really hard. You know, we'd hear a certain rumor and we would...
1:00.0	My sister and my mom and I would always, you know, just jump right away and try to figure out who we need the contact to find the most information.
1:10.0	I feel bad saying this, but as time goes on, I guess you just kind of get them to it maybe a little bit.
1:17.0	And I just want an answer now. I don't think that my dad's alive. I just want to know what happened. That's all.
1:25.0	You know, so, and I think my sister feels the same way. My mom has remarried and moved on with her life. I know that she just wants to put things to rest as well and be able to get them on their college.
1:38.0	And be able to move forward and just to know how to impose her on it.
1:45.0	On May 27, 1999, 42-year-old Dale Williams, a body shop owner in Newcla Colorado, got a phone call from a stranded motorist asking for assistance.
1:58.0	Dale, being a well-liked and helpful individual, agreed to come to the aid of this stranded person.
2:05.0	Though this was not something that he typically did in his line of work, he specialized specifically in auto body repair.
2:12.0	On his way to this motorist, Dale stopped and spoke to a friend of his at a local gas station, and he indicated to them what he was up to while he was out and about that day.
2:22.0	But he never told them exactly who he was going to help.
2:26.0	This interaction is the last confirmed time that anyone saw or spoke to Dale Williams.
2:32.0	Later in the day, Dale's wife called to see where her husband was.
2:36.0	It wasn't unusual for Dale to lose track of time when he focused on his work.
2:41.0	But by the next morning, she was very concerned.
2:45.0	She drove to Dale's shop, but didn't see any sign of him anywhere.
2:49.0	This is when Dale's wife decided to report him missing.
2:53.0	Dale's truck was found several weeks later in July of 1999.
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