Missing under ominous circumstances, mother and son are found in Oregon Airbnb
By BAY AREA NEWS GROUP |PUBLISHED: August 10, 2022 at 10:42 a.m. | UPDATED: August 10, 2022 at 10:51 a.m.
Two weeks after Canadian police came across a scene suggesting a missing mother and her son were dead or had been abducted, the two were found safe 1,000 miles away at an Oregon Airbnb.
The woman is now charged in what officials say was a scheme to disappear with the 7-year-old child.
An intense search was launched on July 24 after family members reported that Dawn Walker, 48, had not been seen for two days. On July 25, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, found her pickup truck at a park along the Saskatchewan River; items found nearby included her purse and a broken fishing pole lying halfway out of the water.
Police investigated possible foul play, as well as a scenario in which mother and son were swept away in the river. Her family and community members held events to keep the disappearance in the public eye.