New Evidence Emerges In Janie June Coe Disappearance: Petaluma PD

PETALUMA, CA — The Petaluma Police Department renewed its plea for information Wednesday in connection with a missing person case from 1997.

Police said new DNA evidence has emerged in the disappearance of Janie June Coe, who was last seen at 3 p.m. April 29, 1997, in Petaluma after returning from a job interview.

At 6:17 p.m. that same day, an unidentified woman driving a 1978-1982 Ford Mustang used Coe's ATM card at the West America Bank in Petaluma, police said.

On May 5, 1997, Coe's van was found abandoned in Napa, parked next to a vacant field.

"Janie’s children have not heard from her since her disappearance," Petaluma police Spokesperson Jennifer Pritchard said. "25 years later, new DNA evidence has emerged in Janie’s disappearance."

A reward of up to $2,500 is being offered by the Sonoma County Alliance Community Engagement and Safety Rewards Fund for information that leads to an arrest.

Pritchard said anyone with information about Coe's disappearance should contact Petaluma police Detective Corie Joerger at 707-778-4456 or cjoerger@cityofpetaluma.org.