This is a website about cold cases in Maine. The purpose of this site is to seek justice for victims of crime, their families and to help locate missing persons. These are people's mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, friends and relatives. Please, see if you can help. If you have a case that you would like submitted please contact us at either of the email addresses below. Please send us a copy of any newsarticles regarding the case. We don't do this website for money and we are not an investigative agency. Many of our pictures and information are from sources such as various Maine newspapers, the Doe Network and the Charley Project.
If you have any information about these cases you are asked to call Law Enforcement. If you would like to have a case submitted you may contact us. Please submit a copy of a newspaper article confirming
the case. UPDATE: 8-9-2010. Murder of Joyce McLain added.
On September 1, 1975, five year old Kurt Newton was last seen at the Natanis Campground in Chain Of Ponds. At the time of his disappearance he had been riding a big wheel toy and was believed to have wandered off initially. His big wheel toy was eventually found at a dump site just less than a mile from where he was last seen. It is believed that both Newton and Chapman may have succumbed to foul play. If you have any information about there whereabouts of these two young boys please contact the Maine State Police at 207-657-3030. All calls can be confidential.
Her remains eventually were disinterred 28 years later and a second autopsy was done by nationally known pathologists Henry Lee and Michael Baden. It is believed that some new evidence may have been found.
However, the Maine State Police have been quiet about the case. For more information about the murder of Joyce Mclain visit here. If you have information about this case please contact the Maine State Police at (207) 941-4071 or toll free 1-800-432-7381. All calls can be confidential.
Murder of Woman last seen in Vermont still Unsolved
Twenty-six year old Leslie Spellman was last seen alive in the town of Barre, Vermont on June 18, 1977. she had been hitchhiking her way to Arcadia National Park in Maine. She was found bludgeoned to death at Asticou Azalea Gardens in Northeast Harbor the next morning. Her dog who she was travelling with was found a half mile away. It is possible that her killer may have picked her up and killed her in Maine. The case has been unsolved for over thirty years. If you have any information as to who may have abducted and killed Leslie Spellman, please call the Maine State Police at 800-432-7381.
Disappearance of 2 Young Boys Still Haunt State
On June 2, 1971 in the town of Alfred, 3 year old Douglas Chapman disappeared at around 10:30. He was last seen by his mother playing by a sand pile about twenty-five yards in front of his house. At first it was believed that he had wandered away and a massive search crew of thousands of people tried in vain to search for him. But to date, he has still never been located.
Murder of Sixteen Year Old Girl still Unsolved
Sixteen year old Joyce Mclain was last seen alive the evening of August 8th, 1980. The high school sophomore from East Millinocket was jogging that night when she disappeared. Two days later her body was found near the soccer fields of Schenk High School, where she was a student. She had died from being bludgeoned to death with injuries to her head and neck. Several people were questioned in her death but no arrests have ever been made. The case has even garnered national attention as it was profiled on the one time NBC show, Unsolved Mysteries and in People Magazine.
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