Brianna Maitland - 17 - missing since 3/19/04

[Doyle]

Another young woman has turned up missing after a car accident on a dark, rural highway - this time in Vermont.

Brianna Maitland, 17, of Sheldon, Vt., has disappeared after being involved in a one-car accident late at night on the East Berkshire Road in northern Vermont.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/af2eddba5

[dannyodie]

sounds like a similar incident when christa rolinger disappeared after wrecking hers dads car. thank god that christa is safe at home. lets all pray that this young lady is ok and is just scared to come home.

[Hammerized]

I hope we hear more about the woman's jacket & wallet that were found near the scene. Is that woman missing as well? I want to know.

[Megan]

I hope we hear more about the woman's jacket & wallet that were found near the scene. Is that woman missing as well? I want to know.

I was just going to say the same thing---of the girl who was supposed to be working at a local ski resort, from out of town/country. Sad.

[Doyle]

A forensics team from the Vermont State Police lab in Waterbury began poring over a missing teenager's car Tuesday to obtain possible evidence, including whether foul play may have been involved in her disappearance.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/79e54f6d5

[Megan]

police have ruled out a connection between Briana & Maura's cases....
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/f5358f0b5

[dannyodie]

after reading the article it seems odd that someone drove the car part of the way into the barn, either there was someone following them and that is the point in which the switch over to an other vehicle could have occured, or maybe somewhere in the barn she could have been assulted and possibly buried there, either in the barn or around the general area, I wonder if there is any old farms around the area? maybe some old ground wells as a possible sight to check? sure is strange that brianna and murrey disappeared after auto accidents. I guess after such a upset following any kind of accident would cause a young lady in need to except help from almost anyone that looked as if they mean well in offering help. hope they find out something soon on both these young ladies. I know that here in nashville tennessee, we all are still very much baffled in the disappearece of 13 year old tabitha tuders who has been missing now for almost 1 year. for those of you websleuthers that may be new and for those that may have not been reading much on the tuders child please take the time to go over much of the post that have been made, with all of us with our thinking caps on maybe we can help these families have closure from the uncertainty of there loved one.

[Doyle]

The father of a Sheldon teenager missing since last month is criticizing the way Vermont State Police are investigating her disappearance.

In a letter to Governor James Douglas, Bruce Maitland said the investigation has not been aggressive enough and that his family had been kept in the dark about what police are doing.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/04/18/father_assails_vt_police_in_teen_search/

[Doyle]

Bruce Maitland is worried about the safety of teenage girls and young women in Vermont and New Hampshire - worried they may face the possibility of being kidnapped and transported elsewhere for illicit purposes.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/b66a0fd21

[Megan]

Briana Maitland & Maura Murray's families to meet:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040505/APN/405050667

[Doyle]

The families of two missing women came together in Haverhill yesterday to plead for help from the public and federal authorities.

Fred Murray of Weymouth, Mass., whose daughter, Maura, 21, disappeared on Feb. 9 in Haverhill after a minor car accident, set up the meeting before starting another weekend of searching
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/05/09/kin_of_2_missing_women_plead_for_aid/

[mushyb]

Her website

http://www.bringbrihome.org/

[Kelly]

Brianna is Project Jason's current 18 Wheel Angel campaign. This is a program which targets truck drivers and other business travellers to volunteer their time and resources, spreading the word via printable posters. Of course, anyone can help by placing posters of Brianna from the 18 Wheel Angels link on our site. Thank you!

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org

[Megan]

Police saying Brianna made bad choices & had drug connections???

http://www.samessenger.com/JUN04/brianna0609.html

[Doyle]

Police in St. Albans released new information Tuesday about a missing teenager.

In the first-ever news conference Tuesday with Bruce Maitland, the father of Brianna Maitland, police said they are growing more convinced that the 17-year-old was the victim of a violent crime.

Police also said that it is likely drugs may have played a part in the teen's disappearance.

Bruce Maitland said he only recently learned that his daughter was friends with drug users and drug dealers. She had moved in with a friend about three weeks before she disappeared.
http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/3421059/detail.html

[Doyle]

The passing of seven days has resulted in a huge turnaround in the way Vermont State Police are treating the disappearance of Brianna Maitland.

Maitland, 17, was last seen at about 11:20 p.m. March 19 when she clocked out of work at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery.

VSP had originally said Maitland was a runaway and had run away in the past. During a press conference June 8, they said they were tired of wasting time tracking down worthless leads.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/fa6d6930b

[Doyle]

The parents of a Sheldon teenager are taking a different tactic in the search for their missing daughter.

Brianna Maitland, 17, has not been seen since she left work at the Black Tavern Inn in Montgomery at 11:20 p.m. March 19.

Brianna's parents, Kellie and Bruce Maitland, are acting on leads they have received - leads taking them elsewhere in Vermont as well as to the New York City area.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/9855984d9

[WasBlind]

For Brianna

[inquiringmindz]

September 19 was Brianna Maitlands six month missing anniversary. I visit their website often hoping to hear she's been found. The last tidbit was that Bri was abducted for a drug dealing / slavery ring in NYC. Info can be found in the message board at her site.

Please check her website and maybe a sleuther in the area can keep an eye open.

Pray for Bri's safe return.

http://www.bringbrihome.org

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!

Our prayers are with you for a safe return.

[inquiringmindz]

Happy 18th Birthday, Bri!

We pray that you are able to come home soon!

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!

She was featured last week on Without A Trace...I hope and pray someone recognizes her!

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!

[inquiringmindz]

Parents’ worst nightmare

Maitlands pursue missing daughter through bad dreams, empty leads

By Sam Hemingway

EAST FRANKLIN -- Even in sleep, Bruce and Kellie Maitland are on the lookout for their 18-year-old daughter, Brianna.

"In my dream," Kellie Maitland said, patting the kitchen table, "I am talking to people and I ask them: ’Do you know where Brianna is?’

"I feel they are on the verge of telling me where she is, and then I wake up."

Nearby, Bruce Maitland looked down at the floor of their small home in the woods near the Canadian border.

His dreams, he said, are often a rerun of his waking life over the past eight months, haunting images of looking for his daughter’s remains in roadside ditches or in woods or in garbage bags mixed with the intense hope he won’t find anything. Once, he said, he dreamed he was Brianna: "I am running, trying to get away and hide from the people chasing me."

March 19, Brianna Maitland, then 17, finished her nighttime shift as a dishwasher at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, walked out the door and vanished.

The next day, her car was found rammed backward into an abandoned house just west of town; her two paychecks lay on the seat. There was no note. She took no clothes.

No one, including police, has a substantive clue as to where she could be. Organized search parties, posters on utility poles from Montreal to New York City, Border Patrol helicopter flights, a BringBriHome.org Web site, even a court inquest have proven fruitless.

"It’s still wide open," Vermont State Police Lt. Tom Nelson said this week of the investigation. "We don’t have a really solid set of facts that lead us to understanding what happened after she left work."

Almost every day, Nelson said, another tip finds its way to his desk. Thursday, for instance, a hunter found clothes in the woods in Montgomery; they turned out to be unrelated. Police have interviewed 107 people in the Maitland case, Nelson said, but "nothing solid" explains her disappearance.

"They found Saddam Hussein in a spider hole, but no one can find our daughter," Kellie Maitland said during a recent conversation at her home. Bruce Maitland is convinced that his daughter -- alive or dead -- is not in Vermont. But that’s only a guess.

Painful search

Several times over the past eight months, the Maitlands thought their nightmare was over.

There was the time someone reported seeing Brianna performing at a strip club in Boston.

"We went down there, and we showed Brianna’s picture to a person there," Bruce Maitland said. "She said, ’Yeah, she works across the street in another club.’ And there was a girl there who, if you weren’t her father, you’d think was her.

"But it wasn’t her."

Another time, police found a garbage bag on a field near Montgomery. The Maitlands were told the bag contained a body.

It was a pig carcass.

"At first, they weren’t sure what it was," Kellie Maitland said. "I was such a nervous wreck when I left work. I didn’t have any fingernails left by the end of the day."

The harder they look, the harder it becomes to keep looking. They have looked along almost every road embankment from Interstate 87 in New York to Vermont 100. They have gone to New York and Hartford and Montreal and Syracuse and Albany. Nothing.

"The way we think now is not the way we did before," Kellie Maitland said. "I look at people going by in cars, looking for Brianna. I see some shape off the side of the road, just the gnarly part of a tree’s roots, and I think it’s a body."

Kellie Maitland works as a clerk in a local hardware store. She drives to work -- everywhere, really -- with her doors locked and a handgun nearby. She fears dangerous people might be responsible for her daughter’s disappearance.

Bruce Maitland describes the grimness of their task: "I’ll see buzzards flying somewhere, and I have to go see why. I say ’Oh, look, there’s a bag or there’s some clothes’ and I have to go poke at it to see what’s there. After a while, you can’t do it anymore."

Friends and neighbors have been supportive, he said, but the experience of searching for a missing child has made the Maitlands feel alone at times.

"I feel like there is a huge cloud following me around that everyone can see but me," he said.

Life goes on, barely

Since March 19, Brianna’s grandmother has died. So has a great-grandmother. In October, her 18th birthday came and went; it was acknowledged by a gathering of neighbors at Byam’s Quick Stop in town. Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie dropped by -- a quiet break from his re-election campaign.

Now Christmas is around the corner. Several boxes of holiday decorations -- including some handmade by Brianna -- sit by the kitchen counter. Kellie Maitland said she isn’t sure if she can bear to put them up.

The couple tried to get away for a few days this summer; they went to Nova Scotia for a week where they wandered the ocean beaches. One day, Kellie Maitland came upon a cavern in the rocks; there, in the sand at her feet, was a heart-shaped stone.

"The rock and the cavern seemed to magnify how I felt," she said. With the stone cupped in her hands, she broke out in tears. "How the sea cut this stone and left it there. I knew it was there for her, that she is always in my heart."

Contact Sam Hemingway at 660-1850 or shemingway@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=325

[Kelly]

On Friday, be sure to go to Brianna's message board and post your well wishes to Brianna's mom, Kellie, for her birthday. There will be a special post made late Thursday night.

It has been a very tough year for Kellie with Brianna's disappearance, plus several deaths in the family.

Thank you for caring.

Kelly

[Kelly]

The birthday post is up, so be sure to give your well wishes.

Thanks,
Kelly

[inquiringmindz]

Kelly,
Thank you for posting! I've posted on birthday wishes on board. This is so frustrating - someone, somewhere knows where Brianna is - if only...

[Kelly]

Thank you for posting that. Kellie has been through so much this year. It's important for her to know how much we all care.

Kelly

[inquiringmindz]

It appears someone has had contact with Brianna - I'm hoping and praying for the best!

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=332

[amandab]

Oh WOW!!!! This is certainly encouraging!

[bringbrihome]

Hello,

Unfortunately, we do not know where Brianna is. We are asking family members to make a plea to Brianna in hopes that she is somewhere and is able to read our posts. We have not given up hope that Brianna is alive and well. Please visit her website at www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org) .

Bringbrihome

[amandab]

Bringbrihome,

You have my sincere apology for misunderstanding the posts on Brianna's site.....

I pray she returns to you soon.
-Amanda

[inquiringmindz]

Hello,

Unfortunately, we do not know where Brianna is. We are asking family members to make a plea to Brianna in hopes that she is somewhere and is able to read our posts. We have not given up hope that Brianna is alive and well. Please visit her website at www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org/) .

Bringbrihome
Bringbrihome,
I am so sorry, I thought Bri had contacted her brother by the way the message sounded. I pray daily that Bri comes home. Keeping the faith!

[Peabody]

The Caledonian Record is currently running a poll through Saturday, January 1 for the most important story of the past year.

Options are: The Phish concert.
Red Sox win the world series.
The Devenger brothers.
The disappearances of Maura Murray and Brianna Maitland.

Currently votes for the disappearance of Brianna and Maura are next to last.

Please, let's let the readers in NH and VT know that we place more importance on life than sports or concerts.

Please go to http://www.caledonianrecord.com/ to vote.

Thank you on behalf of the Maitland and Murray families.

[inquiringmindz]

The Caledonian Record is currently running a poll through Saturday, January 1 for the most important story of the past year.

Options are: The Phish concert.
Red Sox win the world series.
The Devenger brothers.
The disappearances of Maura Murray and Brianna Maitland.

Currently votes for the disappearance of Brianna and Maura are next to last.

Please, let's let the readers in NH and VT know that we place more importance on life than sports or concerts.

Please go to http://www.caledonianrecord.com/ to vote.

Thank you on behalf of the Maitland and Murray families.
Thanks for posting the link. Their story is getting a lot of votes now! Keep voting while you can! Show the authorities that these woman are important and the community would like to have them found.

[bringbrihome]

A special Thanks to all of you for voting in the poll. Brianna and Maura are currently in the lead. The Caledonian was no longer covering the stories of the two girls. We are hoping that the poll will show that we are all still very concerned about these two missing girls. They must be found! We need to keep their stories in the forefront until they are home. If you have not voted, please do so.

Thanks, Bringbrihome

[Gabby]

Way ahead as of a few minutes ago.....


Keep on votin'

[Peabody]

When I posted the request to vote for Brianna and Maura, "their story" had 80 votes and they were in next to last place..........this morning, THANKS to all of you, they have 800 votes and are leading the Red Sox story 2 to 1 :clap:

[WasBlind]

Screen shot of votes (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/HelpForTheMissing/Missing/MaitlandMurray.jpg)

Many thanks to all who voted for making these missing girls the story of the year, as they should be.

With love and HOPE, Lanie

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!

www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org)

[inquiringmindz]

March 19 - The One Year Anniversary of Brianna's Disappearance

Please take a moment to look at her sight -
Maybe you will recognize her!

www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org)

Prayers for the Maitlands!

[CaliKid]

Such a beautiful young girl. How tragic, especially in light of what's gone on this weekend with Jessica Lunsford.

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping For Bri

[Kelly]

Please don't forget to watch for Brianna's story on the Montel Show tomorrow. Times and stations will vary, so check your local listings.

Also, VERY important, everyone needs to go to the Montel Show Site afterwards and enter in feedback thanking them for doing the show and letting them know how important this is!

Here's the link to do this:

http://www.montelshow.com/whats_your_POV/pov.htm

Even if you do not watch the show, do it anyway so they will continue to give oportunities for our families to get national attention for their cases, and hopefully answers.

Thank you!

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org

[inquiringmindz]

Kelly,
Thanks for posting the info about the Montel show. My opinion has been sent. I hope someone recognizes Bri and the Maitlands can bring this horror to an end.

[Bobbisangel]

It is hard to understand how people can be there one minute and gone the next. I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel to be in this mom and dad's shoes. My heart goes out to them.

The way the police handled this case from the beginning is just unbelievable.
The parents are the ones who found the jacket and purse by Bri's car? I guess the cops hadn't even done a search at that time. They thought Bri had run away? They were tired of chasing down worthless leads? Every minute counts when a person disappears for pity sake. Bri's parents must have felt so helpless and angry at the police because they weren't doing anything.

I hope that Bri is found or comes home if she is able. It's been a long time.
Prayers for the family.

[Gumshoe924]

So there is no new news on Brianna's case? Any more news on the investigation of a possible connection to other cases of missing women in the NH/VT area (Maura Murray)?

[Hammerized]

New post at her forum showing the car backed into the barn.

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=423

There are other newer posts there, too.

[LazyCat08]

New post at her forum showing the car backed into the barn.

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=423

There are other newer posts there, too.
It would be interesting to see where the road is in relation to the house/ where the car was found. I think someone either followed her or forced her off the road somehow.

I assume that they already searched the immediate area for other tire tracks?

[Peabody]

So there is no new news on Brianna's case? Any more news on the investigation of a possible connection to other cases of missing women in the NH/VT area (Maura Murray)?
http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=429

This is a link to a newstory about a search by CT divers in a Bershire Pond and also a search with cadaver dogs to find Bri.

The search was described by one news show as being "excercises"

This was of particular interest to me because only a few weeks ago, there were reports of a search for Maura Murray with LE excavating a sand pit in Haverhill NH. In the Haverhill Newspaper, Chief Williams denied the rumor of a search for Maura, but did say that NH LE was participating with the FBI in "exercises".

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Gabby]

Bumping Thread for Brianna's friends and family who love her and continue to search

[inquiringmindz]

I was on Bri's site last night just praying for a positive update. I was checking out the pics of the car backed into the barn and am wondering what the WSers take may be on this. Any suggestions, insight, or guesses???

[bensmom98]

Brianna's family has doubled the reward for information leading to her whereabouts...

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3426709&nav=4QcRacEm

[Kelly]

A segment about Brianna is scheduled to air on the Nancy Grace Show on CNN on Monday, July 4th at 8pm EST. (subject to schedule change)

Kelly

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!!!!

Please take a moment to look at her site...You may be the one who recognizes her.

www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org)

[inquiringmindz]

It looks like a little bit of information is starting to surface! I hope Bri is found soon!

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=488&pid=2242&st=0&#entry2242

[SimonSays]

Thank you for that link with the possible break in the case... I've been following this ever since seeing her parents on Nancy Grace a few weeks ago. It was so heartbreaking to see them. :(

[inquiringmindz]

Thank you for that link with the possible break in the case... I've been following this ever since seeing her parents on Nancy Grace a few weeks ago. It was so heartbreaking to see them. :(
Hi SS! I've been following this case from the beginning and hope the Maitlands have answers very soon. I can't imagine being in their situation.

