Missing:
Joey Lynn Offutt
UPDATE (11/19/08): Watch the America's Most Wanted segment featuring Joey Lynn Offutt
UPDATE (11/6/2008): We are happy to report that America's Most Wanted plans to feature a segment on Joey Lynn Offutt, the single mother missing from Sykesville, PA since July 2007. The air date for the segment is currently set for Saturday, November 15 on FOX. The air date is subject to change, due to late-breaking stories or recent captures.
Joey's family is hopeful that this national exposure will help generate new leads in our search for her.
UPDATE (10/11/2008): The family of Joey Lynn Offutt has announced that the reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Joey Lynn Offutt has been increased to $15,000. We are also pleased to report that America's Most Wanted will be featuring Joey's case on an upcoming program set to air in November.
Joey Lynn Offutt has been missing from Sykesville, PA since a fire destroyed her home on July 12, 2007.
In the early morning of July 12, 2007, authorities responded to a fire at Joey's Sykesville, PA home. After the fire was extinguished, the remains of Joey's 6-week-old son were discovered. Joey and her car, a red Saturn with Virginia license plates, were missing. Police located Joey's car four days later in State College, PA, parked at the Nittany Gardens apartment complex, where Joey had previously lived.
Joey's other two children, who were not at home at the time of the fire, are safe living with family members.
Today is Joey's birthday, she turns 35 years old. All of her family misses her and would like answers.
Joey was 33 years old at the time she went missing, she is approximately 5' 3" with a thin build, and she has brown eyes and brown hair (with a reddish tone). She may or may not be wearing glasses.
If you have information please call the Pennsylvania State Police at: 814-371-4652
Or call the "Find Joey Tip Line" at: 1-877-440-JOEY. The "Find Joey Tip Line" is operated by Joey's family and you may remain anonymous if you choose. Alternatively, you can also contact Joey's family online.
UPDATE (7/11/2008): How do you commemorate an anniversary you wish were not true? Joey is still missing - and we still miss her. This has destroyed our family, and has no doubt forever changed two innocent little girls who have to live every day without their mother. And we also of course grieve for the life of an infant boy who was taken from us. What happened to him? And what happened to his mother? Who did this and where is she? How does one truly "move on" from such a devastation? We have not forgotten. We cannot forget. Her children are daily reminders that she is still not here with us - and we are no closer to any answers. One year later, and no closer to finding any kind of closure or resolution, let alone answers that make any sense.
We need your help. We need your help in continuing to bring notice to her story. We need your help if you saw anything, heard anything -- no matter how insignificant you might think it is. We have nothing. We still believe Joey may have been missing for at least several days prior to the fire that destroyed her home on July 12, 2007. So maybe you saw something out of the ordinary days before the fire -- we'd like to know what you know.
Please help us to FIND JOEY.
We are still offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information that leads to Joey being found. We'd like to hear from you. Call 1-877-440-JOEY and leave a message with the information you have. Or contact us online through this site. If you wish to remain anonymous, that is OK, and we will respect that. We simply want your information, identifying yourself is your choice.
UPDATE (4/15/2008): A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides information leading to the whereabouts of Joey Lynn Offutt, who has been missing from Sykesville, PA since a fire destroyed her home on July 12, 2007.
In the early morning of July 12, 2007, authorities responded to a fire at Joey's Sykesville, PA home. After the fire was extinguished, the remains of a baby, believed to be Joey's 6-week-old son, were discovered. Joey and her car, a red Saturn with Virginia license plates, were missing. Police located Joey's car four days later in State College, PA, parked at the Nittany Gardens apartment complex, where Joey had previously lived.
Joey's other two children, who were not at home at the time of the fire, are safe living with family.
In the nine months since Joey has been missing, she has missed the birthdays of her daughters, her own 34th birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter with her family, along with the countless daily milestones achieved by her growing children. Her family misses her very much and her daughters need their mother.
Investigators from the Pennsylvania State Police have had no substantial leads in the case. Joey's family is hoping that by offering the reward, someone with information will decide to come forward with what they know.
Joey Lynn Offutt is 34 years old (33 years old at the time she went missing), approximately 5' 3" with a thin build, and she has brown eyes and brown hair (with a reddish tone). She may or may not be wearing glasses.
Joey's family has established a toll-free number to field tips from the public: 1-877-440-JOEY.
Anyone with information is urged to call 1-877-440-JOEY (1-877-440-5639) or to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 814-371-4652.
If ANYONE has seen Joey or spoken with Joey at any time after July 5, 2007 PLEASE contact us! At this time, it is uncertain, but Joey may have been missing for up to a week prior to the fire.
Her family desperately seeks to find her safe and unharmed. If you know of anything, talked to her, or even saw her car around the State College, PA or Sykesville, PA area, please contact us. We only want your information. Your comments will be anonymous, if you choose.
Find Joey Tip Line: 1-877-440-JOEY (1-877-440-5639)
$15,000 reward for information that leads to Joey being found
PA State Police: 814-371-4652
Find Joey Tip Line ($15,000 reward for information): 1-877-440-JOEY (1-877-440-5639)
PA Crime Stoppers ($2,000 reward for information): 1-800-4PA-TIPS