Dicks was last seen leaving a nightclub on Manning Avenue in Sumter, South Carolina on March 29, 1972. She was accompanied by a Caucasian man. According to Dicks's sister, she is a lesbian who occasionally had relationships with men. She has never been heard from again. After her disappearance there were tips that she was living in the Baltimore, Maryland area, but none of the leads panned out.

Authorities believe Dicks was a victim of the serial killer Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins Jr. A photo of Gaskins is posted below this case summary. He killed at least ten people, several of whom knew him, and claimed he had killed over one hundred people. One of his victims, he said, was an African-American girl named Clyde, which was Dicks's nickname. He told several different stories about Clyde's murder. Gaskins was convicted of eight charges in 1976 and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. Afterwards, he murdered a fellow inmate and was sentenced to death. He was executed in 1991.

Gaskins was never charged in Dicks's case and her connection to him has not been proven. Her disappearance remains unsolved.

Above: Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins