Kellie later told investigators that she was in good spirits and that the pair had discussed the possibility of attending college. The VSP has not released the identity of the person, yet did say it belonged to 1 of 11 people they tested previously in connection to Maitland's case. 8 The Disappearance of VT Teen Brianna Maitland, Case 1: "The Chilling Disappearance of Brianna Maitland", BRIANNA MAITLAND (MINDSHOCK TRUE CRIME Podcast), Episode 46: The Disappearance of Brianna Maitland, Vermont: Brianna Maitland and Melissa Jenkins. Both men were arrested for drug activity and booked on charges. Today, her family and detectives are still searching for answers. 7:30pm:Vigil held for Brianna marking 18 years since her disappearance. The car was later towed to a local automotive shop. Vermont State Police investigators used advanced DNA sequencing techniques to identify a sample found as part of their investigation into the 2004 disappearance of a 17-year-old girl in the town of Montgomery, police said Friday. Brianna Alexandra Maitland suddenly disappeared without a trace in March 2004 and though everyone from a drug gang to a serial killer has been suspected, authorities are still no closer to figuring out what happened. SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. One of Brianna Maitland's friends hosts a virtual vigil on the 18 th anniversary of her disappearance from Montgomery, Vermont. While attending a party with her boyfriend, Brianna argued with a former friend Keallie Lacross. [16] The trooper assumed the car had been abandoned by a drunk driver, and a towing company took the vehicle to a local garage. According to Kellie, there were no major stressors at home, but Brianna Maitland preferred the instability of couch-surfing with various friends to actually living at home with her mom and dad. She called Briannas father, Bruce, who was away in New York on business. He said he did not see anyone in or around the car. After months of investigation, police were able to "locate, interview, and obtain DNA samples from possible donors.". One of the photographers reported some loose change, a water bottle, and a bracelet or necklace on the ground next to the car. But after a . Police began conducting interviews of Maitland's co-workers, friends, and family members. James turned off the lights and closed the doors and moved on. A brief glimmer of hope arrived in 2006, when surveillance video from a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, showed a woman that police thought might have resembled Maitland. In 2020, police announced they were working with Othram, a Houston-based company that specializes in forensic testing and investigation. Brianna Maitland's car the way it was found. They pulled over, exited their vehicle, and gawked at the eerie scene before them. View Brianna Maitland on NamUS. [4], In 2006, security footage at the Caesars World casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, showed a woman resembling Maitland sitting at a poker table. [4], In 2012, law enforcement investigated a potential connection between Maitland's disappearance and serial killer Israel Keyes, who committed numerous rapes and murders in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington,[26][27] as well as in Vermont and New York, where he owned property in Constable. Brian's car was found here, backed up to the house. Vermont State Police tell us they have persons of interest in the case but no identified suspects.You can submit an anonymous tip by texting VTIPS to 274637 (CRIMES). Her abandoned car was found by . After testing and further investigation, to include genetic genealogy, they have identified the source of the DNA but have not yet been able to match it to an individual. Vermont State Police tell us they have persons of interest in the case but no identified suspects.You can submit an anonymous tip by texting VTIPS to 274637 (CRIMES). HER CAR WAS LATER FOUND BACKED INTO AN ABANDONED BARN 17 YEARS LATER.. POLICE- STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. Co-workers asked her to join them for a late dinner, but Maitland politely declined their invite, stating she needed to be up early in the morning for her waitressing job. The following weeks and months brought several searches in northern Vermont. This is about real life missing person Brianna Maitland. On the night of March 19, 2004, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland left her job bussing tables at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. Three days later, Kellie and Bruce Maitland went to the police to report their daughter as a missing person. Regardless of the circumstances, though, the disappearance of Brianna Maitland remains an open and active investigation. Brianna Maitland remains missing. [4] Law enforcement was unable to corroborate the claims in the letter. The DNA has undergone new sequencing techniques since 2020. (SOT) (Bruce) (Sometimes time is your friend till people change they get older circumstances change maybe that someone who knows some thing would. As with any missing person case, there are clues left behind. It has been 15 years since Brianna Maitland disappeared from Montgomery, VT. Cindy Brown Story Sources. Bruce heads over to the garage the car was towed to, realizing Brianna has left behind her ATM card, driver's license, contact lens case, eyeglasses, makeup, and migraine medication. State police visited the site but the woman was never found. Brianna has been missing since March 19th, 2004. She says rumors surrounding the case, and the fact there is little evidence have made it more difficult to solve. She was lean and leggy with shiny brown hair, hazel eyes, and a bright smile. