MI MI - Dawn Rene Silvernail, 21, Hubbardston, 8 Nov 1991

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https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/8982/16

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Yes, either it's her or somebody using her information.

I compiled a bunch of info a few days ago after she was the spotlight case on Charley and was hoping to submit it via email, but could only find contact phone numbers. It seems common for detectives to give only phone numbers...I'd think email or an online contact form would be more appealing to tipsters.

Anyway, I'm planning to call it in today. I'll keep you posted.
 
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I sent them an email about it and heard back that they have already received this tip multiple times and have determined that it is NOT the same person.
 
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Where is her family? The picture of her is bad, that could be almost anyone :-\ Was her relationship abusive? She was really young to already be out of touch with her family.
 
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The husband lives in South Bend Indiana. Unemployed. Lives with a women and they have a small child together.
 
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From http://www.themorningsun.com/articl...-for-former-thaca-woman-missing-for-21-years-

Silvernail was 21 when she disappeared, just after giving birth to her second son.

She and her husband Andrew Silvernail were living in Hazel Park at the time. Providence Hospital in Southfield, where she gave birth, is also where she was last known to be alive. [...]

There is, however, one place of interest. Morey has received a tip that Dawn Silvernail may have been in Alma after she was discharged from the hospital.

“I’ve had more than one indication,” he said.

Morey has talked with Dawn’s husband Andrew – who had custody of the two boys after Dawn went missing – and family members and friends, many times. No one knows where she is.

Andrew is, Morey said without hesitation, “a person of interest.”
 
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Surely, someone has some more/better photos of Dawn?
 
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Even having her maiden name would help, and surely someone knows that even if there are no other photos!
 
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She was tall enough that she could be mistaken for a male UID if skeletal remains were found.

ETA: She appears to have had very wide-set eyes.
 
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http://www.gratiotmi.com/Portals/0/Records/Marriage/Marriage Index/Marriage Index-3/Marriage Index 3 S-Z/Marriage Index 3 S-Z 14.pdf
Maiden name Waldron.
As someone close to this I have always heard that Andrew killed her and buried her in the swampy woods area behind his grandmothers house in Matherton, Michigan. So sad her boys had to grow up without their mother.
That is heartbreaking. Thanks for giving us the document.
Do you have any other photos of Dawn?
 
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Dawn Rene Silvernail
dawn_renee_silvernail_1.jpg

Dawn, circa 1991

Missing Since: November 8, 1991
Missing From: Hubbardston, Ionia County, Michigan
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Date of Birth: July 29, 1970
Age: 21 years old
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 125 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Dawn has a lazy eye. She has a scar on her abdomen and a scar in the middle of her forehead. Some reports spell her middle name “Renee”.

Details of Disappearance: Dawn was last seen in Hubbardston, Michigan on November 8, 1991. She had just given birth to her second son at Providence Hospital. She has never been heard from again.

Dawn grew up in the Ithaca, Michigan area. She and her husband, Andrew, had lived in California, Georgia and Florida before returning to Michigan, where they lived in Hazel Park. Dawn's family reported her missing to different police agencies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Michigan State Police took over the investigation in 2006.

After Dawn went missing, different people told the police Andrew had bragged about killing her and burying her body at the bottom of Dugway Hill. Andrew is considered a person of interest in her disappearance, but he has never been charged. Her case remains unsolved and is being investigated as a homicide.

Investigating Agency: Michigan State Police 616-527-3600
 
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Where's Dawn Silvernail?
Two cadaver dogs from the Michigan State Police canine unit searched four acres of Dugway Hill Tuesday morning under blue skies and the hopeful eye of MSP Det. Sgt. Michael Morey.

The German shepherds and their handlers, Trooper Tim Johnson and Sgt. David Yount, took turns traversing the brush, first one large section, then another about 100 yards south.

After more than two hours, the dogs, Blitz and Lightning, found nothing.
 
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In my opinion, law enforcement should reopen this case and try one more time to get justice for this young woman.
 

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