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Mom-of-two's cryptic last post before she vanished without a trace after failing to pick kids up from youth club

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Swaroop, A. (2026, November 1). Mom-of-two's cryptic last post before she vanished without a trace after failing to pick kids up from youth club. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16256569/Mom-cryptic-post-vanished-without-trace-failing-pick-kids.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-01 · by Ananya Swaroop

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Kandice Gunter, a 30-year-old mother of two from Wyoming, vanished after failing to pick up her children from an after-school care facility on October 29. Her last known social media post read, "Success for me happens in silence." The police were alerted when she did not show up as expected and her phone was later found in Gillette, about 126 miles away from Casper. Kandice’s sister, Kayla Gunter, reported that their conversation the day before had been normal, with no indication of distress or plans to disappear.
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Kandice Gunter, a 30-year-old mother from Wyoming, has been reported missing after failing to pick up her two children from an after-school club in Casper. Her sister Kayla Gunter filed the missing person report after Kandice did not collect her kids, aged 9 and 6, on Wednesday. Police last knew of Kandice's location around 12:30 p.m. Friday near Highway 387, Natrona County line. She was traveling in a gray 2016 GMC Canyon pickup with Wyoming temporary registration. The sisters are close; Kayla said it is unusual for Kandice not to pick up her children and noted their last conversation on Wednesday gave no indication of any problems.

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Topics

Casper Casper Police Department Gillette Natrona County Wyoming

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Kandice PERSON · 13× Kayla PERSON · 6× Casper Police Department ORG · 4× Casper GPE · 3× Wyoming GPE · 3× Gillette GPE · 2× Kandice Gunter PERSON · 2× Kayla Gunter PERSON · 2× Natrona County GPE · 2× TK Kentopp PERSON · 2×

Narrative

Kandice Gunter, 30, was reported missing on October 29 after she failed to pick her children from an after-school care facility (Photo courtesy: Casper Police Department)
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Claims (27 extracted, 0 hedged)

A family is desperately searching for a mother of two after she posted a cryptic message on social media days before she vanished from her home in Wyoming. asserted
she → search → Wyoming
Kandice Gunter, 30, was supposed to pick up her children, aged nine and six, from an after-school care facility in Casper on October 29. asserted
Gunter → suppose → October
When the mother failed to show up, her family got worried and informed the police. asserted
family → fail → police
Kandice’s sister, Kayla Gunter, told the authorities that she talked to her sister a day before she went missing at 10.41am. asserted
she → tell → 10.41am
The sister added that Kandice had posted a cryptic post a few days before the incident. asserted
Kandice → add → incident
‘Success for me happens in silence,’ Kandice wrote on Facebook. asserted
Kandice → happen → Facebook
Kayla said that while the sisters typically talked three times a day, Kandice’s calls stopped after Wednesday. asserted
calls → say → Wednesday
She never gave a hint that she was not doing well, she said. asserted
she → give → hint
The family filed a missing report with the Casper Police Department a few hours after because it was very unlikely that she did not pick up her children, Kayla said. asserted
Kayla → file → children
‘That’s why I started freaking out,’ Kayla told the Cowboy State Daily. asserted
Kayla → ’ → Daily
‘It’s totally out of character for her not to show up to get her kids,’ she added. asserted
she → ’ → kids
Kandice Gunter, 30, was reported missing on October 29 after she failed to pick her children from an after-school care facility (Photo courtesy: Casper Police Department) asserted
she → report → facility
Kandice had shared a cryptic post on Facebook a few days before she vanished Her sister, Kayla Gunter, said that she had talked to Kandice a day before the incident. asserted
she → share → incident
Kayla added that their conversation did not indicate that Kandice was going to take any such step (Photo courtesy: TK Kentopp) asserted
Kandice → add → step
Casper Police Department said her phone was located in Gillette on Friday (Photo courtesy: TK Kentopp) asserted
phone → say → Friday
Kandice had moved to Casper from Nevada about a month ago to stay close to her children. asserted
Kandice → move → children
While she did not have a big friend circle in Wyoming, Kayla said that the move was suiting her sister well. asserted
move → have → sister
Her ex-husband was also staying in the house and helping Kandice take care of the children, the outlet reported. asserted
outlet → stay → children
Kayla said that her sister did not give any indications about leaving or cutting off her family during their last conversation. asserted
sister → say → conversation
Her last known location was Natrona County, the Division of Criminal Investigations said. asserted
Division → know → Investigations
The police later found her phone’s location in Gillette on Friday, approximately 126 miles away from Casper. asserted
police → find → Casper
Kandice is still missing, her sister said. asserted
sister → miss → ?
She posted a message saying: ‘Lord, please just give me a sign my sister is alive. asserted
sister → post → sign
Kandice was driving a gray 2016 GMC Canyon with Wyoming temporary plates, Casper Police Department said. asserted
Department → drive → plates
The officials described her as a white female who is 5 feet 7 inches tall. asserted
who → describe → female
She has black hair, blue eyes and multiple tattoos on her body including a butterfly tattoo on her neck. asserted
She → have → neck
Casper Police Department has urged anyone with information about Kandice's whereabouts to contact the police. asserted
Department → urge → police
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