Really naive. They also bring out his regrets: Right before we were getting married, I kinda said, Youve gotta quit the band., He felt they had no weekends together. Original music created by Micheal Whelan through Amper Music, Theme music created and composed by Ailsa Traves. I cant help but feel the answer is the truck. Thats what the investigation is like. In a video that can still be found online via the Daily Voice, Adventures with Purpose chronicled their search of the river in March 2022. Imbo had a 2-year-old son and Petrone had a teenage daughter. Richard loved music, and never missed a Springsteen show. The case, as a disappearance, had been handled by Philadelphia South Detectives, but was now due to be transferred to the homicide unit. The couple, who had known each other since High School, had only recently started dating after Danielle's split with her estranged Husband. Chimneys all over the city belch hot gasses into the frigid indigo sky. But there remain other leads. Because it was nice to remember the good times.. Thirty-four year old Danielle Imbo was going through a divorce and raising her eighteen month old son. On February 6th, 2008, nearly 3 years after the vanishing, the FBI announced they were investigating the disappearance of Danielle and Richard as a hit. Petrone's vehicle, a 2001 black over silver Dodge Dakota pickup truck with Pennsylvania license plates YFH 2319, is also missing. Thats a theory that has been recently investigated more thoroughly, but well get to that later. Through her best friend, Christine, she reconnected w. They compared notes on what their ensuing Sundays entailed: Danielle had a hair appointment at 11 a.m.; her ex-husband was scheduled to return their son after that. But what will stay with me is something he said about his son. Richards daughter, Angela, was 14, and Danielle had a son who was still a toddler. Until you or someone like you comes forward with the tip that brings this case to a close, the disappearance of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone Jr. will remain Unresolved. danielle imbo husband, joeare you required to disclose you were fired. Petrone and Imbo's estranged husband had allegedly exchanged threats with one another over the telephone and Imbo had made multiple failed attempts to reconcile with her husband, who was involved with another woman. He sees numerous possible culprits, motives and scenarios. But the gulf left by Richards passing sits between them and the rest of the world, enormous and untraversable. On the night of February 19th, 2005, an unseasonably cold night, even for Philly, Danielle had been socializing with family over dinner and asked to be dropped off at a taproom where Richard was having a drink. Statistics show, for the year 2013, fifteen times as many women were murdered by a male they knew than were killed by male strangers. Kimberly Riley & Jeremy Britt-Bayinthavong, Paul Skiba, Sarah Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers, June & Jennifer Gibbons (The Silent Twins). And of the victims who knew their offenders, 62% were wives, common-law wives, ex-wives, or girlfriends of the offenders. I know this might sound strange, he says, but justice isnt the important thing to me. In Philly, they give it a while, to see how it shakes out. She has worked as a loan mortgage processor. On February 19th, 2005, Danielle agreed to go out for a night of music in Philadelphia. Joseph Imbo as well as relatives of Petrone and friends of Danielle Imbo all said that she told both men she did not want to spend her life with either of them not long before she and Petrone disappeared. He never thought Danielle Imbo would be interested. Mt. The visits, he says, are both amazing and awful, because the boy sings like his mother, and his face is so much like hers that he seems to project her like a hologram back out into the world. Its like were standing at the center of a circle, John Ottobre says, creating a picture of a vast, snowy field. Joe called Richard at his parents bakery, where he worked, warning him to stay away from his wife. Joe Imbo has dealt with a lot of pressure in the past nine years. In a disappearance like Danielle and Richards, we have nothing. No evidence. My experience in a cold climate tells me Richard and Danielle were likely hand-in-hand, or perhaps arm-in-arm on a slippery sidewalk, as they hurried toward the truck. Until police arrest someone else, he will likely always face suspicion. smorgon family office. Imbo's purse and wallet have not been located. [3][4][5], On the evening of Saturday, February 19, 2005, Imbo and Petrone joined another couple for drinks at Abeline's bar and restaurant located at 429 South Street in Philadelphia. And thats why were out here scanning and searching each one of these, to make sure that we clear the entire area, to make sure theres no vehicles underwater that we need to clear. The person who suffers the most is my son. But then I wouldnt know what happened to my son. Did someone follow him in another vehicle? The two clicked instantly. Accessed 24 May 2022. He readily acknowledges that people looked at him like a monster in the wake of his wifes disappearance. Cmon, he told me over the phone before I arrived, its been nine years. But the truth is, we dont know what happened.. Imbo was employed as a loan processor for a mortgage company at the time of her disappearance, working out of her home. Both New Jersey and Pennsylvania authorities are investigating their disappearances, which remain unsolved. Entering this subject, the story of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone, is like entering a field of misery, a pall so unrelenting that the only thing that might counterbalance all this pain is something unworldly, some kind of magic. When a song his son loved floods the vehicle, his loss arrives with every line. She worked in car sales, and then the financial industry, supervising mortgages. She was the daughter of John Ottobre, a Philly lounge singer who went by