Witness Wednesday: Darsha Dodge on Gina Bos, Nebraska Missing Persons Day, and the Sisters Who Sang in the Rain

Darsha Dodge has known about Gina Bos's case for 15 years. Last October, she stood at the Nebraska State Capitol in the rain and watched Gina's sisters sing for her under a rainbow umbrella. This is what she saw.

Darsha Dodge is the senior reporter at 1011 News (KOLN) in Lincoln, Nebraska. She grew up in Arkansas and, as a teenager going down internet rabbit holes about missing persons, stumbled across Gina Bos's disappearance roughly 15 years ago. When she moved to Lincoln and saw Nebraska Missing Persons Day come up on the calendar, an event Gina's sisters helped push through the state legislature, designating October 17th each year, she knew immediately she was going to be there.

In this Witness Wednesday, Darsha describes walking up to the state capitol that October morning: storm clouds, thunder, rain on and off, and Gina's sisters Jannel, Leanne, and Tammy standing under a bright rainbow umbrella, holding their instruments and singing for a sister who has been missing for 26 years. When Darsha asked Jannel about the rain, Jannel said something she hasn't been able to forget: "It's been raining since October 17th."

She also talks about meeting Jannel for the first time - the warmth, the hug, the email Jannel sent after the story ran that Darsha printed out and keeps on her desk. She talks about looking at Gina's photos and what a person's smile tells you about who they were. And she talks about driving past the building where Duggan's Pub used to stand, at 11th and K in downtown Lincoln, two or three times a week, and how she can't drive by without thinking about Gina.

She also reflects on the 411 Gina Foundation: what it takes to build something like that out of grief, to help hundreds of families find their missing loved ones while your own sister's case remains open, and what Jannel's email revealed about the kind of person you have to be to do that work.

If you're looking for a reason to believe in people, Darsha says, look at what Jannel Rap built in her sister's name.

If you have information about Gina Bos's disappearance:
Lincoln Police Department: 402-441-6000
Crime Stoppers (anonymous): 1-800-222-8477
411gina.org | namus.gov

Darsha's Piece on Gina and Nebraska Missing Persons Day
https://www.1011now.com/2025/10/17/25-years-after-she-vanished-family-regina-bos-marks-nebraska-missing-persons-day/

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