Please help us find our loved one.

Dawn Bethea
34 years old
5ft 2in.
Green eyes
long straight brown hair
about 93 lbs.

Dawn dissapeared on April 26, 2001 from a bar on Birmingham Highway in Montgomery, Alabama called the Western Club.

Police say witnesses said they last saw her in the parking lot with a white male, she was wearing overalls that came above the ankles and below the knees. Shirt unknown.

Dawn has very bad feet and has to wear houseshoes 99 % of the time. She has 2 homemade tatoos, one that says I with a picture of a heart, then Rex on her ankle, and the other one is her name in red on her other ankle. She has a really bad scar on her face where a cyst was taken off and has achne scares.

She has been featured on Montgomery Cops on Monday nights as a missing person.

The last known people seen with her are: Charles Hokkins from Pratville, Alabama and Nina Gene Strught.

Dawn has 3 children who need our help. She has a 17 year old daughter who is expecting Dawn's first grandchild, and needs her mom now more than ever. Her mothers disappearance has made this a difficult Pregnancy.

Then there are 2 boys ages 15 almost 16 and 14. As we all know life is hard on children this age without having your mother missing. These 3 children are asking that anybody with any information or any leads please come forward or call the secret line, as they need some sort of closure at least. Someone Somewhere had to see something as we are begging you to come forward.

The family has given their account of what happened up to her disappearance Dawns daughter talked to her around 6:00 P.M. on April 26th. She said everything sounded normal as if nothing was wrong. Her nephew came by and took her to a friends house name Nina and dropped her off to stay a few days with her. Dawn would get away for a few days now and then, but her family (sons, husband and daughter) always new were she was and how to get in touch with her. This was April the 26th.

There were 2 other ladies reportedly staying with Nina and my sister, one named Emily and one named Jolene. Dawn wasn't seen again by family members until Saturday April 28th. Our nephew saw her and Nina walking down the street, wanting a ride to the Western Club, so he gave them a ride. This child is blaming himself so bad because he feels if he had not given them a ride, his Aunt wouldn't be missing. And that is the last time WE can account for her were abouts.

The following Sunday, Jolene, one of the ladies at Nina's house went to Dawns daughter and told her she needed to file a missing person report on her mother. Naturally since this lady was known to be at the same house with Dawn, her daughter thought something bad had happened to her mother. At this point my sisters daughter called me.

On Monday Nina told Dawns husband that she thought he should file a missing person report as well, so he and the children and his mom called 911. Much to our surprise they would not file a missing person report although she had not been seen since Saturday and this is now Monday.

My husband and I got involved at this point, and have done a good bit of investigating ourselves. Upon talking to Nina we find that she has told more than one story, but the authorities have yet to do anything or even investigate her different stories. Why we don't know, but it sure gives police and the like a bad name. All police officers are not lazy nor do they just want a pay check, they really care about what they do.

Now from the investigating myself and my husband has done, we have heard different things on the street. Mind you the streets we have walked looking for my sister, have been quiet scary. The word we are hearing on the street is that Nina and Dawn were together, Dawn was passed out in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of the club, with male in the driver seat, Nina sold Dawn out for crack. At this point Nina got out of the car and that was the last time she saw Dawn.

Nina said in her statement to police was that she never saw Dawn after she left the bar with Charlie Hopkins. Of course since I let Nina know what I thought and what I heard on the street, she hasn't been able to be found since. So PLEASE if you know anything or anyone with information about this case call the numbers listed below. If you do not want to be identified we assure you you do not have to, but please do not turn a deaf ear to our plea. Thank you for your help in advance.

Detective Clarke from the Montgomery Police Department is handling the case. You can reach Detective Clarke at 1-334-241-2651 if you have information on this case or you can call 1-334-242-4000 to give information anonymously.

The family as a whole is getting very frustrated with Detective Clarke, as he doesn't really seem to care if he helps us gather clues as to what has happened to these childrens mother, not to mention my sister.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations have gotten involved because it has been more then 2 months. The woman to contact with any information is: Tonia Wimberley @ 2720 Gunter Pk.Dr.West A Montgpmery AL. 36109 Her number is 260-1118. Her e-mail is winpax@yahoo.com.

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