Joanne Dexter

Joanne Dexter, property 30, disappeared from West Islip, New York successful April 1977.

Joanne, often listed arsenic Joann oregon Jo Ann, had lived successful the West Islip country of Long Island her full life. Born Joanne Biagia, she joined Paul Migliore erstwhile she was 17 years old. The mates had 3 children, and divorced sometime adjacent 1975. Paul rapidly remarried and moved to Florida. Joanne and the 3 children remained successful the household location astatine 90 Paris Court successful West Islip.

At immoderate constituent successful 1975 oregon 1976, Joanne joined Tommy Dexter. It’s not known whether she was alert of Tommy’s history. He was known arsenic a dense drinker and cause user. Tommy would person inactive been connected parole astatine that clip aft serving a 4 twelvemonth situation word for a 1970 slope robbery. 

Tommy was apprehended again successful precocious 1976 for different attempted slope robbery, and the quality nonfiction lists Joanne’s location arsenic Tommy’s address. 

Joanne mysteriously vanished conscionable a fewer months later. The circumstances of her disappearance are scarce; each that’s known is that she near location and ne'er returned. I americium not definite whether her car is besides missing.

It’s chartless whether Tommy was inactive successful jailhouse erstwhile Joanne was past seen, oregon wherever her children mightiness person been astatine the time. They were inactive rather young.

I person seen a notation successful a Facebook station that Joanne whitethorn person participated successful the 1976 robbery by acting arsenic a lookout and getaway driver, but I didn’t spot immoderate root for this detail, truthful I see it unconfirmed.

While Tommy appears to beryllium the astir evident fishy (if helium wasn’t incarcerated), his way grounds benignant of suggests helium mightiness not person been susceptible of sidesplitting idiosyncratic without leaving immoderate trace, assuming that investigators really looked for her.

Immediately pursuing the 1970 slope robbery, Tommy fled connected foot, jumping aggregate backyard fences, until a enactment fell retired of his pocket. It was reported to beryllium a termination enactment and it contained identifying accusation that led to his arrest.

In the 1976 attempted slope robbery, Tommy yanked retired the solid obstruction betwixt the teller and the patrons, resulting successful the dense slab landing connected his head. He made demands for money, but did not person any, and a dizzy Tommy was instantly apprehended.

Tommy is present deceased, arsenic is her archetypal husband, Paul.

A foreclosure was initiated connected Joanne’s location successful 1978, aft she had disappeared.

Joanne’s children and parent are inactive live and would similar to cognize what happened to their her, arsenic her disappearance has weighed heavy connected them for decades.

The lone photograph of her that has been recovered is from her inferior twelvemonth of precocious school, astir 14 years earlier her disappearance.

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