[inquiringmindz]

Equusearch to aid in search for Brianna!


http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=494&pid=2261&st=0&#entry2261

[Marisa714]

Equusearch to aid in search for Brianna!


http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=494&pid=2261&st=0&#entry2261

That's great! Hopefully they find something! I've recently been wondering if ES would help search for Maura Murray...I wonder if they'd consider it now since they would be in the area..hmmm

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri

[murraydwyer]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIANNA

Another birthday Brianna's family has to endure the pain of not knowing where she is or what happened to her. No families should experience that pain.

[kholloway]

Happy Birthday, Bri! Please come home soon!

Thoughts and prayers for Brianna's family and friends.

www.missingwixchildren.homestead.com

[SewingDeb]

Bump for Bri.

[Marisa714]

I swear I thought that they had taken someone into custody or something regarding Briana? I think it was a while ago, but I thought they had found someone who knew something but would not get in trouble if he said what he knew...Am I going nuts, or did this happen or not? And if so, does anyone know what came of that?

Thanks!

[Peabody]

I know that I read a news article that stated that someone in custody with a connection to drugs made a "deal" regarding his charges if he revealed information regarding Brianna.


Don't which forum on which I read about it, but also recall that someone replied with a comment about the person walking out of the courthouse while no one knew where Brianna was.


Bring Maura Home!
www.mauramurray.com (http://www.mauramurray.com/)
www.spbowers.com\mauramissing.html (http://www.spbowers.com/mauramissing.html)

[Marisa714]

I know that I read a news article that stated that someone in custody with a connection to drugs made a "deal" regarding his charges if he revealed information regarding Brianna.


Don't which forum on which I read about it, but also recall that someone replied with a comment about the person walking out of the courthouse while no one knew where Brianna was.


Bring Maura Home!
www.mauramurray.com (http://www.mauramurray.com/)
www.spbowers.com\mauramissing.html (http://www.spbowers.com/mauramissing.html)


Thanks for replying, I knew I had heard that somewhere! I think it may have been at MauraMurray.com....although I'm not sure. I wish we knew what happened w/that guy for sure! It seemed like the best lead so far (that I can remember) I wish more people "knew" about Briana and Maura
I feel like LE was a little too "hush hush" (at least about Maura.) If I find any info about Bri I'll post a link.

[murraydwyer]

Brianna and Maura Murray are featured in the Websleuths Spotlight. There are a lot of articles for background on Brianna's case...I almost missed it because I usually click on Missing...you need to click on Forums...

[inquiringmindz]

Here's the link from Bri's forum about RR

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=535

[Marisa714]

Here's the link from Bri's forum about RR

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=535


Thanks for the link! I've been reading and am now more confused...do you know how the 'white truck' is tied to both of the girls? Or of any links regarding Gia Rae Collins? I'll keep looking but if you know I'd greatly appreciate any more info! Thanks

[Marisa714]

Thanks for the link! I've been reading and am now more confused...do you know how the 'white truck' is tied to both of the girls? Or of any links regarding Gia Rae Collins? I'll keep looking but if you know I'd greatly appreciate any more info! Thanks


I found this which answers my question!



http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=279&st=15

Sep 18 2005, 11:15 AM
Post #29
Huppster,

I don't recall anyone stating that a white pick up was seen near the Black Lantern that night. There was a report that a white pick up was setting backed in near the Longley Bridge on Longley Bridge Road for quite a while the night Bri went missing. Longley Bridge Road is very close to the abandoned house where Brianna's car was found. I am not sure, as I am not a local, but does anyone know if you can actually view the abandoned house from where the truck was parked? We are still unsure if the truck is involved or not. I feel most of the people who have reviewed this case feel that the truck is NOT involved.

ADMIN

[Marisa714]

Oops sorry I just realized I'm posting in the Missing person info & support! I'll try to find another thread to discuss this in! I'm really sorry!

[murraydwyer]

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/uploads/post-164-1129678768.jpg

This was posted on Bri's site Oct. 18 by Catmaster...I'm so happy for the Maitland's that Brianna's case will get this type of exposure.

Yes, I said that... Brianna is being featured on the latest advertisement for a very new, upcoming Miniseries on Lifetouch TV for Women. Oct. 24...Oct. 24... Oct. 24th... starting at 9PM, for two nights. Lifetime's Miniseries on "Human Trafficking"

About time the media spoke up!

VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED I'm being serious!!

This is the link to the Lifetime Miniseries Trailer... (in a few moments...)

By now, Brianna's image has been seen by millions of people around the world!!!! And it will be seen by millions more in the next few days, especially if we help it along!!! ... please pass the link around as best you can...

I've attached an image I was able to capture - bottom left of this post... I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her... just a second, but enough to recgonise her... I had to go back and snap this snapshot using special software... but there she is - at the bottom of this post and in the advertisement for the Miniseries.... it's what's called subliminal projection, or advertising... the best kind of advertisizing there is!!!

Thank you Lifetime, TV for Women and MSNBC
Lifetime TV Original Movie Human Trafficking (http://lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/humantrafficking.html)

Please also read this link today from Newsweek:

MSNBC Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9711920/site/newsweek/ )

[fourboys]

Police Teams Search For Missing Teen

October 28, 2005

A platoon of police, volunteers, and specially-trained dogs hit the woods Friday in Franklin County looking for any sign of a teenage girl who went missing a year-and-half ago.

It is the latest chapter in the baffling disappearance of Brianna Maitland.

The police say the stepped search search for Brianna Maitland had been planned for some time and they made it clear that they do not expect to find her alive.

"We do not know what we're gonna find for remains if there is anything out there," said Vermont State Police Lt. Brian Miller speaking at an afternoon press conference to discuss the two-day search effort.

Miller heads up the State Police investigation to find Brianna Maitland that was renewed Friday in two areas of Berkshire and Montgomery. Forty-five police officers from three states -- teamed with cadaver sniffing dogs -- fanned out in the hills looking for any signs of the missing teenager.

Police have conducted an exhaustive investigation for the 17-year-old since she disappeared without a trace in March 2004 after she left her restaurant job in Montgomery. Police have followed hundreds of leads, conducted hundreds of interviews, including some indicating she may have been involved with drugs and drug dealers. But there have been no arrests, and police say they have no specific suspects; just a lot of non-specific information that triggered this search.

"There's just multiple pieces of information, many anonymous tips, thru interviews just probable locations where that we could look and maybe bring some closure to this case," said Lt.Miller.

If the police found anything new Friday that would help locate Brianna Maitland, they are keeping it to themselves.

Police say the search effort will end Saturday at dusk unless they find something that would justify staying on.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4044265&nav=4QcS

[inquiringmindz]

Thanks for posting the story and link! I'm always looking for new information about Brianna. Even though I don't know her, I've been interested in her case. I hope they find Brianna or some answers soon. I can't imagine being in their position :(

[mysteriew]

Brianna's poster was the one spotlighted at the end of "Without A Trace" tonight.

[lostfaith]

http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15888151&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6

Police in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont are looking at Regan in connection with cases of women who are missing and presumed murdered. He has not yet been charged in any of those cases.

[dannyodie]

http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15888151&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6

Police in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont are looking at Regan in connection with cases of women who are missing and presumed murdered. He has not yet been charged in any of those cases.

I just wonder since he drives around to different states if he could be involved in maura murrays case?

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping For Bri - Come Home Soon

[KatherineQ]

I wonder if they've identified any - or all - of the women on the undeveloped film in Regan's car?

[inquiringmindz]

I wonder if they've identified any - or all - of the women on the undeveloped film in Regan's car?
I haven't read anything new in regards to the film. Everything is so tight lipped, it makes me wonder if the VSP is still looking into this.

On Brianna's board (www.bringbrihome.org (http://www.bringbrihome.org)), several have spoke about trying to get Montel to get involved with Sylvia Brown but the family hasn't had any luck yet. I just sent an email asking for a series of segments with SB dedicated soley to the missing. I threw out a few names such as Jason Jolkowski, as that could lead to another segment about Kelli's work, Bri - leading to abducted for prostitution, the Doe Network and featuring several unidentified. Who knows, if enough email maybe they will consider.

[Kelly]

I was under the impression that the Maitlands do not want involvement with SB or other "psychics".

I heard Montel is not using her for missing person's cases at this time, and/or she has also withdrawn from those cases because she is under fire for lack of any ability whatsoever. She has never solved a single missing person's case, ever. Doesn't that tell us something?

If you knew the horror stories behind the scenes as I do with this woman, you would not want to push for her involvement. She is ugly to the core.

The only thing she can "see" is more money in her bank account.

I apologize for my forthrighness on this issue. I mean no insult to anyone here. You all do not know what these people do to one's psyche. I do.

Kelly

[inquiringmindz]

I was under the impression that the Maitlands do not want involvement with SB or other "psychics".

I heard Montel is not using her for missing person's cases at this time, and/or she has also withdrawn from those cases because she is under fire for lack of any ability whatsoever. She has never solved a single missing person's case, ever. Doesn't that tell us something?

If you knew the horror stories behind the scenes as I do with this woman, you would not want to push for her involvement. She is ugly to the core.

