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Joyvaline Martinez Missing Person Case

Last seen in East Hartford, Connecticut on Mar 29, 2004

Victim Details

Dec 02, 2009

Jan 28, 2023

Joyvaline

Martinez

46

24

65 inches

100 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Female

Mar 29, 2004

East Hartford

Connecticut

Hartford County

East Hartford

7767

East Hartford Police Department

East Hartford

Connecticut

Hartford County

06108

31 School St., Connecticut

8602917100

Local

Law Enforcement

04-9879

2004-03-29

East Hartford Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

yes

08/16/2026


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In the fall of 2003, a young woman named Joyvaline Martinez, known to her friends and family as 'Joy,' vanished from her hometown of East Hartford, Connecticut. At 23 years old, the former high school track star was at a transitional phase in her life and was unemployed at the time of her disappearance. The last confirmed sighting of Joyvaline was on October 10, 2003. Concern for her well-being grew when she failed to appear at her own birthday party, an absence that was deeply out of ...
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Last Seen: Mar 29, 2004

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