She was going to be away for minutes. It’s been more than five years now since she walked out of her brother’s house briefly for a trip to the store.
Courtesy of family- Nonnie Dotson, 33.
Today, it’s as big of a mystery as it was on Nov. 19, 2006.
Nonnie Dotson was in Littleton with her 18-month-old daughter Savannah for a pre-Thanksgiving visit with her brother Tony Dotson.
The nurse was on leave from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
She said she was going out for a smoothie at a nearby store.
Beau Dotson once told me that his twin sister would have never left her daughter behind. She adored her.
Family members searched for her tirelessly. Beau had come home from a tour in Afghanistan to personally join the effort. They put up a $10,000 reward. No one has claimed it.
Savannah at first lived with her maternal grandmother in California, but has since gone to live with her natural father, Edward Vehle in Texas.
Vehl had been ordered to pay $900 a month in child support and $10,000 in back child support when Nonnie Dotson had custody of her daughter, according to Vehle’s attorney.
Vehl had a contentious relationship with Nonnie Dotson. He gave police two receipts proving he was in Texas when his former girlfriend disappeared.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Nonnie Dotson is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 303-277-0211. Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206. Follow him on Twitter @KmitchellDP.