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But the attention surrounding cases like Maitland's can sometimes make it more difficult to solve. He had been drinking that night and was afraid of getting in trouble. [24] The woman who provided the affidavit claimed that Ryans murdered Maitland during an argument over money she had lent him to purchase crack,[24] and that her body had been temporarily stored in the basement of a recently incarcerated local woman's home; Maitland's body was then allegedly dismembered with a table saw and disposed of on a pig farm. Explore Brianna's case and see if you can find the answers to what happened to this beloved friend, daughter and sister. Missing Brianna Maitland Crawlspace Media True Crime 4.6 54 Ratings MAR 18, 2023 22 - Missing at 19 Years 22 - Missing at 19 Years In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with private investigator Lou Barry about the disappearance of Brianna Maitland. But the attention surrounding cases like Maitland's can sometimes make it more difficult to solve. [34] In 2017, her case was profiled in an episode of the documentary series The Disappearance of Maura Murray on the Oxygen network.[35]. Ryans and Jackson, who rented and occupied the home, were implicated in the disappearance. Her car was later found backed into an abandoned barn. She was headed to a friend's house where she was living, but she never arrived. RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. In the fall of 2020, the state police sent samples to Othram, a Texas-based forensic sequencing laboratorythat has set up afundraising pagefor the investigation. Disappearance of Brianna Maitland. More searches are planned.. Vermont State Police reveal they have DNA samples from Brianna's car, Vermont State Police and Othram Partner to Investigate Brianna Maitland's Disappearance. HER FAMILY AND DETECTIVES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. [4] Not wanting to pry, Kellie did not ask what had happened, and dropped Brianna off at Stout's home between 3:30 and 4:00pm. Some of her belongings were strewn on the ground in front of the car. There was something going on in Briannas life that we dont know about. She would be 34 years old today. Angela Baker or filing information through the state's anonymous tip line. His stories have been inconsistent regarding the time he was there as well as why he was driving in that area. The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Briannas mood had changed; she was agitated and guarded toward her mother. Maitland's parents publicly speculated that she may have been abducted by multiple people, stating that it would have been difficult for a single assailant to subdue her given her jiu-jitsu training. (SOT) (the rumor mill is just alive and well with this case SHE ALSO SAYS THERE'S VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE TO GO ON. A man who drove by the house between 11:30p.m. and 12:30a.m. on March 1920 said the car's headlights may have been on. Group joins search for missing teen (Continued), Search center for teen begins operation today, Mystery surrounds teen's disappearance (Continued), Hundreds search for 17-year-old missing for two weeks, More than 300 volunteers search for missing teen, More than 300 search for missing teenager. On March 19, 2004, Brianna Maitland, aged 17, went missing after she left her job at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. Inside Brianna Maitlands Chilling Disappearance And The Bizarre Clues Left Behind. She has not been seen or heard from since. Her parents separated after her disappearance and her mother now lives in New York. [4], Maitland was not reported missing for a number of days. He thought he recognized the vehicle, but he did not see anyone in or around it. She was also descried as unashamedly sentimental, someone who hugged and kissed her friends and decorated the interior of her car with and written notes from them. I dont think this was a random act of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he said to Fox News. Anyone with tips or other information that might in any way be relevant to the investigation should contact Detective Baker atangela.baker@vermont.gov, or submit ananonymous tip online. Curiously, the registered owner of the car, Brianna's mom, was not notified that the car had been found, and it was only after the missing persons report was filed, that they make the connection to the abandoned car. She is described as an independent, restless young woman who was unhappy in her rural surroundings, and she has run away before. Bypassers found the sight compelling and several stopped to take pictures. Bruce Maitland, Brianna's father, received an anonymous tip four weeks after the disappearance. