Missing Pennsylvania girl's remains found 53 years later in Newport Township

Pennsylvania police identified the remains of a teenager found 10 years ago in Newport Township as Joan Marie Dymond, who went missing in November 1969.

"It didn’t reduce the sadness," Suzanne Estock, Joan’s older sister, said during a Tuesday press conference, adding, however: "I’m glad she was found, so we can have a service for her." Joan Marie Dymond's remains were discovered in November 2012, but they were not identified until nearly 10 years later. (Pennsylvania State Police) A photograph of where the remains of the young woman, previously known only as Jane "Newport" Doe, were discovered Nov. 17, 2012, on the grounds of a former coal mining operation in Newport Township by individuals digging for relics in a trash-filled depression in the ground.  (Pennsylvania State Police) Suzanne Estock, looks at the last known photograph of her late sister, Joan Marie Dymond, taken in 1968 at Estock’s wedding. (Pennsylvania State Police) George Dymond, center left, stands with his sister, Suzanne Estock, center right, as they look at photos with Master Trooper Deanna Piekanski, left, and State police Cpl. Brent Miller, during a press conference announcing that human remains discovered in Luzerne County nearly 10 years ago have been identified as those of a Wilkes-Barre teenager who went missing four decades earlier. (Pennsylvania State Police) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

Estock said she never expected her family to get answers regarding her sister's disappearance, but her mother believed up until the day she died that Dymond would be found.