smellsarat
Former Member
Anyone here from Mass remember this case...It has ALWAYS intrigued the heck out of me...and many others...I will transcribe what is in the DOE Network file online...
LINCOLN- MA Joan Risch was last seen by neighbors on October 24,1961. That afternoon, Rischs 4 year old daughter ran to a neighbor and told her mother was gone and the kitchen covered with red paint. Her 2 year old brother was napping.
The paint turned to be Joan Rischs blood. The telephone was ripped from the wall. Police lifted a bloody fingerprint but were never able to match it. No weapon was ever found. A trail of blood ended in the driveway.Droplets were on the side of Rischs parked car. Two neighbors said they saw a strange Sedan in the driveway, but police determined that what they saw was probably an unmarked cruiser. From the start police believed Risch was abducted. Then they theorized she was either put into another car or she ended up in the woods,chased or carried by her assailant.That would explain the abrupt end to the blood trail. A neighbor had said she had seen Risch outside the house that afternoonrunning and looking dazed. She had assumed Risch was chasing one of the children. A few motorists said they had spotted a bloody woman looking dazed near the site where Rte 128 was being built. Butno one stopped to help her. On the day his wife disappeared, Martin D Risch was on a business trip inNew York. He was questioned, but investigators ruled him out as a suspect. The search for Risch took a new turn in the town library , where a clue was found. A group of volunteers from the townsd library committee compiled a list of some 25 books Risch had apparently read that summer. MOST concerned murders or unexplained disappearances. It seemed she may have planned the disappearance and was looking for a way to do it.
Her DOB- aug 4, 1931 which would make her 73 if still alive today.
She was 31 when she disappeared...Blue eyes dark hair...
LINCOLN- MA Joan Risch was last seen by neighbors on October 24,1961. That afternoon, Rischs 4 year old daughter ran to a neighbor and told her mother was gone and the kitchen covered with red paint. Her 2 year old brother was napping.
The paint turned to be Joan Rischs blood. The telephone was ripped from the wall. Police lifted a bloody fingerprint but were never able to match it. No weapon was ever found. A trail of blood ended in the driveway.Droplets were on the side of Rischs parked car. Two neighbors said they saw a strange Sedan in the driveway, but police determined that what they saw was probably an unmarked cruiser. From the start police believed Risch was abducted. Then they theorized she was either put into another car or she ended up in the woods,chased or carried by her assailant.That would explain the abrupt end to the blood trail. A neighbor had said she had seen Risch outside the house that afternoonrunning and looking dazed. She had assumed Risch was chasing one of the children. A few motorists said they had spotted a bloody woman looking dazed near the site where Rte 128 was being built. Butno one stopped to help her. On the day his wife disappeared, Martin D Risch was on a business trip inNew York. He was questioned, but investigators ruled him out as a suspect. The search for Risch took a new turn in the town library , where a clue was found. A group of volunteers from the townsd library committee compiled a list of some 25 books Risch had apparently read that summer. MOST concerned murders or unexplained disappearances. It seemed she may have planned the disappearance and was looking for a way to do it.
Her DOB- aug 4, 1931 which would make her 73 if still alive today.
She was 31 when she disappeared...Blue eyes dark hair...