Debra Wilkerson, whose daughter was reported missing two years ago, finds it difficult to answer one of the most basic questions of motherhood: “How many children do you have?” Wilkerson, 67, didn’t know immediately what to say when someone asked her recently. Her adult daughter, Brittany Moeser, disappeared in April 2024 from their home in Clarmin, an unincorporated community in Washington County near Marissa and the St. Clair County border.