The only thing she can "see" is more money in her bank account.

I apologize for my forthrighness on this issue. I mean no insult to anyone here. You all do not know what these people do to one's psyche. I do.

Kelly
I, in no way, shape, or form would want to hurt any of these families or cause them any undo anguish. I only know of SB what I have seen on Montel. I would hope she would help those in need if she indeed has a gift without any monentary gain. If I had a gift, just helping someone would be enough compensation for me - compensation of the heart.

I apologize if my thought has offended anyone.

[Kelly]

I could never be upset at you, but people need to know what the truth of the matter is and what goes on behind the scenes.

Like I said, you have to ask yourself why she has never solved a single missing person's case. On Montel, she gives vague details. After the show, the desperate families beg her for more details. What do you think happens?

She says "I will, but first give me XXXX dollars." Several people have described her as the coldest woman they have ever met. Does that sound like a person who cares or a person who is looking for monetary gain? Even for the ones who paid the money to get the extra "details" have come no closer to resolving their case.

To one family of a missing child, she told them the child had been sold into foreign sex slavery, when in fact the child was dead and had been murdered, having nothing to do with sexual slavery nor a foreign county. The parents went through hell thinking their child was alive and being violated everyday. That thought to them was more painful, since it was a continual torture and they felt helpless to stop it.

People have no right to do this.

Once, someone wrote to her about Jason without our permission. She begged SB to help us. Here is the "help" we received back in the mail:

*The most poorly photocopied document I have ever seen offering all of her services and a list of fees.

*The original letter the woman sent.

*Another poorly photocopied flyer telling about SB's "church".

There was no letter enclosed, not even a form letter, telling us she (or any of her staff) were sorry about our situation. Nothing. Just sales documents.

The only good that was done from missing persons on Montel when SB is on, is to give the missing person a few minutes of media exposure. Many are not so sure it was even worth it to give SB any more publicity so she can continiue to exploit others to pad her bank account. It's quite sad, really.

If you're still not convinced, read the following:

http://skepdic.com/psychdet.html

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/browne.html

There is much more I can say about this, but this is Brianna's thread, and I want it returned to her.

[Peabody]

I just wonder since he drives around to different states if he could be involved in maura murrays case?
I have wondered this very thing regarding both Maura and Brianna............prayers for both of them!

[fourboys]

Missing woman may have visited casino

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

ATLANTIC CITY -- Police need help finding a missing Vermont woman who may have been spotted recently in a casino.

Brianna Maitland, 19, was last seen at her job in Montgomery, Vt., on March 19, 2004.

Police are using surveillance video to determine if Maitland was gambling at Caesars Atlantic City with a male companion.

Maitland is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 118 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. Her family is offering a $20,000 reward.

Anyone with information regarding Maitland's whereabouts or the individuals in the surveillance photo are asked to call the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit at (800) 709-7090 or the Vermont State Police at (802) 524-5993.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS01/60308003/1006

[amandab]

Oh wow.....what if it was her?

I'm speechless.....

[fourboys]

A.C. casino tape may show missing Vermont teenager

Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006

A teenage girl who vanished in rural Vermont two years ago may have been spotted last month by surveillance cameras at an Atlantic City casino, police said.

A $20,000 reward is offered for information leading to the return of Brianna Maitland, 19, who disappeared March 19, 2004, while on her way home from a restaurant. Her car was found backed into an abandoned house in Montgomery in the northwest part of the state. Police called her disappearance suspicious.

About 10 p.m. Feb. 17, cameras at Caesars Atlantic City captured an image of a woman believed to be Maitland gambling with a bald man. She is described as 5-foot-5 and about 120 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

Anyone who may have seen the couple is asked to call New Jersey state police at 800-709-7090. Additional information and photos are available at http://www.bringbrihome.org.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/14042965.htm

[amandab]

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/14042965.htm

I wish there were camera stills in the article so we could compare it against pics of Brianna.....

[docwho3]

I wish there were camera stills in the article so we could compare it against pics of Brianna.....Me too but I am glad there seems to be at least some progress on this case.

[dulcinea]

I wonder who it was who thought they recognized her? Have her parents seen the video yet? It would be wonderful if there could be a positive resolution to this case. Since it's been so long I think most people expect the worst. Any idea how long it will be before we hear whether or not they think it's her? I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[PonderingThings]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4604715&nav=4QcS


It was obtained from the casino after a man who lives near Maitland's hometown returned from a trip to Atlantic City and contacted Vermont State Police, telling them he saw a woman who looked like Maitland at the casino. That was on Jan. 19.

The man, who knew of Maitland's disappearance and what she looked like from fliers posted in Vermont, didn't alert authorities on the scene.

<SNIP>

The casino provided videotape containing the footage, which was reviewed by Vermont investigators and Maitland's parents, who said they believe it is her. Her mother, Kellie Maitland, said the movements of the hands and feet of the woman on the videotape remind her of her daughter, according to Detective John Donegan, a missing persons investigator with the New Jersey State Police.

The woman spent about an hour at the table, he said.

"There hasn't been too many leads (in Maitland's case) with Mom and Dad saying they believe it's her," said Donegan. "Whether it's legitimate or not, if Mom and Dad are telling me they're pretty certain it's her, it's incumbent on me to follow through."

Bruce and Kellie Maitland, who now live in DeKalb, N.Y., traveled to Atlantic City to look at original copies of the footage but couldn't say for sure it was their daughter in the pictures, Donegan said.

<SNIP>

Unlike some Atlantic City casinos, Caesars' surveillance department does not have facial recognition software, which allows camera operators to capture still images of faces and compare their features digitally with those in thousands of photos contained in law enforcement databases.

<SNIP>

A still image, taken from the surveillance video and published on a flier released by New Jersey State Police, shows the top of the woman's head, her eyes and forehead but doesn't give a clear view.

[dulcinea]

Why didn't the guy say something right away? That bothers me. If it was her, that could have been the only chance to find her. Now her parents might not ever know.

[mom3dd]

I wondered about him waiting also. If he had said something right away they could have talked with her right then.

[dark_shadows]

I wonder who it was who thought they recognized her? Have her parents seen the video yet? It would be wonderful if there could be a positive resolution to this case. Since it's been so long I think most people expect the worst. Any idea how long it will be before we hear whether or not they think it's her? I'm keeping my fingers crossed.


Brianna's father stated this about the video;




Bruce said the girl in the video clip “has a high degree of resemblance to Brianna,” but that it “may be someone who is just a look-a-like.
“These two years have been a roller coaster, so don’t jump to conclusions yet,” Bruce wrote. “I’ve learned to combine my hope with caution.”



The Maitlands, who now live in DeKalb, N.Y., traveled to Atlantic City to look at original copies of the footage but couldn’t say for sure it was their daughter in the pictures, Donegan said.

[Mellen]

This link has a camera still from the surveillance video, but it is really small: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4605479&nav=menu183_2

[murraydwyer]

Video of the person someone believed was Brianna Maitland (http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/7972345/detail.html)

[inquiringmindz]

It's nice to hear the Maitlands may have some new hope. I'm praying they find the answers they need and deserve. Does anyone know why the website is down? It's been down for a few days.

[docwho3]

It's nice to hear the Maitlands may have some new hope. I'm praying they find the answers they need and deserve. Does anyone know why the website is down? It's been down for a few days.I heard on another forum that there some problem with a virus on the website so maybe it will be up again once that is solved.

[inquiringmindz]

I heard on another forum that there some problem with a virus on the website so maybe it will be up again once that is solved.
Thanks doc!

[inquiringmindz]

Sunday will be the two year anniversary of Brianna's disappearance. :(

The website is back up and running.

Come home soon, Bri!

[dark_shadows]

3} MAITLAND2_RUP Police in New Jersey are expanding the search for Brianna Maitland. The Vermont teen went missing two-years ago-- from Montgomery. But in January-- a vacationing Vermonter thought he spotted Maitland in an Atlantic City casino. And now Maitland's parents believe the woman in this video is their daughter. ((Det. John Donegan/New Jersey State Police: 15:03: On February 4th, the Maitland family came down to Atlantic City to view a casino tape.// 15:17: The video is pretty clear. The mom and dad came down to view the video. They had indicated that they believe it is their daughter based on her appearance and her mannerisms.)) New Jersey police say they are now expanding their search-- to include two men who may have been with the woman in the casino.


This is an the script from our news.

[PonderingThings]

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49328

Serial killer behind 'disappearing' women?
Frustrated parents of 2 girls suspect cases connected, killer on the loose

[inquiringmindz]

I know Bri's story was aired on Inside Edition last night with the casino video footage. Hopefully more exposure will help someone come forward.

http://www.insideedition.com/ourstories/inside_stories/story.aspx?storyid=91

Come Home Bri!

