The disappearance of an Ottawa woman has been solved more than 40 years after she disappeared.
Although she is now deceased, this ends a mystery that has troubled a local family for decades.
Dale Nancy Wyman was last seen on July 16, 1980. At the time, she was 22 years old and living on Washington Avenue in what was then the town of Vanier. She hailed a cab that morning, went to the Catherine Street bus station and never came back.
Her family has been searching for her ever since.
In 2021, Ottawa police issued a new appeal for information about her disappearance, including aging sketches and a video message from her family.
In a news release Wednesday, police said Wyman’s whereabouts have finally been revealed.
“Recently, a third party came across the post and contacted Dale’s family to let them know that she had been living out of the country all this time and that she had recently passed away,” police said.
Ottawa police did not say where she lived.
Detective Linda Nethercott of the Ottawa Police Missing Persons Unit thanked everyone involved for their help in solving the mystery.
“The family has been waiting more than 40 years for this news,” Nethercott said.
She urged people who may have any information about any missing person case to come forward.
“Unsolved cases are never closed and families are waiting to hear no matter how much time has passed,” Nethercott said.
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