The trail of evidence for a missing Jefferson County woman ended one year ago with a red Saturn Coupe abandoned on Waupelani Drive in State College.
America's Most Wanted hopes to pick up that trail Saturday, airing a segment on the missing woman, Joey Lynn Offutt.
Offutt, 33 at the time of her disappearance, was declared missing after a 4 a.m. fire on July 12, 2007 at her home in Sykesville, Pa., where police uncovered the remains of her 6-week-old infant, Trooper Shawn Compton of the Pennsylvania State Police at DuBois said.
An autopsy on Offutt's infant could not determine the exact cause of death, but showed he died before the blaze, Compton said.
Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshall Unit determined the fire was arson, Compton said. Police haven't found who set the blaze.
Now, America's Most Wanted wants to untangle the clues of the case with the help of viewers.
"This is a murder mystery out of Pennsylvania," Michelle Sigona, national correspondent with the show, said. "This is something we need to figure out. No. 1, what happened to this little baby and two, where is his mother?"
Offutt's car was found three days later outside the Nittany Garden Apartments, 445 Waupelani Drive, where she had previously lived, Compton said. She has not been seen since.
The details of Offutt's case will be aired in a six-minute segment Saturday, with a reenactment of the night of the fire and real footage from the Sykesville Fire Department, Sigona said.
"It's a cold case right now," Compton said.
"We are just getting the information out there to see if there are any new leads -- we can't rule out foul play, we can't rule out that she might be on the run," he said.
Jason Hungerford, Offutt's nephew, said the disappearance has been wearing on the family.
"We hold out hope that she is still alive and that she will come home safe one day," Hungerford said. "It's the not knowing that's been a very stressful and very frustrating situation. ... It kind of hampers our ability to move on."
Offutt's two older daughters, ages 10 and 3, are being taken care of by other family members now, Hungerford said.
"They talk about her all the time," Hungerford said. "It's a constant reminder that she's not there."
Hungerford said Offutt's relatives strongly believe she was kidnapped because she would not have left her two surviving children behind.
The relatives added that Offutt is a loving mother and also a religious woman.
Sigona said the show wants to help bring closure.
"We need to figure out where Joey Offutt is, if she is a victim herself, if she is responsible for the death of her child or if she isn't," she said.
Hungerford runs www.findjoey.com, a Web site chronicling Offutt's disappearance and collecting possible tips in the case.
"We hope that if anyone has any information -- even if they were reluctant to come forward before -- we beg them to please to tell us what you know," Hungerford said.
Anyone with information regarding Offutt's disappearance is asked to call Pennsylvania State Police at (814) 371-4652.