[SewingDeb]

Nancy Grace talked about Brianna last night:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/04/ng.01.html

[Bobbisangel]

I believe it was said that the person who thought they saw Brianna had been a neighbor of theirs or had lived in the same neighborhood at some point. The person waited they they got back home though to call the police :banghead: If that person knew Brianna I wonder why she/he didn't just walk over there and really get a good look and say something if they still thought it was her? Or contacted the police right then while the girl and older man were still in the casino. It could have been so simple.

At first I didn't think the person in the video looked like Brianna but then they showed a certain picture of her and I thought "it looks like her." Some of her other pictures didn't look like her. Tonight her dad said he didn't think the forehead or nose looked like her but he couldn't be sure. He said her mannerisms were the same though. Said she was with some old guy. I hope it is her....that would be a miracle.

[inquiringmindz]

I hope this segment with NG brings the Maitlands some answers. I thought there were some features that resembled BM on the video. If it isn't Bri, why hasn't the person on the video come forward? I would be shouting that I'm not the missing person. Hoping and praying for Bri's safe return.

[blueclouds]

I thought the video looked a great deal like her. I hope that this is another "miracle" in the making... We so desperately need our children returned alive. I pray for her and her family that there is a happy outcome.

Did anyone here whether the LE were continuing to "case" this casino?

[inquiringmindz]

Sleuthers,
If you have a few minutes, take a look at the logo from the mans shirt in the casino video. Any ideas on what this could be?

Check this thread on Bri's sight for a pic

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=751

[docwho3]

Sleuthers,
If you have a few minutes, take a look at the logo from the mans shirt in the casino video. Any ideas on what this could be?

Check this thread on Bri's sight for a pic

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=751 I don't recognize it but it sure looks like a big spider logo to me when I enlarged it a bit.

[gatetrekker44]

"gothic-style" letter M-I think the idea of a band logo is probably on the right track.

[PinkyPoo]

I think it looks alot like one of the many Harley-davidson Wings logos.

[mom3dd]

I think it looks like the harley broken wings patch. I thought casinos kept track of people by cards or something thats how they got Christie Wilsons alleged attacker.

[inquiringmindz]

Thanks for the thoughts, I've posted them on Bri's thread.

[dark_shadows]

Atlantic City, New Jersey - May 11, 2006

Authorities have released a new picture surrounding the case of a Franklin County teenager who went missing two years ago.

Thursday, police released an enhanced surveillance image of a possible sighting of the Montgomery teenager. The young woman in the picture is seen with two men inside an Atlantic City, New Jersey casino. It was taken back in January.

news link (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4891985)

more on this link (http://www.wptz.com/news/9191687/detail.html)

[dulcinea]

I hope I'm wrong, but if her parents aren't sure it's her and her brother says it's not, I don't think it's her either. They would know best. As for the logo, my first thought was a bat before anyone ever mentioned Bacardi. I'm sure the dealer has been questioned. I wonder if they asked him about the shirt. However, if I remember correctly, it was quite some time before the man reported this sighting so the dealer might well not remember anything.

[dark_shadows]

news link (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5044998)

St. Albans Bay, Vermont - June 17, 2006

The search for a missing Vermont teenager took State Police to St. Albans Bay.

[inquiringmindz]

They still haven't found anything new. At least Bri is still getting some news exposure.


http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=5060320

http://www.wptz.com/news/9388002/detail.html

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri....Prayers for a safe and speedy return.

[inquiringmindz]

Thinking of Bri and all who love and miss her.

[Sundayrain]

Thinking of Bri too........wishing she was home with those who love her.

________________
Praying for answers to come in short time.....Hope and Faith for the missing.

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri...

[laini]

I just saw this for the first time. Could hot case 312 on doenetwork be Brianna?

www.doenetwork.us/hot/hotcase312.html (http://www.doenetwork.us/hot/hotcase312.html)

[jodierenee]

it resembles her...the only thing that bothers me is the red plastic fingernails. With her being a waitress, they usually discourage having fake nails, (especially if they stand out and are a bright color)i would shoot an email to the doe network and ask. It dosen't hurt to ask!

[julianne]

I have a friend that works in a casino restaurant in Las Vegas and she is required to wear colored nail polish at all times. Also, if her fingernails aren't a length that is deemed "feminine" enough, she is required to wear fake nails.

Don't ask me how in the world they are able to require their female employees to do this. I think as long as they are clean and well kept, it shouldn't matter what color or how long they are. Maybe they get away with it the same way airlines are able to get away with all the superficial requirements they put on the female flight attendants?

[laini]

jodie and julianne-

Good points about the fingernails. Thanx. :) I also just noticed that the Jane Doe is thought to be 25-35, and Brianna was 17, right?

[murraydwyer]

I try to keep up with posts on Websleuths and Brianna. I can't say that this looks like Brianna to me. There are a couple of things at the Doe link that should be mentioned. First it is believed that this woman wa of

White and/or Hispanic Mix
Female

There is nothing about Brianna that would indicate Hispanic decent. The second is that (and it just may be an error), there is no Randolph County in Massachusetts and the contact listed is as follows:

Randolph County Sheriff's Office
State Chief Medical Examiner
Richard Evans, M.D.

[inquiringmindz]

I don't think it resembles Bri too much. I would also have to agree with the age and height. Thanks for posting though, Laini. It never hurts to check it out!

[inquiringmindz]

Photos of Bri in comparison to the casino video.

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1091&pid=6046&st=15&#entry6046

I think they look very close and it could possibly be her. Anyone else with thoughts?

[murraydwyer]

New England Cable News did a story this morning about other missing persons in VT. Brianna Maitland was a strong focus...with Brian Rooney's where abouts being looked at.

The story can be seen at www.NECN.com . There is a scroll bar (hard to see) in the box under the video screen...scroll down VT man suspected in other missing persons cases.....

[inquiringmindz]

New England Cable News did a story this morning about other missing persons in VT. Brianna Maitland was a strong focus...with Brian Rooney's where abouts being looked at.

The story can be seen at www.NECN.com (http://www.necn.com/) . There is a scroll bar (hard to see) in the box under the video screen...scroll down VT man suspected in other missing persons cases.....
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for the update and the link!!!
:blowkiss:
I hope this brings Bri's family some answers.

[White Rain]

Here's something new on the Brianna Maitland website:

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1867

AFFIDAVIT: BRIANNA MAITLAND MURDERED
BY H.P. ALBARELLI JR. and JEDD KETTLER


Latest Maitland revelation another marker along a complicated, troubling path
Written by H.P. Albarelli Jr. & Jedd Kettler

Thursday, 01 February 2007

Brianna Maitland.
A recently unearthed Burlington Police Department report may point to a tragic and grisly end to the investigation into the disappearance of Brianna Maitland on a night nearly three years ago as she drove home from her job in Montgomery.


The notarized police affidavit recounts the statement of Debbie Gorton, of Colchester, the sister of Ellen Ducharme, who was convicted in the July, 2004 drug murder of Ligia Collins.
Gorton claims Maitland was killed by Ramon Ryans one week after her March 19, 2004, disappearance, and her body disposed of on a pig farm.
(much more at link)

[laini]

That is horrible. :( I hope it is not true.

[Bobbisangel]

There is so much information that involves that one cluster of people that it just makes sense that they have had something to do with Bri's death. It sounds like LE has just brushed the whole thing off though. I wonder if LE has talked to the girl that is in prison for the murder of the person that sold her drugs? There were enough people there when Bri was murdered that someone should talk. If that guy's poly came back as deceptive that should tell LE something.

I hope that the PI can get someone to talk. If he could get two people in that cluster/crowd to give the same story wouldn't LE have to do something?
Good grief, that whole crowd is all about drugs and murder. I gather that Bri was involved in drugs. I wonder if her parents had ever heard her mention any of this crowd of horrors. I'd like to know if she even had 1 or 2 thousand dollars to buy drugs with at the time she disappeared. Her parents might know if she had big bucks like that. The article says that she went to buy drugs and had 1 or 2 thousand dollars but came back later and wanted her money back. If they sold her the drugs why would she think that the would give her her money back? That doesn't make sense. They probably took the drugs from her...kept her money and then murdered her. You can bet the murder was about drugs.

For Bri's parents sake I really wish they would get the information that they need in order to find Bri's body. I believe that woman whose sister is in prison for murder is telling the truth as far as her sister telling her everything. LE just doesn't want to do anything about it. Vermont stinks. The judges are easy or perverts and it looks like LE doesn't want to dig around and get the info they need to arrest Bri's killer.

[White Rain]

If she had one or two thousand, different people could have pooled their money together and sent Brianna to get it. I used to be an addict, so I know how that works.
I know that the dealers I knew would not sell to anyone they didn't know, and they would also tell you not to bring anyone with you when you were buying dope. So when other addicts I knew were out of drugs and they didn't have a good dealer they would give me the money and I'd go purchase it for them.
Also, if someone got the dope and then it turned out not to be any good we would also want our money back, so that could have been why Brianna wanted her money back.
Regardless of what happened I do wish the Maitland's could find out the truth. I can't imagine their pain.

