Dawn Blankenheim

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Sometime between May 16 and May 25, 2020, 53-year-old Dawn Blankenheim vanished from Chico, California. No isolated event or indication foreshadowed her disappearance, but like every missing person, Dawn didn't just disappear. There is always more to the story. Dawn had been in the hospital in mid-May and was picked up by a friend after she was discharged. They were spotted at a local bar together over the weekend. Dawn scheduled a rideshare service to get home, then abruptly canceled. No one has ever seen or heard from Dawn again. Dawn's loved ones are left behind to sift through the many unanswered questions, disturbing circumstances, and subtle clues that there is more to Dawn's story than what appears on the surface.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Dawn Blankenheim, you are asked to call the Chico, California Police Department at (530) 897-4900.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:18.0	What I believe happened is, she probably said something she shouldn't have said, this argument escalated.
0:27.0	He might have shoved her, maybe he hit her, maybe he shoved her and she hit her head on a counter.
0:33.0	It was not premeditated, whatever happened it escalated to a physical confrontation.
0:38.0	He was much bigger than her, much stronger than her.
0:42.0	Actually, then we'll, actually, then we'll death.
0:44.0	And he cleaned the whole thing up and got away with it.
0:48.0	Now, that's my theory, because this woman has not been heard from scenes.
0:53.0	No credit card activity, no bone activity, you don't just disappear unless somebody wants you to disappear.
1:01.0	Sometime between May 16th and May 25th, 2020, 53-year-old Dawn Blankenheim simply vanished from Chico, California.
1:11.0	There was no isolated event or indication that foreshadowed her disappearance.
1:16.0	But like with every missing person, Dawn didn't just disappear.
1:21.0	Dawn's story is a cautionary tale.
1:24.0	The story of a bright shining soul was so much potential, but haunted by multiple generations of trauma before her life even began and woven through its entirety.
1:35.0	While we can't say that Dawn's disappearance is an extraordinary mystery, we can say this.
1:41.0	Her life was one worth living.
1:43.0	She was a much loved mother, sister, daughter, and friend.
1:47.0	And though Dawn vanishing is not entirely an enigma, there are many unanswered questions, disturbing circumstances,
1:54.0	and subtle clues that there's more to Dawn's story than what appears on the surface.
1:59.0	Stick with us as we dig in and explore Dawn's story.
2:02.0	I'm Marisa and from Wondery, this is Episode 365 of the Vanished.
2:07.0	Dawn Blankenheim's story.
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