Account
Oct 28, 2015
Jul 21, 2023
Regina
Dicenso
63
53
62 inches
112 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
The final days leading up to the disappearance of Regina Dicenso were marked by distress and fear. A resident of South Street in Warren, Ohio, the 52-year-old woman was last seen in the vicinity of Belvedere Avenue SE on May 7, 2014. On the morning of the day she vanished, she made a frantic, tearful phone call to her daughter, Danielle Lindic, asking for money. During the call, a man, who Lindic knew only by the name "JB" or "Jimmie," took the phone and claimed Regina had stolen 14 bindles of heroin from him and needed to pay for them. That was the last conversation her daughter ever had with her. When she was last seen, Regina was in a gray SUV with an unidentified white female and an unidentified Black male. Her daughter, unable to reach her, reported her missing to the Warren Police Department two days later. The investigation into Regina's disappearance was immediately fraught with challenges. Detectives were left with only nicknames or first names of the individuals she was last seen with, making it incredibly difficult to identify and locate potential witnesses or persons of interest. Regina had been struggling with a serious drug addiction, a vulnerability that investigators believe is central to her case. Her daughter confirmed her mother's addiction, which contextualized the desperate phone call and the alleged theft of drugs. The circumstances strongly suggest foul play, as it was highly uncharacteristic of Regina to fall out of contact with her family, regardless of her personal struggles. Calls to her phone went straight to voicemail after her disappearance, deepening the family's concern. The prevailing theories held by both law enforcement and her family are grim, pointing to the dangerous environment surrounding her disappearance. The most prominent concerns are that her vanishing is directly related to drug activity or that she became a victim of human trafficking, potentially sold to repay a drug debt. The FBI's involvement in the case underscores the serious and potentially interstate nature of the circumstances. The case remains unsolved, a cold and painful reality for a family left without answers. The overview of Regina Dicenso's case is one of a vulnerable woman who, in a moment of crisis, was taken from her life, leaving behind a legacy of unanswered questions and the deep suspicion that she met with a terrible fate at the hands of those involved in the local drug trade.
May 27, 2014
Warren
Ohio
Trumbull County
17420
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Akron RA
Akron
Ohio
Summit County
44308
121 South Main Street, Ohio
3305356156
Federal
Law Enforcement
31e-cv-6666115
2015-10-28
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Akron RA
Brown
Brown
Brown
05/31/2026
