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Dawn Phillips

Case from Grand Rapids, MI dated Oct 01, 1996

Victim Details

Dawn Phillips

January 2, 2024

Female

White / Caucasian

Grand Rapids

MI

1996-10-01

1996-01-19

1996-10-01

1969-12-15

26

26

Dawn Phillips

Dawn

Phillips

Victim

07/07/2026


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A mother of five is found murdered in Grand Rapids
In the winter of 1996, a 26-year-old Caucasian woman named Dawn Phillips vanished from Grand Rapids, Michigan. A mother of five young daughters, she was last seen on the evening of January 19, 1996. After giving two of her daughters a bath, she told them she was making a quick trip to a nearby corner store and would be right back. Her children waited, but their mother never returned home. For months, her disappearance remained a mystery, leaving her family in a state of agonizing uncertainty. ...
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    Do you all think there's any significance to the fact that Dawn was last seen after giving her daugh... ...Read More
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