Jody Roberts Is “Jane Dee” — And the Timeline Makes No Sense
I’ll be blunt: this case has never sat right with me.
I’m only listing Jody Roberts because when she vanished and later “reappeared,” she was using the name Jane Dee. One year later, Patricia Colyer would disappear with a woman called “Dee” and her husband.
Coincidence? Maybe. But the overlap is too strange to ignore.
The Disappearance of Jody Roberts
Jody Roberts, a reporter for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington, was reported missing on May 20, 1985 after failing to show up for an assignment. Her car was found in a parking garage near the newspaper’s offices.
Then—nothing.
Until she reappeared in a Denver‑area shopping mall later that same month, claiming she had no memory of her previous life.
She eventually moved to Alaska in 1989, living under the name Jane Dee. She married. She had twins. She built an entirely new life.
On July 17, 1997, she “discovered” she was actually Jody Roberts.
A former colleague later said he always suspected she simply wanted to start over. Supporting that theory:
- She took several of her cats to the Humane Society days before vanishing.
- She emptied her bank account.
- She left no note.
- She had been writing articles right up until May 8, 1985.
- And strangely, newspapers never published that she was missing.
It’s all very… convenient.
The Name “Jane Dee”
This is where things get interesting.
Jody Roberts disappeared in 1985. She resurfaces as Jane Dee. She marries. She has children. She has lived under that name for years.
Then, in 1986, Patricia Colyer disappears with a woman known only as “Dee” and her husband.
Same city. Same era. Same name. Same pattern of a woman with a mysterious husband who no one can identify.
Is it connected? There’s no proof. But the timing is bizarre.
The Missing Months
The biggest unanswered questions:
Where was Jody Roberts between May 1985 and the moment she appeared in Denver?
She claimed amnesia. But she also:
- prepared for a trip
- rehomed her pets
- withdrew her money
Those are not the actions of someone planning to vanish involuntarily.
When did she meet her husband?
This is the missing piece. If she met him during the “missing months,” that changes everything. If she met him later, the timeline shifts again.
There is no public record explaining:
- Where she lived
- Who she stayed with
- How she supported herself
- Or how she ended up in Alaska
It’s a black hole.
Vanished.us Says
This case is a tangle of contradictions.
- A reporter disappears.
- She reappears with a new name.
- She builds a new life.
- She later “remembers” who she is.
- And her chosen alias—Jane Dee—matches the name of the woman connected to another disappearance a year later.
Could it be a coincidence? Absolutely.
Could it be something else? Also absolutely.
There’s no evidence linking Jody Roberts to Patricia Colyer’s disappearance—but the parallels are eerie enough to document.
If anyone has verifiable information about:
- Jody’s movements between May 1985 and 1989
- When she met her husband
- Why did she choose the name “Jane Dee”
- or whether she ever crossed paths with Patricia Colyer
Please reach out.
This one is strange, even by our standards.