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Aug 18, 2010
Jan 04, 2024
Delores
Donoghue
70
46
62 inches
170 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
Delores Donoghue, a 46-year-old woman from Youngstown, Ohio, vanished under puzzling circumstances in early 2000. Known to her loved ones as "Dee Dee," Delores was last seen on January 3rd of that year. On the day she disappeared, she left her sister's home on the south side of Youngstown, intriguingly wearing only one shoe. Her movements after that are somewhat fragmented, but it is known that she visited a bar and then took a taxi to a motel in the nearby area of Girard, Ohio. The last known contact anyone had with Delores was a phone call she made to her twin sister from that very motel. The final conversation between Delores and her twin sister ended abruptly and chillingly when the phone line suddenly went dead. Since that unnerving moment, there has been no communication from Delores, and her whereabouts remain a mystery. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as a white female with brown, shoulder-length hair and hazel eyes. She had a distinctive scar on her left arm. When she was last seen, she was wearing a blue t-shirt, jeans, and a notable Army fatigue jacket with the name "Donoghue" on it. She also wore an Army insignia ring and had on a borrowed pair of men's shoes. It is also noted that Delores was dependent on prescription medication for blood thinning. The investigation into Delores Donoghue's disappearance is being handled by the Youngstown Police Department. Despite the passage of time, her case remains open, and law enforcement continues to seek any information that could lead to a breakthrough. The abrupt end to the phone call with her twin sister is the most haunting detail of her case, leaving her family with unanswered questions and lingering uncertainty. The scarcity of information has made this a particularly difficult case to solve, but the hope remains that someone, somewhere, holds the key to understanding what happened to Delores after she checked into that Girard motel. The circumstances surrounding her last known moments suggest a situation that became suddenly perilous, cutting off a final, desperate reach for connection.
Jan 13, 2000
Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
44507
30809
Youngstown Police Department
Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
44509
David Sweeney
Detective Sergeant
116 West Boardman Street, Ohio
3307477911
Local
Law Enforcement
00-01215
Youngstown Police Department
Brown
Hazel
Hazel
06/01/2026
