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Updated · Fox News · Nov 1

Wyoming Mother, 30, Reported Missing After Missing Pickup, Phone Last Pinged on Highway 387

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Updated · Fox News · Nov 1

Wyoming Mother, 30, Reported Missing After Missing Pickup, Phone Last Pinged on Highway 387

Q: How did Kandice Gunter's phone ping near Gillette hours after she uncharacteristically abandoned her children in Casper?

It is not yet known. The reported Gillette-area phone ping only shows that Kandice Gunter’s cellphone was detected somewhere north of Casper around noon Wednesday; it does not establish why it was there, who had it, or whether Kandice herself was with it. What is publicly documented is limited. Her sister said they last spoke at 10:41 a.m. Wednesday, and family later learned the phone may have pinged near Gillette around noon. Police have separately said the last known cellphone location was along Highway 387 near the Natrona County line at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. Those two data points suggest possible movement north or northeast from Casper, potentially along corridors such as Highway 387 toward Midwest, Edgerton, Wright or the broader Gillette area, but investigators have not confirmed a route. There are several plausible explanations, none verified: Gunter may have been driving with her phone, someone else may have had the phone, or the ping may reflect only an approximate tower-based location rather than a precise GPS fix. Family reports have also referenced the Linch/Midwest-Wright area, which could indicate the same general corridor rather than a separate confirmed sighting. At this stage, the ping is an investigative clue, not an answer. The key unresolved question is whether the phone’s movement tracks Gunter, her gray 2016 GMC Canyon, or only the device itself. Anyone with relevant information is being asked to contact Casper police.

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Kandice Gunter, 30, was reported missing in Casper after she failed to pick up her two children, ages 9 and 6, from the Boys & Girls Club.
Casper police said Gunter was last seen the morning of Oct. 29 in Natrona County and was believed to be driving a gray 2016 GMC Canyon with Wyoming temporary registration.
Her cellphone was last located around 12:30 p.m. Friday along Highway 387 near the Natrona County line; her sister said the two last spoke at 10:41 a.m. Wednesday and Gunter then stopped answering calls.
Kayla Gunter told local media the disappearance is out of character, saying her sister had moved from Nevada to Casper about a month ago to be closer to her children and had shown no sign she planned to leave.
Police described Gunter as 5-foot-7 and about 185 pounds, with black hair, blue eyes and a butterfly tattoo on her neck, and asked anyone with information to contact Casper police or Crime Stoppers.