State police announced Tuesday that a 14-year-old girl who vanished in 1969 has been identified from human remains discovered in Pennsylvania over ten years ago.
The remains of Joan Marie Dymond, who vanished from a Wilkes-Barre park on June 25, 1969, were discovered in 2012 but weren’t recognized until recently, according to authorities.
According to Capt. Patrick Dougherty, commanding officer of Pennsylvania State Police Troop P, “we never stopped looking for answers, and this investigation remains quite active.”
Unknown to this day is what happened to 14-year-old Joan Marie Dymond, who vanished from a park in Wilkes-Barre in June 1969.
According to state police, genetic genealogy testing helped make the identification made public on Tuesday.
According to authorities, the bones were discovered in November 2012 on the property of a defunct coal mining operation in Newport Township, west of Wilkes-Barre.
According to state police, the discoverers were “digging for artifacts in a trash-filled pit in the ground” at the time.
According to authorities, investigators found that the death was caused by suspicious or “foul play” circumstances.
In March, swabs from members of Dymond’s family were used to identify the remains after they were transferred to Othram Inc. for testing, according to authorities.
Dymond’s sister Suzanne Estock said at a news conference Tuesday that “she was a sweet child and didn’t deserve what happened to her.”
When Estock last spoke to her sister, she was anticipating Estock’s impending pregnancy.
According to station video, Estock added, “She was enthusiastic about being an aunt and me having a baby and coming down to see.”
Dymond’s killer is still being sought by police, who are requesting that anyone with information get in touch.
“The family of Joan Marie Dymond deserves closure after 53 years. We will use every effort to ensure that they receive it “The police captain, Dougherty, stated in the statement on Tuesday.
Remains of persons who passed away decades ago have been identified thanks to genealogy research, as have, in some cases, the murderers.
