Wilkes-Barre, PA – Authorities are seeking new leads in a decades-old missing person case, offering a $5,000 reward for information that could help solve the disappearance of 22-year-old Ilonka Cann.
According to Pennsylvania State Police Troop P in Wilkes-Barre, Cann vanished from her home in Huntington Mills, Luzerne County, on May 26, 1970. She was last seen that morning by her husband, Charles Cann II, before he left for his job at Berwick Junior High School.
When Charles returned home around 3:30 p.m., his wife was missing. Their fifteen-month-old son was found crying in his crib upstairs. Despite an extensive search of the surrounding area, including a dive team check of a nearby pond, no trace of Ilonka was ever found.
The case remains unsolved more than five decades later. Investigators are urging anyone with information to come forward. Tips can be shared by calling PSP Wilkes-Barre at 570-822-5400, through the toll-free PSP Tips hotline at 1-800-472-8477, or submitted online at p3tips.com.
All calls to PSP Tips remain anonymous. Authorities said callers could be eligible for a cash reward if the information leads to an arrest, the solving of a cold case, or the recovery of a missing person.
The investigation into Ilonka Cann’s disappearance remains open, and police continue to seek answers for her family and the community.
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