Joy Cannon Missing Person Case

Oct 19, 2010

Jan 05, 2024

Joy

Cannon

70

26

65 inches

66 inches

102 lbs

135 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the early summer of 1982, a young woman named Joy Diane Cannon, 26 years old at the time, disappeared from her mother's home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On June 3rd, she mentioned she was going to visit friends in the area and left the residence on East 17th Street. Joy, who sometimes went by Diane, was never seen or heard from again. She was a Caucasian female with brown, shoulder-length hair that she wore either wavy or straight, and had green eyes. Her family recalled distinctive tattoos: the word "Love" tattooed across the fingers of her left hand, and a man's name, either "Jack" or "Bill," on her right hand. She had also previously fractured her right upper arm and clavicle. The circumstances surrounding Joy's disappearance remain shrouded in mystery, with very few details available to the public or investigators. It is unclear if she left her mother's home on foot or if someone picked her up. The friends she intended to visit have never been publicly identified. Her mother reported her missing to the Chattanooga Police Department on June 9, 1982. In the many years that have passed since she vanished, no evidence has surfaced to indicate what might have happened to her after she walked out of her mother's home that day. Decades have gone by without any resolution, and Joy's case has grown cold. Due to the extensive length of time without any contact or sightings, law enforcement suspects foul play was involved in her disappearance. The lack of information has been a significant obstacle in the investigation, leaving her family with unanswered questions and a profound sense of loss. The case of Joy Diane Cannon is an overview of a story that ended too soon, a young woman who vanished from her life, leaving behind only memories and the lingering question of her fate on a summer day in Tennessee.

Jun 03, 1982

Chattanooga

Tennessee

Hamilton County

37404

No

9224

Chattanooga Police Department

Chattanooga

Tennessee

Hamilton County

37406

S. Blount

Detective

3410 Amnicola Highway, Tennessee

4236435000

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.chattanooga.gov/police-department

82-050200

1982-06-09

Chattanooga Police Department

Brown

Green

Green

07/08/2026