Robin Jobson Missing Person Case

Jun 25, 2010

May 31, 2023

Robin

Jobson

59

31

64 inches

110 lbs

130 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the spring of 1998, a 31-year-old woman named Robin Lynn Jobson vanished from Flint, Michigan. On May 7th, she was last seen leaving a bar situated on Lewis Street. At the time she went missing, Robin was described as a white female with red hair and blue eyes, standing at approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing between 110 and 130 pounds. She may have had a pin in her leg and a prior injury to her right arm. Initially, her family was not immediately alarmed by her absence. Robin had been dating a man from Kentucky, and her loved ones presumed she had traveled to his home state with him. This assumption, however, would prove to be tragically mistaken as time stretched on with no word from Robin. As days turned into weeks and then months with no contact, concern for Robin's welfare grew into a painful certainty that something was amiss. She had left her purse behind at the bar, a detail that suggested her departure may not have been planned. The man she was dating was never publicly named, and it remains unclear what, if anything, he knew about her disappearance. The lack of information surrounding the circumstances of her last known hours has made the investigation particularly challenging for law enforcement. Despite the passage of years, the Flint Police Department has kept her case open, hoping for a breakthrough that might finally shed light on what happened to her. The mystery of Robin Jobson's disappearance is compounded by another tragedy that befell her family years earlier. In 1989, the body of a man named Jerry Dale Diener was discovered in a shallow pond. While his death was initially ruled an accidental drowning, suspicions of foul play lingered due to significant injuries, including a broken neck. In 2017, authorities reopened the investigation into Diener's death, exploring the possibility that it might be connected to Robin's subsequent disappearance. This potential link adds another layer of complexity to a case that has left a family searching for answers for decades. The overview of Robin's case is one of enduring uncertainty; a young woman who seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving behind only questions and a family clinging to the hope of one day finding resolution.

May 07, 1998

Flint

Michigan

Genesee County

48506

8735

Flint Police Department

Flint

Michigan

Genesee County

48502

Greg Hosmer

D/Sgt.

210 E. 5th Street, Michigan

8102376800

Local

Law Enforcement

13763-98

1998-05-07

Flint Police Department

Red/Auburn

Blue

Blue

No

07/12/2026