[Bobbisangel]

If she had one or two thousand, different people could have pooled their money together and sent Brianna to get it. I used to be an addict, so I know how that works.
I know that the dealers I knew would not sell to anyone they didn't know, and they would also tell you not to bring anyone with you when you were buying dope. So when other addicts I knew were out of drugs and they didn't have a good dealer they would give me the money and I'd go purchase it for them.
Also, if someone got the dope and then it turned out not to be any good we would also want our money back, so that could have been why Brianna wanted her money back.
Regardless of what happened I do wish the Maitland's could find out the truth. I can't imagine their pain.



You are right. I hadn't even thought of that. Another thing that could have happened could be that she had other's money but didn't give their drugs to them. That could have caused something bad to happen to her if she tried to rip them off. There is just so much involved in the world of drugs isn't there.

I agree, none of that matters now except find Bri and taking her home. They still need someone to talk though so that her body can be found and someone pays for taking her life. That one gal is in jail for murder...why don't they put a wire on her sister and have her go visit her sister and see what she can get out of her???

[searcher4missing]

Here's something new on the Brianna Maitland website:

http://www.bringbrihome.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1867

AFFIDAVIT: BRIANNA MAITLAND MURDERED
BY H.P. ALBARELLI JR. and JEDD KETTLER


Latest Maitland revelation another marker along a complicated, troubling path
Written by H.P. Albarelli Jr. & Jedd Kettler

Thursday, 01 February 2007

Brianna Maitland.
A recently unearthed Burlington Police Department report may point to a tragic and grisly end to the investigation into the disappearance of Brianna Maitland on a night nearly three years ago as she drove home from her job in Montgomery.


The notarized police affidavit recounts the statement of Debbie Gorton, of Colchester, the sister of Ellen Ducharme, who was convicted in the July, 2004 drug murder of Ligia Collins.
Gorton claims Maitland was killed by Ramon Ryans one week after her March 19, 2004, disappearance, and her body disposed of on a pig farm.
(much more at link)

Makes you wonder why there hasn't been more coverage concerning this affadavit. Only the Burlington Independant ran with this story. Why haven't the mainstream newspapers and TV media picked up on this story. Does it hit too close to the truth? Does it paint too negative of a picture for those involved?

After speaking with Bruce (Bri's dad) he is floored that no one has ran with this story...what they needed was coverage of this story so hopefully others would come forward and begin to confirm/deny these allegations.

Praying for Bri and her family.

[Bobbisangel]

Makes you wonder why there hasn't been more coverage concerning this affadavit. Only the Burlington Independant ran with this story. Why haven't the mainstream newspapers and TV media picked up on this story. Does it hit too close to the truth? Does it paint too negative of a picture for those involved?

After speaking with Bruce (Bri's dad) he is floored that no one has ran with this story...what they needed was coverage of this story so hopefully others would come forward and begin to confirm/deny these allegations.

Praying for Bri and her family.



I think Bri's dad should contact Nancy Grace...send this document in an email along with the request that Nancy cover it on her show. It would be an interesting show because Nancy always has the LE that has the case on the show too and I would love to hear what they have to say. I'd also like for Bri's dad to be on too so he could share his thoughts.

[White Rain]

Yeah, I didn't hear anything about this either until I wandered over to her site a few days ago. I was pretty shocked. When I saw the forum thread title for a minute I thought that she had been murdered, and that her body had been found.
Many prayers for this family to get the answers they need.

[searcher4missing]

I think Bri's dad should contact Nancy Grace...send this document in an email along with the request that Nancy cover it on her show. It would be an interesting show because Nancy always has the LE that has the case on the show too and I would love to hear what they have to say. I'd also like for Bri's dad to be on too so he could share his thoughts.
It has been forwarded to the Nancy Grace show. Nancy has covered Bri's story in the past and we are hoping she will do it this time.

It wouldn't hurt if others here would also contact their office to run with the story as well. Bri deserves to be found and Lady Justice has a right to be served.

Thanks for everything that each of you do for the missing.

[Bobbisangel]

It has been forwarded to the Nancy Grace show. Nancy has covered Bri's story in the past and we are hoping she will do it this time.

It wouldn't hurt if others here would also contact their office to run with the story as well. Bri deserves to be found and Lady Justice has a right to be served.

Thanks for everything that each of you do for the missing.


I will do that right away. I'm glad that the info has been sent to Nancy. Yes, if enough of us send an email requesting Nancy cover this story I think it just may get done. Anything I can do don't be afraid to ask. Every family deserves to be able to bring their loved one home one way or the other. Bless all of you.

[Rle7]

Today marks the three year anniversary of the disappearance of Brianna Maitland, a Montgomery teenager who was last seen leaving work on the night of March 19, 2004.

Maitland, then 17, was last seen leaving her job the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery at about 11:30 p.m. Her car was discovered the next day next to a nearby abandoned farmhouse on Vermont 118. Maitland's parents, Bruce and Kellie, reported their daughter missing on March 23.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS/70319011

[Bobbisangel]

LE in that town needs to get off its butts and get this case solved. There are people that can give them the information that they need like that woman in prison. What in the world is wrong with them anyway. I can't even begin to imagine what it is like to be in Bri's parents shoes knowing the information is there but LE won't do anything about it. This is so not right. I wonder if they have ever thought of hiring a PI to handle the investigation? I know they are really expensive and a lot of people can't afford that so they just have to sit and wait. My prayers are with them...3 years of hell. It doesn't have to be that way be the sound of it :furious: :furious: :furious:

[murraydwyer]

To any of you on Myspace, there is a new profile for Brianna

www.myspace.com/bringbrihome (http://www.myspace.com/bringbrihome)

[dark_shadows]

This sunday, Dateline NBC will air a story about Brianna at 7pm eastern time. The tape from the Jersey Casino will be reviewed.
It pertains to crimes that can be solved by reviewing video tapes.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[White Rain]

This sunday, Dateline NBC will air a story about Brianna at 7pm eastern time. The tape from the Jersey Casino will be reviewed.
It pertains to crimes that can be solved by reviewing video tapes.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

Thanks Dark_Shadows, I will surely tune in!

[dark_shadows]

Thanks Dark_Shadows, I will surely tune in!
Dear White Rain,:blowkiss:
Thank-you very much. It is always good to see you and I am glad that you will be able to watch the show.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[inquiringmindz]

I haven't been on to WS in quite some time and was hoping for some good news about Bri. I'm just sick now. I just pray her parents find the truth. I can't imagine being in their shoes - it is just heartbreaking. I don't know how much worse it could get for them - still, after three years not know if Bri is still alive, if there is any truth to the affidavit, and thinking the police had this info and didn't tell them.

[dark_shadows]

This is the lastest that we have here;
Police investigate second Atlantic City tip in teen disappearance (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=6629064)



Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[White Rain]

This is the lastest that we have here;
Police investigate second Atlantic City tip in teen disappearance (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=6629064)



Respectfully,
dark_shadows

thanks for the update!

[Bobbisangel]

Is that article right? I thought someone saw her sitting at a table with some other people gambling....not working there? Wasn't there a picture of the girl they thought was Brianna? I wonder what encouraged them to go back and start over again?

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri!

I wonder what ever became of the tip?

[inquiringmindz]

Bumpity Bump Bump Bump

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Bri
Praying for Answers

[inquiringmindz]

Any news at all?

[dark_shadows]

This saturday, Vermont State Police are going to resume their search in Montgomery.

A pair of jeans were found.

They are going to search along Gilbou road in Montgomery.

I will post more updates when I hear them.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

This saturday, Vermont State Police are going to resume their search in Montgomery.

A pair of jeans were found.

They are going to search along Gilbou road in Montgomery.

I will post more updates when I hear them.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

Please post updates as it has been so long now. I am hoping this case finds resolve.

[dark_shadows]

Please post updates as it has been so long now. I am hoping this case finds resolve.


To my dearest Concernedperson,:blowkiss:
I want to thank-you for your post.

Brianna also worked at a diner that I would frequent right by my home.

So much Love and Respect for you,
dark_shadows

[dark_shadows]

A male citizen found the jeans deep in the woods and turned them into VSP. The jeans are being examined to see if they can be traced back to Brianna.

The search is to look for other items of interest.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

How sad that Bri still has not been found. Just spent the last hour or two reading from the beginning on Bri being missing. So many lost chances. Seems to me that the LE is just not doing their job on this one. Is there a lot of crime cases there that are keeping them occupied so that other cases become "cold" ??

Does anyone know if someone ever interviewed the female in prison on her information that was given to her sister??

[dark_shadows]

Does anyone know if someone ever interviewed the female in prison on her information that was given to her sister??
To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
I have known both women, their family and ones involved in Ligia's case for many many years. Ellen (Ligia Collin's killer) was in and out of jail prior to Brianna's disapperance.
One of the men that was involved in Ligia Collin's death was convicted in the death of a teen in the 80's. Another committed suicide prior to being captured in Ligia's case. (Moses Robar, Ellen's boyfriend)
Ellen's sister came forward about Brianna when her son was arrested in her home. Ellen's sister has been in and out of jail also.

