Woman missing since 1980 lived outside Canada all the time, died recently: Ottawa police

The woman who went missing in 1980 had lived outside Canada all her life and died recently, Ottawa police said Wednesday.

News In her release, police said the family of Dale Nancy Wyman was recently contacted by a third party who broke the news.

Police said Wyman went missing on July 16, 1980.

She was 22 years old and lived with her family in then-Vannier City on her Avenue, Washington.

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Police told the member of the year she said she had told her family that she was planning to leave and left the house before noon on July 16 with her suitcase. rice field.

Wyman hails a taxi and goes to Voyageur her bus station on Catherine Street. Police said she had not told her family where she was going.

Investigators spoke to a taxi driver, the only witness at the time, who said Wyman said he did not know where it was headed, possibly Toronto or Montreal. } The taxi driver saw Wyman talking to two unidentified young men as he entered the bus station after he had dropped her off to buy coffee.

That was the last time I saw her in Ottawa.

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Last year, police released an advanced sketch of Wyman's age made by the Ontario Police Department.

Police also released a message from her sister, stating that her family "never stopped searching for her."

"Dale has a brother and her daughter." He will be deeply missed by his two sisters," Brenda Lalche said at the time.

"There is space left in our hearts for her, and we pray and hope that someone will remember her in some way. We will work this out and bring peace and closure." Please help me find it."

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Over time, investigators suspect Wyman was in Alberta. I received information that there was a sex and the Toronto area in the early 1990s.

But on Wednesday, police said a third party found the post last year and contacted Wyman's family to tell them she lived out of the country and died recently.

Police did not specify where she lived.

"The family and the Ottawa Police Department would like to thank everyone for their cooperation in closing this file," said Linda Nethercott of the Det. Ottawa Police Missing Persons Unit. increase.

``The family has been waiting for this news for over 40 years. We are waiting to hear from you.”

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