S3 Ep145: UPDATE: Dan Davis Has Been Located

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Dan Davis, 59, disappeared from the Chicago area in the early morning hours of November 25, 2025, after being involved in a car accident and dropped off at his workplace by police. His daughter Wendy led a tireless public search campaign, gaining over 120,000 followers as she worked to keep her father's case in the spotlight. Unfortunately, On March 9, authorities confirmed that Davis's remains had been found in a wooded area near Blue Island, Illinois.Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > ｿ https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> ｿ https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPodADS:1. https://www.WildGrain.com/CrimeWeekly30 - Use code CRIMEWEEKLY30 for $30 off your first box and FREE croissants for LIFE!

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0:00.0	If you're into true crime, not just the headlines, but the human stories behind them.
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0:46.0	I'm Derek Levasser.
0:47.2	And I'm Stephanie Harlow.
0:49.0	And today we have a sad update.
0:51.3	A lot of you are on it.
0:52.9	You've been DMing us. You've been in our comments section,
0:56.3	and this happened a little over a week ago, but we're giving an update on the story of Dan Davis.
1:02.6	We talked about it at the end of January. This was something where we wanted to put a bowl out
1:07.9	out there to try to help bring him home. And this is not the
1:11.5	outcome we were looking for. Yeah. So Dan Davis, who was 59, he disappeared November 25th,
1:17.5	after being involved in a multi-vehicle accident. He refused treatment. We saw in surveillance
1:24.1	footage that for two days, he was wandering around the area, and then he kind of just disappeared.
1:31.3	The weather was terrible.
1:32.5	It was freezing.
1:33.7	His daughter, Wendy, was very much involved on Facebook and social media, trying to raise awareness for her father's disappearance.
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