MA MA - Molly Bish, 16, Warren, 27 Jun 2000

[Salem]

So it wasn't Bruno? How did they rule him out, any ideas? Or did they just not have enough evidence?

It sounds like LE doesn't think it was him. I sure hope they find who was responsible.

Salem

 

[hmg]

Though police have made no connection in the two cases, Mrs. Bish said she is grateful Mr. Burno was quickly caught and she is confident that police will determine whether he is connected to her daughter’s case. She said there have been other instances in which men arrested for similar crimes have resembled the sketch she helped artist Jeanne Boylan create in 2001, two years before Molly’s remains were found on a wooded Palmer hillside. The case remains unsolved.
http://www.conte2006.com/RobertRBurnojr.htm

Sadly, this is about the 3rd or 4th person I've heard about in the area who both resembles the sketch and has attempted/ committed a kidnapping or murder. I'm not sure that they have totally dismissed him but it's apparent that they don't have enough evidence to arrest him for murder.

 

[Moe]

Poor Molly, I think of her often.

 

[calidreamin]

I will never forget Molly. I was in labor at the hospital with my 2nd son the day she went missing and it was all over the television. Such a sad sad case.

 

[LillyRush]

The local 11:00 news just reminded me that today is the 8th anniversary of the disappearance of Molly Bish. Police reported that in the past year they have responded to 100 leads in the Bish case and are focused on two POIs who have not been identified in the past . Sounds promising, I think.

Have they completely ruled out a connection to Holly Pirannean?

 

[hmg]

I have no reason to believe that the possibility of a connection to Holly has been ruled out.

 

[DBinMA]

I tried to find an existing thread but came up empty.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/01/28/New-lead-being-investigated-in/1233185594.html

He looks so much like the POI poster it's unreal.

 

[believe09]

I tried to find an existing thread but came up empty.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/01/28/New-lead-being-investigated-in/1233185594.html

He looks so much like the POI poster it's unreal.

Great news thank you!!! I fell asleep with the news on last night, and thought I had dreamed this story when I woke up this am...

 

[SeriouslySearching]

It does sound like it is a solid lead with him being in and around the area at the time. I wonder if he has a rap sheet a mile long to go along with the murder of the girlfriend he is already charged with? They didn't mention anything.

 

[Masterj]

 

[Kristin83]

Oh my gosh, that does look like him. How wonderful it would be if this case were solved.

 

[Kat]

A link for those of us that are unfamiliar with Molly

http://www.mollybish.org/

 

[gaia227]

Wow - he really does bear a striking resemblance! Molly's mother actually saw the guy and she seems to think it might be him. He certainly fits the profile and the fact he was around the area at the time is encouraging. How wonderful for the Bish family to finally know who took their Molly from them and see some justice for her.

 

[kgeaux]

I wish I thought the POI looked like the sketch, but I don't.

I am VERY hopeful, however, that Molly will receive justice at last. The fact that this man was so familiar with the area, that he was IN the area at the time, that his girlfriend mentioned Molly to her sister and the fact that he is now accused of murdering his girlfriend all make a strong case for a vigorous investigation.

 

[txsvicki]

Wow, those bags under the eyes and the big creases and indentations around his cheeks really look like the sketch. Also exactly the way his hair swoops back on the sides. It's hard to tell about the chin, but the forehead looks alike too.

 

[Indianagirl]

This is great news! I wonder if the POI smokes....The original sketch of the POI had him holding a cigarette in his hand. This was another thing Molly's mom remembered about him.

 

[MagicRose99]

Here is Molly's thread on WS
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6820

 

[Masterj]

This is great news! I wonder if the POI smokes....The original sketch of the POI had him holding a cigarette in his hand. This was another thing Molly's mom remembered about him.

And I hope they have cigarette butts collected as evidence that could hopefully prove link him through DNA.

I think the nose and eyes are similar too. I want to see a picture of what this man looked like at that time period. He looks like he drinks and lives hard so I bet he aged more than the average person.

 

[colette]

His ex-wife says he dyed his hair black back around the time of Molly's murder. He had a white car and he left the area 1 month after Molly's murder.

"Heather Bish said that Thomas P. Shamshak, a private investigator based in Boston and Providence, whom the family hired, learned that Stanger was using a white car in June 2000, that he fished at Comins Pond, and that he hunted in the area where Bish's remains were found.

The sister of the woman Stanger killed said that her sister gave hints in a telephone call before her death that Stanger was involved in two unsolved killings in Massachusetts.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/detectives_in_molly_bish_case.html

A comment under the article says his girlfriend's pet bird was named Molly.

 

[colette]

"Two former hunting buddies recall Mr. Stanger as a “big bully” with “a very dark side.”

http://www.telegram.com/article/20090130/NEWS/901300453/1004/NEWS04

Good article with comments from the sister of Stanger's girlfriend whom he murdered.

“I hadn’t talked to my sister in 19 years, so you have to understand I was shocked when she called me on Feb. 19 (2008),” she said.
“She told me there was a very good chance that she was going go be murdered that night by her boyfriend..."
http://www.telegram.com/article/20090129/NEWS/901290948/1116

The sister of the murdered woman had a bird named Molly, when talking on the phone with Stanger in the room ..she used the "what is the name of your bird?" to signal the case is about a murdered "Molly". Most likely the girlfriend was murdered because she knew too much.