Dionne Lynne Fox went missing from Tiawah on September 1, 1996. She was twenty-five years old.

The circumstances relating to Dione’s last known sighting are unclear, but what is clear is that she was declared a missing person when she failed to make a court appearance in September 1996.

Dione and her husband had divorced in 1993, the same year she filed a protective order against him. Again, in May 1996, she reported to police that her now ex-husband had assaulted and threatened her. He was then charged with assault and violating the protective order, however, Dione disappeared before the court hearing about the charges, and the charges were subsequently dropped.

Eight months after Dione went missing, her vehicle would be found abandoned in Noel, Missouri. Her keys and purse were inside the vehicle. In 2014, when authorities reopened the case, and served a warrant to search property belonging to Dione’s ex-husband’s family, her ex-husband stated to reporters that Dione had lied to the police about the assault charges in 1996, and when he confronted her about it, she had decided to leave to avoid testifying. He further stated that Dione told him she was going to Noel, Missouri, where her mother lived.

Nothing was found in the 2014 search that would lead to Dione, and her ex-husband has never been charged.

Dione was a mother, and an incredibly devoted mother at that. She would have never willingly left without her children, or have stayed out of contact with them for so long.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Dione Fox, please contact the Rogers County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office at 918-342-9700.