Natja went on to create a Facebook page called “Where Is Diane Genice Dye?” She frequently posted any update she had on there, hoping things would lead to them getting closer to finding Diane.
Unfortunately, Diane’s case grew cold decades ago, and it’s been 42 years since she disappeared. Natja noted that Diane’s family no longer believes that she is alive.
“Some believe a murderer named Doug Young we knew back then before he was a murderer killed her,” Natja revealed in another post on the Facebook page.
“It appears he gave her a ride after she ran away or so he claimed. He denied having a thing to do with her death if she is dead and only gave her a ride. He also added that if she is dead he wanted 5 minutes in a room with whoever did kill her.”
“The FBI did not believe his story and he is their #1 suspect. They have been back to death row to question him on various occasions and he denies killing her. Numerous witnesses claim they saw her years after she ran away in Atlantic City working in a hotel. If this is true Doug is telling the truth. My guess is the girl in Atlantic City was a girl who looked a lot like Diane.”
Natja went on to say that there was a john from New York City who over the years had said one of his girls was Diane, but that was never verified either.
Sadly, in May of this year, Natja shared that she would be shutting down the Facebook profiles she had kept up for Diane after much consideration.
“Firstly there has been a lot of pain and heartache for everyone involved for far too long now,” Natja said in her final update.
“The hard work that went into solving this case and the countless people who put their hearts and souls into working at answering the ultimate question “what happened to Diane or where is she?” is beyond measure. Since the early days when we all found out Princess Doe was not Diane and realizing they were all wrong and we may have grieved for nothing over Diane’s death, and she might still be alive?”
Facebook; pictured above is Diane with her brother Dean