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Although she was highly intelligent and a normally a great student, Brianna was forced to drop out of high school. "I think of Brianna every single day of my life," Maitland said. As this was their strongest lead in the case, investigators initially leaped on it, possibly because theyhad received an anonymous tip that the missing girl was being held captive by two local drug dealers, according toMurder Squad. Unsolved 2004 disappearance of 17 year-old from Vermont, The Charley Project erroneously reports Maitland's middle name as "Alexandria," which conflicts with official Vermont vital statistics, which list her middle name as "Alexandra.". Updated 10 times since October 12, 2004. She punched out of work at her new job as a dishwasher at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont at 11:20 pm. In 2017, the case was discussed in the documentary series on missing college student Maura Murray, who vanished a month prior to Maitland in Woodsville, New Hampshire. Vermont State Police announce they've identified the source of DNA from the crime scene. She was 17 years old. In late February of 2004, the instability wore thin on Brianna's academic performance. Investigators originally submitted DNA profiles through a Federal Bureau of Investigations database, which did not return any matches. Not far from the jacket was a broken necklace, an empty plastic water bottle, and some loose change. She showed up at the Black Lantern Inn on time and completed her shift accordingly. Explore Brianna's case and see if you can find the answers to what happened to this beloved friend, daughter and sister. A number of factors meant Maitland wasn't immediately reported missing she wasn't living at home with her parents, her roommate was out of town and she wasn't due back at work the next night. For the most part, Brianna led a relatively normal life, and even took jiu-jitsu lessons after school. Her car was later found backed into an abandoned barn. "The use of genetic genealogy to identify the DNA found 18 years ago is just one example of how detectives continue to track down every potential lead in this case.". Brianna was never seen again. Since that time, few further details have been released to the public about Brianna Maitlands disappearance. Brianna, circa 2004; Composite image of how Brianna might appear with short, blonde hair; Age-progression to age 24 (circa 2010); Brianna's car. Shed called up her mother to tell her the news, and her mother treated her to lunch to celebrate. The next day, Maitland's car was found backed into the side of . According to Murder Squad, the two dealers were Nathaniel Charles Jackson and Ramon Ryans. Tim, Lance, and Chloe of Crawlspace talk to former police chief and current private investigator Lou Barry about Brianna Maitland's disappearance. She got two jobs: one as a dishwasher at the Black Lantern Inn and one as a waitress at KJs Diner in nearby St. Albans, Vermont. Both admitted that they knew Maitland and Jackson maintained that he had not seen her since a week before she disappeared from Montgomery. Brianna was described as bubbly, free-spirited, and charismatic. First published on March 18, 2022 / 1:43 PM. As of August 2014, ten years after her disappearance, her whereabouts remain unknown. After passing the exam, Briannas mother took her clothes shopping. . "There isn't a day that goes by that I dont think about her," says Bruce Maitland, Brianna's dad who says he is still holding out hope hell find his daughter. Today, her family and detectives are still searching for answers. Known locally as "the old Dutchburn house,"[15] the siding of the home had been breached by the rear end of the car. [b] According to a March 2017 article published in the Burlington Free Press, the reward remained available. The now-identified DNA sample was later found near the car. Three of Brianna's friends say they met her because Brianna had introduced herself to them on their first day of school when they knew no one. "That's the main. "But I usually spend a little extra time on that day and sometimes Ill connect that with a few people that have been supportive to me.". The Trooper observed some personal effects in the Oldsmobile, including two paychecks from the Black Lantern Inn addressed to Brianna Maitland, but the Trooper saw nothing he considered to be suspicious. As of 2022[update], Maitland's disappearance remains unsolved. Authorities believe she was a victim of foul play and her disappearance is possibly drug-related; drugs are very common in the Montgomery area. He remembered that the vehicles headlights may have