Jul 23, 2020
Jun 06, 2024
Danita
Trolinger
53
23
62 inches
66 inches
100 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the small, quiet community of Blocker, Oklahoma, where residents were familiar with one another, the autumn of 1994 brought a lasting and troubling mystery. It was during this time that 23-year-old Danita Kaye Trolinger, a young woman with black hair and blue eyes, vanished. The exact date of her disappearance is uncertain, with some accounts stating she was last seen by her husband around November 1, 1994, while her official missing person report was filed on November 28, 1994. At the time of her disappearance, Danita was described as being between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing around 100 pounds. The lack of clear information from the outset created a difficult path for those seeking answers. The investigation into Danita's disappearance was hampered by a scarcity of details. There was no information released to the public about what she was wearing, if she took any personal belongings, or if there were any witnesses besides her husband. The rural landscape surrounding Blocker, with its dense woods and isolated roads, made physical searches of the area challenging. Investigators with the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office considered her disappearance suspicious from the beginning, but without any significant leads, the case quickly went cold. For years, there was little movement in the investigation, and it wasn't until July 2020 that her case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). Decades have now passed since Danita Trolinger was last seen, yet her case remains an unsolved mystery that has left her family and community searching for answers. While DNA from her family has been made available for comparison, it has not yet been matched to any unidentified remains. Online discussions and social media posts continue to share Danita's story, hoping to generate new leads. The Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office still considers her case open, and they encourage anyone with even the smallest piece of information to come forward. The overview of this case is one of profound and sorrowful ambiguity; a young woman vanished from her life, leaving behind a void of information and a family left to wonder what happened in the wooded hills of Pittsburg County.
Nov 28, 1994
Blocker
Oklahoma
Pittsburg County
No
89867
Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office
McAlester
Oklahoma
Pittsburg County
74501
George Scott
Deputy
1210 North West Street, Oklahoma
9184235858
County
Law Enforcement
94-4904
1994-11-28
Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office
8850
Black
Blue
Blue
06/17/2026