MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 1992-41
Dail Boxley Dinwiddie
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Open
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Columbia, South Carolina
Summary:
Dail Boxley Dinwiddie, 23, vanished on September 24, 1992. She was 5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds. She attended a U2 concert with friends on September 23, 1992, and the concert ended at approximately 11:15 p.m. She and her group then stopped at Jungle Jim's, a nightclub in Five Points, and was last seen at approximately 1:30 a.m. on September 24. Her case remains open and unsolved.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Dail Dinwiddie attended a U2 concert with friends on September 23, 1992. The concert ended at approximately 11:15 p.m. and Dinwiddie and her group then stopped at Jungle Jim's, a nightclub in the Five Points area of Columbia. Dinwiddie was last seen at approximately 1:30 a.m. on September 24 by an employee at the club. Her friends lost track of her at the club and assumed she had a ride home; they left at approximately 1:00 a.m. Dinwiddie apparently spoke to the bouncer for 15 minutes before walking out the door between 1:15 and 1:30 a.m. She was last seen walking north on Harden Street. She left her purse behind and has never been seen again. Dinwiddie was missed at 6:15 a.m. when her father saw that the lights and radio were on in her room and her bed had not been slept in. He called all of her friends and none of them knew her whereabouts, so he reported her missing at 8:30 a.m.
Additional Details:
The Columbia police treated Dinwiddie's disappearance as a kidnapping, since everyone who knew her said it would be very uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Police followed more than 1,000 leads. Investigators have probed the possibility that Reinaldo Javier "Ray" Rivera was involved in Dinwiddie's disappearance. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Columbia and a student at the University of South Carolina in 1992. The university is located near the Five Points area where Dinwiddie was last seen. Rivera, a Navy pilot with an exemplary military record, was convicted of the police officer's murder in 2004 and sentenced to death, plus seven life terms for related crimes. While he admitted to the Georgia killings, he never admitted to having any connection to Dinwiddie and investigators never found any evidence. Although the case is nearly three decades old, it is still active, according to Tommy Crosby, public information officer for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. SLED has assisted Columbia Police on the case. In 2020, Richland County Sheriff's Department reported they are currently working a new tip in the case. The Dail Dinwiddie Safe Streets Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization aimed at helping find any and all missing adults, as well as educating young people about personal safety. The board included the executive director of South Carolina's Adam Walsh Center.
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Timeline of Events
Father reported her missing after calling all of her friends with no results.
Dinwiddie was missed when her father saw that the lights and radio were on in her room and her bed had not been slept in.
Dinwiddie was last seen at approximately 1:30 a.m. by an employee at the club. She was last seen walking north on Harden Street.
Dail spoke with the bouncer at the bar around 1:15 am, telling him she was trying to find her friends. He saw her leave the bar once, but she returned within a few minutes, still alone.
Concert ended; Dinwiddie and her group then stopped at Jungle Jim's nightclub in Five Points area.
Attended U2 concert with friends in Columbia, South Carolina.
Associated Persons
Drew D. (Sibling) - Living
Reinaldo Javier R. (Person of Interest) - Living
Jean D. (Mother) - Living
Dan D. (Father) - Deceased
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