E219: Dawnita Wilkerson

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Cloud10

True Crime

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dawnita Wilkerson was on the path to a new beginning-- classes for a new career, a new place to live-- but she was also afraid for her life. She had been receiving threatening messages from an ex and his family member. Then, she disappeared on Sunday, June 21st, 2020 and has not been seen or heard from since. If you would like to give to the GoFundMe for Dawnita’s family, here is the link to do so: https://www.gofundme.com/f/show-up-for-dawnita If you are interested in bonus content for our show or in getting some Coffee and Cases swag, please consider joining Patreon. There are various levels to fit your needs, all of which can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As humans, we hate to wait.
0:03.7	We hate lines.
0:05.4	We hate waiting for the payoff of our efforts.
0:08.7	We hate the unknown of when the waiting will finally end.
0:12.2	That's why we crave closure.
0:14.4	We like tidy endings.
0:16.9	Loose ends tied up.
0:19.1	I get it.
0:20.1	Even though we focus on unsolved cases here on our show, it's really
0:24.3	because we want to help move the waiting along for the families. To get them closer to the closure,
0:31.6	we all understand that they need. We know their need on a small scale. We get impatient when standing in line for five minutes to check out at a store.
0:41.3	The feeling rises in us.
0:43.9	What on earth is taking so long?
0:47.6	Now imagine that on the scale the families feel in our cases.
0:52.6	It's not a line.
1:00.7	It's your mom, your child, your sister. You aren't waiting for the purchase of a shirt you like. You're waiting for your whole world to be able to
1:07.0	write itself again. This is the case of Donita Wilkerson. The
1:30.3	The Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold. My name is
1:53.8	Allison Williams. And my name is Maggie Damron. We will be telling stories each week in the
1:59.1	hopes that someone out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law enforcement so justice and closure can be brought to these families.
2:07.4	With each case, we encourage you to continue in the conversation on our Facebook page, Coffee in Cases podcast, because, as we all know, conversation helps to keep the missing person in the public consciousness,
2:18.9	helping keep their memories alive.
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