NY NY - Jeanne Scrima, 44, Knox, 19 March 1980

[lostwithoutyou]

Jeanne Marie Scrima

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: March 19, 1980 from Knox, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: October 15, 1935
Age: 44 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 118 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A gold heart-shaped cocktail ring with diamonds on the outside.





Details of Disappearance
Jeanne resided in a farmhouse near Knox-Gallupville Road in Knox, New York. She met her second husband, John Scrima, while she was employed as a restaurant in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Their marriage was troubled by February 1980 and Jeanne planned to file for divorce. She met John Sidney around the same time and the two began having an affair. Sidney's marriage was ending and Jeanne told him that she was divorced from her husband. Sidney resided in Schoharie County, New York and was employed as a General Electric plant designer in Schenectady, New York. Jeanne and Sidney drove to Erie, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1980. They stayed at the Hilton hotel while Sidney attended to company business. Jeanne told John that she was visiting loved ones in the area. She learned that her husband realized she was having an affair during a phone conversation with her sister on March 18. Jeanne told Sidney that she was still married and needed to return to Knox the following morning. She promised her four children that she would be home by the time they returned from school in the afternoon. Jeanne departed from Erie during the morning hours of March 19. She was driving her light blue 1977 Lincoln Continental at the time. The car had New York license plates numbered 458LXS. Authorities believe that she arrived at her family's residence in the early afternoon, but her whereabouts after that time period are unknown. Jeanne has never been heard from again. John failed to report his wife's disappearance to authorities. Her attorney filed a missing person's report after he was unable to contact her by May 4, 1980. Sidney cooperated with the investigation and was eliminated as a possible suspect after passing a polygraph exam. John refused to speak with authorities and retained a lawyer shortly after Jeanne's disappearance was reported. He sold the family's farmhouse and relocated to Esperance, New York in 1981. Jeanne's vehicle was spotted in Fultonville, New York several weeks after she was reported missing. Investigators determined that the car passed through several owners in Ohio before it was discovered abandoned in Michigan on October 5, 1980. No evidence related to Jeanne's case was found inside the vehicle. Authorities said that Jeanne told John about her plans to open a restaurant in Ducenesburg, New York with the money she would receive from the sale of their property after their divorce. Investigators said that they wanted to question John about his wife's case, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. There have not been any arrests in connection with Jeanne's disappearance, which remains unsolved. Foul play is suspected in her case.



Investigating Agency

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
New York State Police
Troop G
New Scotland Station
518-768-8162
OR
518-477-9333

http://charleyproject.org/cases/s/scrima_jeanne.html

 

[lostwithoutyou]

Today, March 19, 2008, marks the 28th anniversary of Jeanne's disappearance. If you have any information regarding her disappearance please contact the New York State Police, New Scotland Station at 518-768-8162.

 

[Kat]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=1157,6192860&dq=jeanne-scrima&hl=en

The Sunday Gazette - Sep 26, 2002

a few extra details found in this archived article.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

State Police still investigating 38-year-old cold case
https://www.timesunion.com/news/art...l-investigating-38-year-old-cold-12766935.php

 

[alexwood]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=1157,6192860&dq=jeanne-scrima&hl=en

The Sunday Gazette - Sep 26, 2002

a few extra details found in this archived article.

According to this article, her husband (whom she was in the process of divorcing), had worked in construction and was a cement mason. She told her boyfriend that she would use her share of the money from the sale of the family home after the divorce to open a restaurant.

 

[alb1on]

John Scrima died in 2014.

 

[Archangel85]

From New york to Ohio. There has to be someone who remembers how they got the car in the first place.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

18 cold cases in Upstate NY that stumped police: Murders, disappearances, mysteries

1980 disappearance of Jeanne Scrima
Jeanne M. Scrima was reported missing by her attorney after failing to appear at divorce proceedings with her husband. She was last seen at 7:00 a.m. on March 19, 1980 driving to her residence to meet her husband. Her car was found in Fultonville, NY, several weeks later, but eventually turned up abandoned in Michigan.

 

[Archangel85]

From New York to Ohio,
Ohio to Michigan

That's a lot of hands it changed that car

 

[madamx]

According to this article, her husband (whom she was in the process of divorcing), had worked in construction and was a cement mason. She told her boyfriend that she would use her share of the money from the sale of the family home after the divorce to open a restaurant.

The fact he never reported her missing AND that he worked in construction AND that was a cement mason keeps going through my head. Red Flag Moment
I wonder if they checked any job sites he was working on at the time?
I don't think she was in the house since the kids were there and they would of noticed or remembered something odd going on (Iam assuming this of course).

 

[madamx]

From New york to Ohio. There has to be someone who remembers how they got the car in the first place.

Right? Archangel85 Iam totally thinking the same thing!!! Someone has to remember driving in or driving a or acquiring a Light blue 1977 Lincoln Continental at some point in 1980, no?
People usually remember these things. I Read the comments after this article below and yes people remember!!!!!
Maybe just the right people were not asked?? or it was not put out publicly enough to reach people in all those states?
NoDak Beauty: 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Car

People remember https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/...77-lincoln-continental-mark-v/#comments-block

 

[madamx]

I wonder if this UID found May 1980 was ever looked at? The car made it to Ohio right? Could she have been in the trunk the whole time until the car made it to Ohio? Then dumped in the river?

