Who was Joan Marie Dymond? Bio, Wiki, Age, Missing, Murder,
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Joan Marie Dymond went missing in northeastern Pennsylvania more than a half-century ago. State police in Wilkes-Barre said Tuesday that the remains were identified as those of 14-year-old Joan Marie Dymond of Wilkes-Barre, who vanished from the Andover Street Park in June 1969.
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Joan Marie Dymond was 14 years old when she went missing.
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Joan Marie Dymond was missing in 1969 from a park in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. This Tuesday, more than five decades later, her remains were identified.
“We never stopped pursuing answers, and this investigation remains very active,” said Captain Patrick Dougherty, commanding officer of PSP Troop P, in a news release from the Pennsylvania state police. “After 53 years, the family of Joan Marie Dymond very much deserves closure, and we will do everything we can to see that they have it.”
Dymond’s remains were found in 2012 on the grounds of a former coal-mining operation in Newport Township by people digging “for relics.”
At the time, authorities determined the remains to be female and calculated that her age at her time of death was mid-teens to the too early 20s. The investigation also pointed toward foul play, and Labs also indicated a high probability she died in the late 1960s.
Authorities named her body Jane “Newport” Doe after receiving no matches in national DNA databases.
After that, the remains were submitted to Othram, Inc. in March 2022 to undergo genetic genealogy testing, the statement detailed.
At Othram, Inc., Dymond’s family members provided DNA samples. When those samples were analyzed, Dymond was finally identified.
“It didn’t reduce the sadness or the missing of her,” Dymond’s older sister, Suzanne Estock, said following the Pennsylvania state police press conference. “I’m glad she was found so we could have a service for her.”
Estock also added that their parents, who have since died, would be “happy to have a little bit of her anyway.” She also shared that her parents “never gave up hope” when looking for her and believed that Dymond “would be found somewhere alive.”
“She was a sweet girl, didn’t deserve what happened to her,” Estock said. “I’m grateful for the state police for all they’ve done, and I never expected her to be found after this period.”
Although Dymond’s remains have been identified, law enforcement is still investigating her death. Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call the Shickshinny station at 570-542-4117.
