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Janet Derbyshire Missing Person Case

Last seen in St. Joseph Island, Ontario on Dec 04, 1976

Victim Details

Janet

Derbyshire

78

29

62 inches

62 inches

110 lbs

110 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Dec 04, 1976

St. Joseph Island

Ontario

East Algoma OPP OPP ONCMPUR ; 1-705-330-4144;

Ontario

[email protected]

1-877-934-6363

1-877-934-6363

Law Enforcement

RM06047100

East Algoma OPP OPP ONCMPUR ; 1-705-330-4144;

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

09/22/2026


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In the late autumn of 1976, the community of St. Joseph Island, Ontario, was irrevocably altered by the disappearance of one of its own. Janet Derbyshire, a 29-year-old woman, was last seen on a cold December day, a day that would become frozen in time for those who knew her. The serene landscape of the island, a place of natural beauty, became the backdrop to a lasting and sorrowful mystery. Her absence created a void that has been felt for decades, a story without a final chapter for her famil ...
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Last Seen: Dec 04, 1976

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