been on. [19] Upon interviewing Maitland's close friends, law enforcement was informed that Maitland had allegedly experimented with hard drugs in the recent past, specifically crack cocaine,[19] and was an acquaintance of Ryans and Jackson. Her mother picked her up to go out for breakfast before Brianna took her high school equivalency exam. Missing Person: Brianna Maitland. Vermont state police resumed their search Monday for Brianna Maitland Her work has been featured in People, Teen Vogue, BET, HipHopDX, XXL Magazine, The Source, Vibe, The Los Angeles Times, and more. "It's important to note that this doesn't mean we have identified a suspect," Vermont State Police Sgt. He is still hoping time, will lead him to Brianna, "sometimes time is your friend," Bruce Maitland says. Rumors began to spread that one of the men offered to cut a deal with prosecutors for a lighter sentence in exchange for information about Maitland's whereabouts. By the time she was in high school, Bri had blossomed into a head-turner. But investigators say identifying the source of the DNA found near the abandoned car of Brianna Maitland does not mean they have identified a suspect in her disappearance. The officer never ran the plates. [18] The area surrounding the old Dutchburn house was combed on foot by police and search dogs, but nothing was found. On October 8th, 2003, Brianna turned seventeen and moved out of her familys farmhouse in Franklin, against the wishes of her parents. She had obviously made a connection with someone that may have resulted in what happened to her.. [24] Various drug paraphernalia was discovered inside, as well as substantial amounts of cocaine and marijuana, but no sign of Maitland was found. Maitland's car was discovered the following day, backed into the side of an abandoned house about a mile (1.6km) away from her workplace. On Friday, March 19th, 2004, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland clocked out of her job at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont at 11:20PM. Teen, Disappearance of teenager Maitland a decade old, Police seek clues to teen's disappearance, State Police: New DNA Evidence In Teen's 2004 Disappearance, Vermont state cops launch new website for unsolved killings, Vt. State Police Launch New Website for Unsolved Killings, $20,000 reward to find missing teenager expiring in July, State Police seek tips in 2004 disappearance of teen, Texas company to help VSP with DNA in Maitland case, Police: DNA identified in search for girl missing since 2004, Investigators seek tips in Vermont teen's 2004 disappearance, Girl's disappearance remains unsolved, 13 years later, Police: Source of DNA in Brianna Maitland investigation identified, Mystery in the Mountains: Where is Brianna Maitland? "Anyone can write a blog, anyone can write information about this case," says Duane Dunston, an Associate professor of cybersecurity at Champlain College.Dunston says the veracity of the information on the internet can often be used as a tool for investigators, but it can sometimes make it more challenging to determine fact from fiction.He says certain algorithms can help investigators, but it takes time. The two didnt acknowledge the change, her mother opting to respect the privacy of her independent daughter. At 1:22 pm on March 20th, a Vermont State Trooper was dispatched to the Dutchburn house. By all accounts, Brianna was making sensible choices for her future. Maitland's mother, Kellie, filed a missing person report (via DNA Solves). Maitland was last seen driving home from work at the Black Lantern Inn on March 19, 2004, expected to travel to a friend's house where she had been living. In 2012, law enforcement investigated a possible connection between Maitland's disappearance and serial killer Israel Keyes, who committed numerous rapes and murders in Vermont, New York, and throughout the Pacific Northwest, but he was ultimately ruled out as a suspect by the FBI. A piece of plywood that had been covering a window lay on the car's trunk. Saturday marked the 18th anniversary of her disappearance. A woman's fleece jacket was laying nearby, which was later proven to not belong to Maitland (via Murder Squad). Brianna was last seen on the evening of March 19, 2004, at her place of employment, The Black Lantern Inn, located in Montgomery, VT. . Was someone hiding inside her car and waiting for her? This portable Cubii under-desk elliptical is $129 off today. Shes urging anyone with information to come forward and thinks the one person who knows something will be key to cracking the case. Investigators have said there is no evidence Brianna left the area willingly and they believe she was a victim of foul play. But sometime in her sophomore year, things became a little hectic. [4], Three weeks prior to her disappearance, Maitland was physically attacked at a party by a female former friend, Keallie Lacross. Assuming Maitland was staying elsewhere, she did not call Kellie until the following day.
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