Philanthropist Reported Missing After Absence on Social Media, Stranger Allegedly Found Driving Her Car

Mar. 15, 2025

Karen Miles.Photo:Karen Miles/Facebook

Karen Miles/Facebook

A Texas philanthropist has been missing for nearly three weeks and a man was arrested for allegedly driving her car with a stolen plate. The man has not been charged in connection with the missing woman’s disappearance.

Clark was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon, knowingly altering a license plate and for being a fugitive because of active warrants out of Harris County, Rogers says.

The active warrants are for evading arrest and unauthorized use of a vehicle, Rogers said, adding that those charges have no connection to Miles’ disappearance. Clark has not entered a plea.

Davante Kenyatta Clark.Missouri City Police

Missouri City Police

Wendy Lewis Armstrong, who has worked with Miles through several community platforms, told the outlet she began to get worried when she saw others posting on Miles' Facebook to get her to respond.

“I saw the second [Facebook] message and called her phone and it went straight to voicemail,” Armstrong told the outlet.

Friends went to her home to check on her, per the outlet, and notified Miles' family members when she didn’t respond.

Karen Miles Missing Person poster.Missing People in America/Facebook

Missing People in America/Facebook

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Miles is a member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Black Heritage committee, per Click 2 Houston andKHOU 11.

“She’s a part of so many organizations. She gives so much, she’s constantly volunteering,” her friend Danessa Bolling told ABC 13.

Now, the community she actively and devotedly served is rallying to help raise awareness about her disappearance and pushing authorities to speed up their investigation.

“(She) is light, and so, this feels dark because we don’t know where she is,” Bolling said, per ABC 13.

“My mom is a pillar in the community is what I will call it,” her daughter Janice Bond said, per Click 2 Houston. “One of the things I noticed throughout this process is the sense of community. She’s always volunteered and did a lot of things, but I never caught a sense of what that actually meant until now.”

Anyone with information should contact Missouri City police at 281-403-8700 CID Division.

source: people.com