Missing Delores Raye Jones Griffin RESOLVED Griffin, approximately 1975 Date reported missing : 10/24/1975 Missing location (approx) : Romeoville, Illinois Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 09/18/1941 (79) Age at the time of disappearance: 34 years old Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Griffin disappeared from Romeoville, Illinois on October 24, 1975. Her remains were found in a lagoon at Sterling State Park in Monroe County, Illinois shortly after she disappeared, but went unidentified for over forty years. Griffin's body was identified in 2019. She had been stabbed and beaten to death, and the prime suspect in her murder is her husband, who was abusive. He took his own life six months after Griffin's disappearance. Other information and links : ncy Romeoville Police Department 815-886-7219 September 2021 updates and sources The Doe Network The Monroe News October 12, 2004. February 14, 2019; case resolved. |