The Disappearance of Daniel K. Wood Jr. (Maine)

The Disappearance of Daniel K. Wood Jr. (Maine)

On July 22nd, 1954, Daniel Wood Jr. grabbed his fishing pole and let the screen door slap shut behind him as he set off on foot down Portland Road in Gray. His best friend lived just a mile down the road — it wasn’t a long walk or an unusual trip for him to...
The Murder of Lizzi Marriott (New Hampshire)

The Murder of Lizzi Marriott (New Hampshire)

At 7:20 pm on the evening of Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Lizzi Marriott’s phone buzzed next to her. It was Kat from work, checking in on the plans they’d made earlier that day. Kat invited Lizzi over to her place, the studio apartment she shared with her boyfriend Seth,...
The Murder of Sonny Grotton (Maine)

The Murder of Sonny Grotton (Maine)

It was after dinner on Friday night, December 16, 1983 and Michael Grotton was in his bedroom, plucking his guitar with a friend, repeating the riffs he’d been working on and hanging with his pal, typical 16-year old stuff. Michael’s mother Norma Grotton was in the...
The Disappearance of Pauline Rourke (Maine)

The Disappearance of Pauline Rourke (Maine)

Christmas was just 10 days away in 1976 when Sandra Rourke, also known as Honey, walked into her mother’s bedroom to kiss her goodbye before leaving for school.  Honey’s mother Pauline was still in bed and seemed to be asleep, laying on her side. It was maybe a little...
The Disappearance of Ayla Reynolds (Maine)

The Disappearance of Ayla Reynolds (Maine)

On the night of December 16, 2011, little Ayla Bell Reynolds was with her father, Justin DiPietro, at his home on Violette Avenue in Waterville, Maine. He lived with his mother, Phoebe, his sister, Elisha, and his sister’s infant daughter. Quite the crowd for the...
The Disappearance of Virginia Sue Pictou Noyes (Maine)

The Disappearance of Virginia Sue Pictou Noyes (Maine)

Homicide is a leading cause of death of Indigenous women. Indigenous women are murdered and sexually assaulted at a rate 10 times higher than other ethnicities, with a majority of them committed by non-Native people on Native-owned land. 84% of Native women experience...