MISSING: Joey Lynn Offutt
When firefighters responded to 33-year-old Joey Lynn Offutt’s burning house in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, on July 12th, 2007, they were shocked to discover the remains of her infant son, Alexis Brolin III. Joey was nowhere to be found and at the time, investigators didn’t know if she was a victim of the crime — or the perpetrator. But her family is convinced she was set up and their only hope is that someone will come forward with the information they’ve been desperately seeking for 15 years.
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Alexis Brolin Jr. during an interview with America’s Most Wanted in 2008.
Photo Source: Screenshot; America’s Most Wanted (Season 22, Episode 9)
An aerial view of Joey’s house in Sykesville, PA.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police; edited by audiochuck staff
Joey’s home on Dr. Fugate Drive in Sykesville, PA, before the fire.
Photo Source: Jason Hungerford
Joey’s home after the fire.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police
Firefighters spent hours battling the arson fire at Joey’s Sykesville home on July 12th, 2007.
One of the fires set in Joey’s house originated in her bathroom.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police
The maggots on ground beef found in the kitchen were tested to help police build a timeline.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police
Joey’s purse with ID was found in her house.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police
Joey’s car was found days later by her old apartment in the Nittany Gardens complex in State College, PA. Her family says she never could have parked it like this.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania State Police
Joey’s house in Sykesville, PA, to Nittany Gardens apartment complex in State College, PA.
Photo Source: Google Maps
A memorial on the lot where Joey’s house once sat, before the property was turned into a church parking lot.
Photo Source: Jason Hungerford
The land Joey’s house used to stand on is a church parking lot now.
Photo Source: Google Maps
Please contact the authorities If you have any information about the following case:
If you have information about Joey’s disappearance, baby Alexis’ death or the fire, please contact Pennsylvania State Police at (814) 938-0510, or Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1‑800‑4PA‑TIPS.
You can also contact Joey’s family directly with information. Click here to find out how or call the Find Joey Tipline at 1-877-440-JOEY (1-877-440-5639).
Visit www.findjoey.org or the Help Find Joey Lynn Offutt Facebook page for more information.
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Episode Source Material
- Federal court records
- Pennsylvania state court records
- WJAC-TV: Police Question Neighbors About Missing Woman
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Jefferson County mom believes missing daughter is dead
- Fox: America’s Most Wanted; Season 22, Episode 9
- Fox: America’s Most Wanted; Season 22, Episode 13
- WJAC-TV: Woman’s Four-Year Disappearance Catches More National Attention
- Investigation Discovery: Disappeared: “Little Girl Lost”; Season 5, Episode 10
- WTAJ-TV: Have You Seen Me? Case #4 – Joey Lynn Offutt
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