Respectfuly,
dark_shadows

[White Rain]

To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
I have known both women, their family and ones involved in Ligia's case for many many years. Ellen (Ligia Collin's killer) was in and out of jail prior to Brianna's disapperance.
One of the men that was involved in Ligia Collin's death was convicted in the death of a teen in the 80's. Another committed suicide prior to being captured in Ligia's case. (Moses Robar, Ellen's boyfriend)
Ellen's sister came forward about Brianna when her son was arrested in her home. Ellen's sister has been in and out of jail also.

Respectfuly,
dark_shadows


Also lets' rememebr Maura Murray as well...I have always flet undecided as to NMaura's case....at first I believed she went away on her own (as I often wish I could) but as the more and more I read, it seems something is not quite on the up and up...
As for Brianna's case...I feel close to this as only b/c I have a Brianna (a Briana) in my case, but still....that pic of her car backed into the Dutchburn place sent CHILLS thru me, can't explain it....
but regardless of these two girls cases, I know 100% absolutly NOTHING of Ligia Collins...I have actually NEVER heard of her....
am off to research all 3 now, and many prayers for all.....

[dark_shadows]

Also lets' rememebr Maura Murray as well...I have always flet undecided as to NMaura's case....at first I believed she went away on her own (as I often wish I could) but as the more and more I read, it seems something is not quite on the up and up...
As for Brianna's case...I feel close to this as only b/c I have a Brianna (a Briana) in my case, but still....that pic of her car backed into the Dutchburn place sent CHILLS thru me, can't explain it....
but regardless of these two girls cases, I know 100% absolutly NOTHING of Ligia Collins...I have actually NEVER heard of her....
am off to research all 3 now, and many prayers for all.....
Hello my very dearest White Rain,:blowkiss:
Ligia Collins was a woman who was listed as a missing person here in Vermont. (Burlington ) She was later found murdered. Ellen is incarcerated for her murder, Moses committed suicide and Crews is incarcerated for helping dispose of Ligia's body.
Ellen's sister stated that Ellen murdered Brianna and had her body in a home that Ellen once lived in.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

Hello my very dearest White Rain,:blowkiss:
Ligia Collins was a woman who was listed as a missing person here in Vermont. (Burlington ) She was later found murdered. Ellen is incarcerated for her murder, Moses committed suicide and Crews is incarcerated for helping dispose of Ligia's body.
Ellen's sister stated that Ellen murdered Brianna and had her body in a home that Ellen once lived in.

Respectfully,
dark_shadowsThen this case is moving forward. Seems like there are a lot of clues.

[dark_shadows]

Then this case is moving forward. Seems like there are a lot of clues.

Dearest Concernedperson,:blowkiss:
Here is a link for you;
http://www.thecountycourier.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3746

Much Love and Respect,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

Dearest Concernedperson,:blowkiss:
Here is a link for you;
http://www.thecountycourier.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3746

Much Love and Respect,
dark_shadows


Jeez, if most cases had these kind of clues than we would be out of business.

[dark_shadows]

Linked to a man (Ramon Ryans) in this case;
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53907

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[White Rain]

Does anyone know anything of what became of Bree and her shirt/t filmed in Las Vegas/ (I think, forgive me if wrong....some claimed it to look like the bacardi bat/....

[dark_shadows]

Does anyone know anything of what became of Bree and her shirt/t filmed in Las Vegas/ (I think, forgive me if wrong....some claimed it to look like the bacardi bat/....
Dearest White Rain,:blowkiss:
It was not Brianna in a Bacardi shirt in Vegas, it was a man in a shirt (unknown decal) in Jersey and a person believed to be Brianna. A man stated that he saw her in Atlantic City. The man waited to say that he saw a person who appeared to resemble Brianna.



Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[murraydwyer]

'Weathered' blue jeans could be clue in Maitland disappearance

Published: Friday, October 26, 2007
By Sam Hemingway
Free Press Staff Writer

A weathered set of blue jeans was found in a remote wooded area of Montgomery on Thursday, about seven miles from where 17-year-old Brianna Maitland went missing more than three years ago.

“We are in possession of the clothing,” Vermont State Police Lt. John Flannigan said late this afternoon. “We cannot say specifically whether it belonged to her. It’s now being analysed by the state forensics lab.”
more at: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/NEWS/71026036/-1/rss

[Littledeer]

DS:

Do you know where the house that Ellen lived at is located? Is is near Montgomery Center where the pair of jeans was just discovered? Can you do a radius from where Brianna's car was found at to where the jeans were located at and see if there is anything in that area that might trigger a location to where Bri might have been taken to?? It appears that you live nearby since you mentioned having been to the cafe many times where Bri worked at?? (recalling from memory, if I am mistaken, forgive me).

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Do you know where the house that Ellen lived at is located? Is is near Montgomery Center where the pair of jeans was just discovered? Can you do a radius from where Brianna's car was found at to where the jeans were located at and see if there is anything in that area that might trigger a location to where Bri might have been taken to?? It appears that you live nearby since you mentioned having been to the cafe many times where Bri worked at?? (recalling from memory, if I am mistaken, forgive me).

To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
Apparently Ellen was staying at a farmhouse in Berkshire prior to moving to Burlington.
In April of 2004 about a week after Brianna's disappearance, the pig farm house (Reservior road) was raided due to a tip of Brianna being in the basement.
Ramon Ryans and 3 others were arrested. Drugs, money, weaponry and other items were found.
One of the ones arrested was a 17-year-old female.
A few months after this, Ligia Collins was listed as a missing person. (July 5th) Her live-in boyfriend Ramon Ryans called police to report that she had not returned to their apartment in Burlington.
Well the 17-year-old was babysitting for Ligia for 2 days on July 2nd thru July 3rd.

In March of 2006, Ellen's sister Debbie stated to police during her son's arrest that Ellen told her about Brianna's killing and that Ellen's boyfriend Moses helped and that is why he took his own life in the Collin's case.

Ryan's left Vermont days after Robar's suicide and he was listed as a wanted person here (because of the raid in Berkshire). He was captured in NYC in May of 2005.
Ryan's took a polygraph test in regards to Brianna's disappearence and the results were inconclusive.

Brianna was living in Sheldon with a friend at the time she went missing. She was not living with her parents.

Black Lantern is in Montgomery and KJ's is here in St. Albans. (Years ago that diner was Uncle Sam's before it was renamed KJ's)

All of the above places are in Franklin County, here is a map;



Much Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[dark_shadows]

It rained here last night and it has been raining off and on today. There are leaves covering the ground, this is not good for the search today.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Thank you so much for the information. However, you forgot to link on the "map".

If you should get a chance duirng your busy day, please try again.

Thanking you in advance.

Littledeer

[Littledeer]

DS:

On the flip side of "bad weather" could be that "soft ground" might easily give up something that could be a clue.

You never know.

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Thank you so much for the information. However, you forgot to link on the "map".

If you should get a chance duirng your busy day, please try again.

Thanking you in advance.

Littledeer
My dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
OMG!, sorry.
Here is the link to a map;
http://www.state.vt.us/vtmap/vtmp001.jpg

You will find St.Albans in the upper left corner of the map, Sheldon, Berkshire and Montgomery are to the upper right of St.Albans, Burlington is right below St. Albans in Chittenden County.


Much Love and Respect for you,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Thank you for the map. I took a quick glance, but would like to print it out and search it better. However, at first glance, it appears that some sort of river or road eventually runs through all of the towns/places that have been mentioned.

Which brings me back to asking you to do a radius from point a to point b and etc. from your known facts.

I feel there is something there that will give a clue.

I could be totally wrong, but just a sense I have from what I have read so far.

[Littledeer]

DS:

Keep us informed on how the search is going.

Littledeer

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Thank you for the map. I took a quick glance, but would like to print it out and search it better. However, at first glance, it appears that some sort of river or road eventually runs through all of the towns/places that have been mentioned.

Which brings me back to asking you to do a radius from point a to point b and etc. from your known facts.

I feel there is something there that will give a clue.

I could be totally wrong, but just a sense I have from what I have read so far.
To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:

Sheldon (where Brianna lived) is about 15 minutes away from St.Albans (where Brianna worked at KJ's) and is about 10 miles away.
Sheldon is about 20 miles to Montgomery (where Brianna worked at Black Lantern)
Berkshire is about 20 miles from Sheldon.
Montgomery is about 3 minutes from Berkshire. Brianna's work (Montgomery) and the town the house was raided. (Berkshire)

Much Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

All very well connected. A shame that Moses committed suicide. He could have (maybe) provided some very important information in due time.

Have you heard anything about the search recently? Have the jeans been identified with a name brand that maybe Brianna wore?

[dark_shadows]

All very well connected. A shame that Moses committed suicide. He could have (maybe) provided some very important information in due time.

