The 50-year-old’s family is pleading for answers weeks after surveillance footage captured her last known movements
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NEED TO KNOW
- Dana Darlene Ammons, 50, has been missing since June 22 after leaving her car behind and setting off on foot
- Surveillance footage captured Ammons walking toward New Bern in her last known sighting, police said
- Her family and community members are continuing efforts to find her as loved ones plead for information about her whereabouts
A North Carolina woman has been missing for weeks after leaving her car behind and setting off on foot — and her family is desperate for answers.
Surveillance video from the morning of June 22 shows Dana Darlene Ammons, 50, near a local trailer dealership, Caballus Trailers LLC, along U.S. 70 between Havelock and New Bern, N.C., according to a July 10 statement from the Havelock Police Department.
The footage captured Ammons walking toward New Bern, and she has not been seen or heard from since, according to police.
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Ammons’ son-in-law, Lance Lane, recalled what the family knows about her last known movements in an interview with WCTI, noting that she dropped her off car at a nearby car dealership.
“Then she left her car, and she just went across the road,” Lance said. “Coming off the road from there, it is a vet clinic. They’ve got her on camera crossing 70 and heading west toward New Bern, and that’s all we know.”
Police have classified Ammons as a missing endangered adult and said there was significant concern for her safety because she was believed to be traveling on foot amid hazardous weather conditions.
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As the search for Ammons continues, her daughter, Katelyn Lane, said the uncertainty has left the family fearing the worst.
“I don’t really know if she’s alive,” Katelyn told WCTI.
Her family has since been working to spread awareness about her disappearance in hopes that someone may recognize her or have information about where she went.
“When my husband and I came back last weekend, not many people knew,” Katelyn told WITN. “So we’re hoping to be able to have more foot traction, visit more areas.”
Another family member, Felicia Elmore, said getting Ammons’ photo in front of as many people as possible could help the search.
“The more her face gets out, then the more everybody knows about it,” Elmore told WITN. “The more that face is examined, they’ll remember it.”
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For Katelyn, her mother’s disappearance remains difficult to understand.
“This isn’t like her at all,” she told WITN. “If she was medicated, she would never choose to do this.”
Ammons is approximately 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds, with shoulder-length hair and brown eyes, according to police. She has a butterfly tattoo on her right shoulder, angel wings on her back and a burn scar on her right arm.
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The Havelock Police Department has asked anyone with information that could help locate Ammons to come forward as the search continues.
PEOPLE has reached out to the Havelock Police Department for additional comment.
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