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Airman Is Missing in the US:

Nov. 29, 2006

The Air Force has confirmed that 1st Lt. Nonnie Dotson, a clinical nurse at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Texas, has been reported missing by her relative in Colorado. Dotson had applied for leave from Nov. 13-20, and the Rocky Mountain News reports she was last seen on Nov. 19 when she left her brother’s home in Colorado. Law enforcement officials in Colorado are investigating.

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