The Doe Network: 931UFKY

• Date of Discovery: May 26, 1980

• Location of Discovery: Boone County, Kentucky

• Estimated Date of Death: 1980

• State of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

• Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

• Estimated Age: 25-40 years old

• Race: White

• Gender: Female

• Height: 5'2"

• Weight: 123 lbs.

• Hair Color: Dark brown to black

• Eye Color: Brown

• Distinguishing Marks/Features: 3/4" horizontally-oriented scar on left knee.

• Dentals: Complete set of upper dentures with twelve teeth.

• Fingerprints: Not available.

• DNA: Not available.

Clothing & Personal Items

• Clothing: None located.

• Jewelry: White gold ring with three white stones across the top and one stone on the bottom worn on the left ring finger.

• Additional Personal Items: None located.

Case History
Boater found the victim in the Ohio River near the 490 mile marker.

 

[Cagle]

Cold Case: Jeanne Scrima

 

[Arixtotle]

I know the area well. There was no need for her husband to dump her at any construction site. Not only the the area heavily wooded but there are also numerous cave networks in the area. I doubt her body will ever be found if it was dumped there. It's mostly private property and any cave entrance could have been buried or caved in by now.

 

[Pennysmom2]

Missing: Scrima, Jeanne M.

Last Seen: 03/19/1980 Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

troopers.ny.gov

At the time of her disappearance she was wearing a gold, heart shaped cocktail ring, with diamonds on the outside.


July 2, 2019

Info Sought In 1980 Albany Co. Missing Person Case

www.northcountrygazette.org

 

[Diane Redfern]

The age is different, but the ring... it would be great to know more details about Jeanne's ring, if it belonged to someone else, who made it...

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Caring1]

8 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[spartanx]

It is more than clear that it was the husband... scorned, he felt less of a man knowing that she would leave him for another man... although her mistake was having maintained another relationship while married... surely the husband, wounded in his miserable manhood by the deception, ordered her to be killed... perhaps he paid the hitman with the car... and he sold it so as not to leave a trace... why didn't he just let her go? How can a man feel like that after that? Cuckolding hurts but not to kill someone... what I don't understand is why the police don't just question him? It's as if they were afraid of him...
whatever it is
Rest in peace

 

[sportstergirl]

A 1977 Lincoln would still be a pretty expensive car in 1980. Be interesting to find why it was abandoned and who owned it after Jeanne.

 

[HopeRains]

Read More: Upstate, New York Missing Person Case Still Cold after 45-Years | Upstate, New York Missing Person Case Still Cold after 45-Years, What Happened to Jeanne Scrima?

Knox, New York Woman Disappears After Pennsylvania Trip​

In February 1980, Jeanne Marie Scrima's 2nd marriage was on the rocks.

The 44-year-old was planning on filing for divorce from her husband John Scrima, but during the process ended up having an affair with another man named John Sidney from Schoharie County, New York

While this all sounds like your run of the mill love triangle, unfortunately it comes to an end when Jeanne goes missing after a trip to Pennsylvania on March 17th, 1980.

According to The Charlie Project, Jeanne and John Sidney took a drive to Erie, PA where Sidney was to attend a business meeting. Jeanne, still very married to her husband, told him she would be in PA visiting family.

The trip does not go as planned. Jeanne's husband finds out she was having an affair, so she cuts the trip short and tells Sidney that she was still married and needed to go home to see her 4 children.

At this point Jeanne leaves Pennsylvania the morning of March 19th, 1980.

Jeanne is driving a light blue, 1977 Lincoln Continental with New York license plate number: 458LXS.

Jeanne Marie Scrima has been missing since that day in March 1980.

The Charlie Project reports that authorities believe Jeanne made it to her home in Knox, New York by early afternoon that day 45-years-ago, but she hasn't been heard from since.

Suspiciously, her husband (who recently found out she was having an affair) failed to report his wife missing. It was Jeanne's attorney who filed the missing persons report.

John Sidney cooperated with police and took a polygraph test that eliminated him as suspect. John Scrima did not cooperate with police, retained a lawyer and moved his family to a different New York Town.

The car Jeanne was last seen driving was spotted in Fultonville, New York in the fall of 1980. The Charlie Project explains that Investigators "determined that the car passed through several owners in Ohio" before it was found abandoned in Michigan in 1980.

o evidence was found in the vehicle.

New York State Police Still Looking for Missing Jeanne Scrima​

This year marks 45-years since Jeanne Scrima was last seen. The New York State Police shared that they are still looking for answers.

On Facebook, the New York State Police write "State Police of SP Latham and Troop G Major Crimes continue to investigate her disappearance and attempt to locate her."

Jeanne Marie Scrima would be 85 years old today. The last time she was seen she was wearing a gold heart-shaped cocktail ring with diamonds on the outside. She stood at 5'3 and weighed 118 pounds with dark brown hair and hazel eyes.

If you have any details about Scrima's disappearance they urgue you to call 518-457-6811 or email [email protected].