Johnny October and gained national fame in the 50s doo-wop group The Four Dates. But that is the legacy of this case: We have yet to learn why Richard Petrone will never see his grandson, or why Danielle Imbo isnt alive to care for her son. Ottobre stopped paying attention to the psychics. They were looking for vehicles, they just didnt want people to think they were looking for Richard and Danielle specifically. He looks me straight in the eye. The pair crossed and recrossed the Walt Whitman, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross bridges. Friends, family search for missing couple. Allentown Morning Call, 09 04 2005, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102491020/friends-family-search-for-missing-coupl/. Many people have been suspicious of Danielle's soon-to-be ex-husband Joe Imbo but he appeared to have a solid alibi. But twice a year, his mom or his wife calls Joe, and they arrange to pick up little Joe, now 10, in South Carolina, taking him for one week around Christmas and again in summer for a trip down the Shore. In August, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story on a police dredging operation that generated some buzz and prompted a denial from the authorities: Police denied reports yesterday that a crew was dredging the Delaware River in search of a vehicle belonging to Richard Petrone Jr., who with his girlfriend disappeared from the vicinity of a Philadelphia bar six months ago. Her brother, John Ottobre, later said, She wouldnt have missed that. Imbo was carrying a two-handle black purse at the time of her disappearance. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the mysterious disappearance of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone. Richards camp pointed to Danielles estranged husband, Joe Imbo, and their rough divorce. If the person driving the truck was consumed with homicidal and suicidal intent, he or she could have easily driven the truck into the icy February waters of the Delaware River in a spot where we havent found it yet. Unfortunately, none of them had their heads in that place. Never much for dressing up, Richard Petrone wore a gray hoodie, jeans and sneakers. Danielle Imbo loved Chinese food, her moms meatballs, and a particular Wawa coffee she called Christmas in a cup. She loved one pair of pajamas in her favorite color, baby blue, covered in penguins. Richard, a single-dad, worked primarily for his parents at Viking Pastries and had become a masterful wedding cake designer. When Richard Sr., the writer, tries to talk about his son, he breaks down, sobbing, hiding his face behind his hands until he can regain his composure. And while talking about Richard and Danielle seems to cast a great weight on their families, Imbo, as we wrap up our conversation, looks lighter. He orders egg whites. Imbo and her boyfriend,Richard Petrone, were last seen at Abilene's (sometime's spelled "Abeline's" or "Abiline's"), a bar and restaurant in the 400 block of South Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 19, 2005. Hes dressed in jeans, a button-down shirt and a black baseball cap. In the early hours and days after Richard Petrone and Danielle Imbo disappeared, their families banded together, frantically phoning each other the next morning when Danielle didnt turn up for her hair appointment and both her cell phone and Richards kicked straight to voicemail. I wait till hes nearly finished, just moving bits of egg around with his fork, before I ask, flat out: You had nothing to do with the disappearance of your wife? Sitting across from Imbo, I find myself wishing that hed suddenly sprout horns, or a halo, and clear the picture. "Not a lipstick, not a bag, not a shoe, not a car, not an eyewitness, not a tip," said Imbo's brother, John Ottobre. Imbo, 34, of Mount Laurel, and Petrone, 35, of Philadelphia, disappeared without a trace after leaving the Abilene bar on South Street on Feb. 19, 2005. Then he called his sister, who was with Danielle. Both were single parents - Richard's daughter was 14 at the time, and Danielle's son was oneyear old. People who got hammered and had a lost weekend at a club. This would be the last time anyone saw them. [2] The couple had been involved in what family and friends describe as an "on again, off again" romantic relationship. We were sitting by the bar, and when they left we just hugged and said goodbye. Imbo was employed as a loan processor for a mortgage company at the time of her disappearance, working out of her home. Like maybe it was even up to me to find my sister., The family received lots of calls from psychics. Youd have to make sure the fire completely erased anything identifiable about the truck the distinctive black over silver paint scheme for example and youd have to clip the VIN number from the dash, take the license plates, and even those measures would only buy time. When he asks about his mom, we tell him she is an angel in heaven, says John. It could be a case of a willful disappearance on the part of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone. The reward is being administered by the Philadelphia Citizens Crime Commission. Danielle Imbo, 34, of Mount Laurel, and her friend Richard Petrone, Jr., 35, of Philadelphia, were last seen on Feb. 19, 2005 leaving a bar near 5th and South streets. What is known about Joe Imbo, who was Danielle's estranged husband at the time (22:20). And when she sang Me and Bobby McGee, all that smoke erupted; she could slay any room with her Janis Joplin wail. In April, police said publicly they did not believe the couple simply ran away, which eliminated one possibility. He learned how to dress a little girl. Still no leads in couple's mysterious disappearance 5 yrs ago. Philadelphia Daily News, 19 02 2010, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102534940/still-no-leads-in-couples-mysterious-di/. The couple knew each other in high school and began dating ten months before their disappearances after they separated from their respective partners.