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Take a look at my cinematic short documentary on the not-so-cold case of Dale Williams, a Nucla man missing for 24 years. Was there foul play involved? Let's find out.
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Real Name: Dale Duane Williams
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Nucla, Colorado
Occupation: Auto Shop Owner
Date of Birth: July 15, 1956
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Marital Status: Married
Characteristics: Caucasian male with graying brown (or sandy) hair and blue eyes. Dale has a scar under his chin, scars on each side of face along jawline, and a birthmark on the left side of his face under his jawbone. He was wearing a dark blue T-shirt and blue jeans.
Details: On Sunday, July 4, 1999, a family swimming at the confluence of the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers in Unaweep Canyon in western Colorado made a grim discovery. Submerged in the muddy waters was a white 1994 Ford F250 pickup truck. The Montrose County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene. It quickly became apparent that this would be more than a simple vehicle recovery operation. Investigators realized this might be the break they desperately needed in a case that had captured the attention of surrounding communities. The truck belonged to a man who suddenly vanished six weeks before. Hopes, however, were quickly dashed when no other signs of the missing man were recovered. Authorities need help to solve this baffling mystery.
The recovered pickup truck was registered to forty-two-year-old Dale Williams. The longtime area resident was an active community leader, devoted husband, and doting father of two teenage daughters. He owned and operated "Dale's Pro Body Shop", an auto body shop in the nearby town of Nucla. He also owned Showtime Movie Rentals, along with other businesses and buildings. On the evening of May 27, 1999, he failed to make it home for dinner. His wife of twenty-three years, Diana, assumed he was preoccupied with a job at the body shop and lost track of time.
By bedtime, however, Diana was concerned. She called Dale’s shop a couple of times, but he did not answer or call back. She figured that he did not hear the phone ring because he was using the air ratchets or another loud tool. At around 10pm, she went to bed. As she laid there, she felt something was wrong. She tossed and turned all night and woke up several times. Each time she woke, he still was not home.
Diana woke at dawn and was horrified to discover Dale had not made it home all night. As soon as she got their children off to school, she drove straight to his garage. When she first walked into his shop, she noticed that the door was unlocked. The hood was still up on a van he was working on. His tools were laying around it. It appeared as if he had walked away for just a few minutes and would be back. She immediately went over to his mother Ida’s house. She had also not heard from him in the past day.
Dale often shopped at junkyards, looking for spare parts to use at the body shop. Diana and Ida thought that would be a good place to start their search. When they did not find him at the junkyards, they figured that he might have accidentally driven off the road somewhere. They figured that something had happened to him, but they also felt that they would be able to find him. However, they were unable to find any trace of him. His family knew something was wrong, especially because his daughter was supposed to graduate that weekend.
Within a few hours, Diana notified police, and word of Dale’s strange disappearance spread through Nucla. Investigators began piecing together his day. They learned he made a brief stop at his friend Tami Lowrance’s office about 12:15pm on May 27. She had a windshield that needed repaired on a truck. He told her that he would not be able to repair it until the following Wednesday. She thought it was strange because it was not necessary for him to stop by and tell her that; he could have called her instead.
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Jul 12, 2019 · The two adult sons of Elizabeth Pledger-Stewart attacked convicted killer Dale Williams Sr., just as their sister began to read a victim impact statement.
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May 23, 2019 · Dale Williams owned a body shop in the small town of Nucla, in Montrose County about 100 miles south of Grand Junction. On May 27, 1999, he apparently received a phone call from a stranded...
- Janet Oravetz
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May 23, 2019 · On the anniversary of Dale Williams’ disappearance, Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents and Montrose County Sheriff’s Office employees are asking for the public’s help in solving the...
