(KXLG, Watertown)- Law enforcement agencies held a press conference yesterday (Nov. 4) in rural Deuel County to release new information in the missing person case of Pamela Dunn from Watertown.
Dunn was reported missing Dec. 10, 2001, after she failed to show up for work and police began an investigation into her disappearance. Oct. 4, 2006, a Codington County jury convicted Dunn’s former boyfriend, Dave Asmussen, of kidnapping her. He was sentenced to life in prison.
South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Cam Corey, Watertown Police Department Detective Sergeant Chad Stahl and Deuel County Sheriff Cory Borg met with members of the news media at an abandoned farm-site where a well is being excavated.
Agent Corey said in 2017, law enforcement received a new lead that Dunn’s body was in a well in Rural Deuel County.
Agent Corey said they have used TASK Force 1 members from Sioux Falls Fire Rescue along with Watertown Fire Rescue personnel who have gone down into the well. Corey said despite the work of the two teams, they were never able to get to the bottom.
Agent Corey said that the information that Dunn’s body may be in the well came from a resident of Deuel County who knew that Asmussen frequented the area…….
Agent Corey says the well excavation is the most promising lead he has received in his 14 years of working the Pam Dunn case. The excavation will continue at the site as long as necessary. Corey says, law enforcement will begin sifting through materials pulled out of the well looking for evidence.
Agent Corey said more information will be released as it becomes available.
Photo credit KXLG, Watertown
Photo credit KXLG, Watertown
Photo credit South Dakota Attorney General’s Office Missing Persons website
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