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Family offers $10K reward for info on missing woman |
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Written by Staff reports
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
SYKESVILLE -- The family of a Sykesville woman who has been missing since a fire at her home last July is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to her whereabouts.
According to a Web site set up by her family, Joey Lynn Offutt has been missing since a fire destroyed her home July 12, 2007.
After the fire was extinguished, the remains of a baby -- believed to be Offutt's six-week-old son -- were discovered.
Offutt and her car, a red Saturn with Virginia license plates, were missing. Police located her car four days later in State College, parked at the Nittany Gardens apartment complex, where she had previously lived.
Offutt'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 her oldest daughter's birthday, her own 34th birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter with her family, along with the countless daily milestones achieved by her growing children," the site said. "Her family misses her very much, and her daughters need their mother."
The site also said it is uncertain, but Offutt may have been missing for up to a week before the fire.
Investigators from the Pennsylvania State Police have had no substantial leads in the case, and the site said the hopes that by offering the reward, someone with information will decide to come forward with what they know.
Offutt is described as 5-foot, 3-inches tall with a thin build, brown eyes, brown hair (with a reddish tone) and may or may not be wearing glasses.
Anyone with information should call 1-877-440-JOEY (1-877-440-5639) or contact DuBois-based PSP at 814-371-4652. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 April 2008 )
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