Declared Dead: The Disappearance of Joey Lynn Offutt

Kym L Pasqualini
7 min readNov 5, 2020
Joey Lynn Offutt (pictured with her daughter), vanished on July 5, 2007, from her apartment in Sykesville, Pennsylvania.
Joey Lynn Offutt (pictured with her daughter), vanished on July 5, 2007, from her apartment in Sykesville, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of WTAJ TV.

The mysterious disappearance of a young mother from Sykesville, Pennsylvania, has haunted her family for over 13 years. The days following her disappearance still leave so many questions.

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Kym L Pasqualini

A veteran crime victim advocate who loves to write. Founder and CEO of the National Center for Missing Adults from 1994–2010.