Have you heard anything about the search recently? Have the jeans been identified with a name brand that maybe Brianna wore?
To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
Brianna's mother stated that it was a brand the Brianna wore and that she shopped at that brand name store.

There are not that many brand name stores around here (Franklin County).
JC Penney in St.Albans, Levi store in St.Albans, Burlington has a Gap store in several places.
Classic Consignments in Enosburg Falls also carries name brands of used clothing. So does a consignment store in St.Albans.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Please accept my apologies on asking that question as I did read that Bri's mother had acknowledged the make of the jeans as "one" that Bri would wear along with others. Just forgot and got caught up in the moment.

"walking away feeling so stupid"...........

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Please accept my apologies on asking that question as I did read that Bri's mother had acknowledged the make of the jeans as "one" that Bri would wear along with others. Just forgot and got caught up in the moment.

"walking away feeling so stupid"...........
To my very dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
Please do not think twice about the question. I did not think twice about answering it.
On the front page of our newspaper there is a map where the Black Lantern is and the abandoned house where Brianna's vehicle was found. It does not show on the link to our paper online. If you want, I will take a photo of the front page and post it for you.

All of my Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

After rereading the article about Ligia and the rest of the cohorts involved in her murder, it certainly seems LE has plenty of info to nab someone for Brianna's murder too. They seem so interconnected and there does seem to have been a conspiracy among the group.

I imagine finding Brianna's remains would do more for cinching the case for the prosecution.

[dark_shadows]

Please excuse the blurs in the photos. My camera was not taking photos very well;
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/imanillusion/newspaper006.jpg


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/imanillusion/newspaper005.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/imanillusion/newspaper001.jpg
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[dark_shadows]

The search was called off at dusk today. The search will start again on monday. Peter Godfrey was riding his ATV in the woods when he found the jeans. They were weathered and torn. It was said that it is not known if Brianna was wearing jeans when she disappeared.
There is a seasonal home located nearby where the jeans were found. Teans and others use the home to party. Neighbors land near that home was searched also today.
There is no link as of yet since this was just made known.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Thanks for the updates and the photo(s) of the newspaper. Very disappointing that they were unable to find anything else today during their search. Of course, that is not a given, as maybe something was found that needs to be taken to a lab to be tested and not released to the media.

I'm sure it was not easy, as you had mentioned earlier that the weather was not the best today.

Hopefully come Monday, something will be found that will lead to Brianna.

Also, if the house was/is used by teenagers to party, that maybe some flyers being put up there might result in one of them having seen Brianna at some time????

Littledeer

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Thanks for the updates and the photo(s) of the newspaper. Very disappointing that they were unable to find anything else today during their search. Of course, that is not a given, as maybe something was found that needs to be taken to a lab to be tested and not released to the media.

I'm sure it was not easy, as you had mentioned earlier that the weather was not the best today.

Hopefully come Monday, something will be found that will lead to Brianna.

Also, if the house was/is used by teenagers to party, that maybe some flyers being put up there might result in one of them having seen Brianna at some time????

Littledeer
To my dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
That is a very good idea about the flyers.

All of my Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Are you or some one else you know in a position to be able to do such? Putting up flyers that is. Has one been done with any type of age progression?

Really doesn't matter, just putting up flyers of Brianna around that area might result in just ONE person having seen her at one time.

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Are you or some one else you know in a position to be able to do such? Putting up flyers that is. Has one been done with any type of age progression?

Really doesn't matter, just putting up flyers of Brianna around that area might result in just ONE person having seen her at one time.
Dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
I have not seen any with age progression.

I will put flyers up in the afternoon.

All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

DS:

Wish I could help you out. Hopefully, someone will come forward if they had/have seen Brianna.

Good Luck and God Bless.

Littledeer

[dark_shadows]

DS:

Wish I could help you out. Hopefully, someone will come forward if they had/have seen Brianna.

Good Luck and God Bless.

Littledeer
My dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
You are a very big help.You are keeping up with this case and offering advise. I appreciate it so very much.

I will keep you updated.

The area that was searched today is only a few miles from where her vehicle was found.

The searchers found an old sweatshirt today buried under leaves. The sweatshirt was taken by police to be tested. The jeans were found on the land of the seasonal home and the sweatshirt found today was 100 yards from the begining of the ATV trail that Peter was riding on.

No one knows what Brianna was wearing on the night that she disappeared. The jeans are in the same size range that Brianna would have worn according to Lt. Hall.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[concernedperson]

My dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
You are a very big help.You are keeping up with this case and offering advise. I appreciate it so very much.

I will keep you updated.

The area that was searched today is only a few miles from where her vehicle was found.

The searchers found an old sweatshirt today buried under leaves. The sweatshirt was taken by police to be tested. The jeans were found on the land of the seasonal home and the sweatshirt found today was 100 yards from the begining of the ATV trail that Peter was riding on.

No one knows what Brianna was wearing on the night that she disappeared. The jeans are in the same size range that Brianna would have worn according to Lt. Hall.


Respectfully,
dark_shadows

I hope they don't give up the search as it seems they may be on to something.

[dark_shadows]

Also searched was the Hutchins Bridge. It is an old covered bridge.
Apparently WCAX (our news station) was there with the search team and they are the ones that found the sweatshirt that VSP took to be examined.

Finally the story from the 6'oclock news is now on the website. Here it is;

WCAX (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7274950)

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

snip:

But the area where the jeans were found had not been covered by search teams. Police have found evidence nearby over the years.

Any reason why this area HAD NOT been searched if other evidence had been found over the years?????? It makes me mad to think that Brianna could have been found earlier if they had properly searched the area when the car was first found.

Were you able to put up some flyers?? How does the weather look for tomorrow when they resume the search??

How is Bri's family holding up with the latest developments??

I do so hope that they will know what happened to Brianna this week and the culprit and/or culprits are identified.

[dark_shadows]

Today the searchers went back to the site and they brought canines with them.
The search today was more intense than saturdays search.
Nothing yet if anything was found today.
Lt. Hall stated that a pair of jeans in the middle of the woods is out of place.

Respectfully,
dark_shadows

[Littledeer]

Do you know what type of dogs they were DS? From reading the Madeline McCann case it appears there are two types that are used. One for blood, etc. and one for the "death" smell. Doubt after all this time that a dog could get any type of scent unless maybe they let the dogs sniff the pants/sweatshirt or some other item of Brianna's??

[dark_shadows]

Do you know what type of dogs they were DS? From reading the Madeline McCann case it appears there are two types that are used. One for blood, etc. and one for the "death" smell. Doubt after all this time that a dog could get any type of scent unless maybe they let the dogs sniff the pants/sweatshirt or some other item of Brianna's??

Dearest Littledeer,:blowkiss:
It was not said what type of canines were used today.
The area searched was a 1 mile radius and nothing was found. The 6 o'clock news tonight said that Lt. Hall stated that it was out of place for jeans to be found in the middle of the woods. It was also said that it could take up to 3 weeks to find out if the jeans belong to Bri.

All of my Love and respect to you,
dark_shadows

[White Rain]

Dearest Concernedperson,:blowkiss:
Here is a link for you;
http://www.thecountycourier.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3746

Much Love and Respect,
dark_shadows

Thanks so much for this link. It was very helpful to me in explaining things.

[dark_shadows]

Thanks so much for this link. It was very helpful to me in explaining things.
Dearest White Rain,:blowkiss:
I am glad that it helped.

All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows

[dannyodie]

Do you know what type of dogs they were DS? From reading the Madeline McCann case it appears there are two types that are used. One for blood, etc. and one for the "death" smell. Doubt after all this time that a dog could get any type of scent unless maybe they let the dogs sniff the pants/sweatshirt or some other item of Brianna's??

littledeer,
cadaber dogs which are used to detect the smell of decomposed human remains, the scent from that decay will remain in the soil for several yrs, a well trained cadaber dog would be able to detect the scent, dogs are trained according to the main funtcion they will be used for, scent article dogs are commenly used to help in a search of a lost person for tracking purpouses. then they are trained for blood pathogene scent, and then cadaber dogs, for the smell of decay. the smell of decay might not last as long in areas that are prone to polluted water or runoff water from a roadway washing into an area where remains are, but in a remote spot as this is, the smell of decay would most likely be present, so depending on how long they spend out there increases the chance of finding something more or eliminating the area.

[SewingDeb]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7282641

[Littledeer]

Thanks for the information on the cadaver dogs etc. Very interesting reading. Hope they find something!

[Littledeer]

I'm sort of confused on the article. It doesn't exactly say that the search was called off..........just that they are wating on DNA results on the jeans found.

Doesn't the last person that saw Brianna at work know what she was wearing that night? Also, in the earlier posts it was mentioned that Brianna had written a note to her roommate saying what time she would be home that night. Has it ever been said what time it was?

And who is the person that supposedly Brianna told that she was going to take a "small road trip"??

I hope Mr. & Mrs. Maitland are surrounded by loving friends and family members during this time of waiting anew for either false hope or finally a resolution to what happened to Bri.