Dorcas Loritta Davis, 49, of Oakland was last seen August 21, 2000. She had been staying at Shepherd’s Gate Battered Women’s Shelter in Livermore and was treated at Highland Hospital in Oakland that same day; after that she did not return and was reported missing by her brother.

Searches and investigations have not produced significant leads. Her circumstances at the time—being in a shelter for battered women and having recent hospital treatment—make her disappearance especially concerning to family and investigators. The case remains open.

If anyone has information about Dorcas’s movements after August 21, 2000, please contact the investigating agency.