VT VT - Brianna Maitland, 17, Montgomery, 19 March 2004

[inquiringmindz]

Wondering if there is any new information about Bri...Thinking of her family

 

[inquiringmindz]

Thinking of Bri and her family...
Wishing them the best...

 

[Patience]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/09/grace.coldcase.maitland/index.html

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Brianna Maitland was just 17, with strong ambition and a fierce independent streak, said her mother, Kellie Maitland.

Brianna Maitlaind was just 17 and had started a new job when she vanished on the way home from work.

When Brianna insisted on taking a job, moving out of the family nest and living on her own with a roommate before starting college, it wasn't what her parents originally had in mind for her.
She'd just begun a job as a waitress at the Black Lantern Restaurant in Montgomery, Vermont, when she vanished into the night.
Maitland left work at 11:20 p.m. on March 19, 2004, intending to go straight home to her apartment, co-workers said. She got into her car and drove off, but has not been seen or heard from since.
Three days later, her roommate called Maitland's parents, asking if they'd seen her. Alarmed, the Maitlands called the police and discovered that the car she'd been driving had been found on Saturday, the day after she was last seen.
The 1985 green Oldsmobile had been abandoned a mile from the restaurant where Maitland worked. The back end of the car was smashed into a building.
Maitland left behind her contact lenses, prescription medication and two paychecks totaling $150 -- money that a 17-year-old would not have walked away from, said her mother. Forensic testing on the vehicle showed no signs of foul play, police said.

Nancy Grace looks at the Brianna Maitland case
8 & 10 PM

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Once authorities linked the car to the missing teen, they brought in search teams as well as scent-tracking dogs and helicopters. More than 500 police officers and volunteers combed the woods near where Maitland's car was found, but they found no trace of her.
"Inside the house where her car was found, we found drug-dealer paraphernalia and a gun," said DetectiveBrian Miller of the Vermont State Police.
Could Maitland literally have crashed a drug dealer's den? Miller said the investigation shows she was acquainted with one or more people who used that house, but the nature of the relationship remains unclear.
The case bears some similarity to the disappearance of another young woman in Vermont a month earlier. Maura Murray was driving in the snow when her car skidded off the road and was found abandoned. She, too, disappeared. Police have found no solid link but they are not ruling out a connection.

 

[magus_dee]

Considering the labyrinthine backtrails of many-such missing persons' cases, I am amazed that this disappearance has not attracted more sleuthing attention--as it seems to be relatively "low-hanging fruit," as it were, compared with those cases which have languished unsolved for decades. This is especially true because of the "casino video" which would seem to have captured an image very much like that of Briana. However, because of the internecine nature of the 'drugs' angle, espeically when occurring in rural regions where clandestine activities have a way of making their own silences, it seems that law enforcement evidences a general reluctance to probe into the dark nests of vice and crime to any important degree. This case needs solving but, to accomplish that, discussion needs to pick up to put this one back in the public eye--which, one would hope, the Nancy Grace involvement will accomplish.

 

[magus_dee]

And excuse me for misspelling Brianna's name!

 

[Miss Ella]

Just one question: If life was so good at home, why did this 17 y/o move in with a friend??
Does anybody know if she was still in High School, or was she a drop out?

There are lots of speculations here... but does anybody know the solid facts regarding this case? Have the parents been interrogated, been given lie detector tests??

I find it hard to believe that the VT police are doing everything they can do if after all these years they still know nothing.. have no solid leads. They should be embarrassed!! Unfortunately.. being from a small town myself.. not only do small towns not have the necessary resources to investigate such a case, but the police are far too overworked and underpaid to even care... In my opinion, the FBI should have been called in immediately! Same goes for Maura Murray...

 

[Miss Ella]

The Namus website is up and running.. very interesting stuff, check it out:
http://www.namus.gov/

 

[inquiringmindz]

Thinking of Brianna and her family today....Hoping and praying for answers.

 

[Peter J.]

Just one question: If life was so good at home, why did this 17 y/o move in with a friend??
Does anybody know if she was still in High School, or was she a drop out?

There are lots of speculations here... but does anybody know the solid facts regarding this case? Have the parents been interrogated, been given lie detector tests??

I find it hard to believe that the VT police are doing everything they can do if after all these years they still know nothing.. have no solid leads. They should be embarrassed!! Unfortunately.. being from a small town myself.. not only do small towns not have the necessary resources to investigate such a case, but the police are far too overworked and underpaid to even care... In my opinion, the FBI should have been called in immediately! Same goes for Maura Murray...

Hi Miss Ella,
Let me see if I can clear up a few of your questions,

Brianna was not going to HS at the time she vanished. She had just taken and passed her GED. She was done with HS and on the day she vanished she told her mother Kellie that she was planning to enroll in college part time, while she continued to work.

Bruce and Kellie not only took polygraph tests; they insisted on being given them; to the point they virtually camped out in the St. Alban’s barracks of the VSP until that was done.

The FBI was called in, but not immediately, they have Brianna featured on their website.

On living with her friend Jillian; Bruce and Kellie did not approve of Brianna moving out but were told by the police that she was 17 and she could live were she wanted to. The reason Bri gave was that she wanted to attend a different HS with friends. While that was a small part of it, there were many other reasons she wanted to leave, but they had nothing to do with her parents directly. She did not move in with Jillian at first but another girlfriend, they had a falling out, and for a brief time Bri was living out of her car. She asked several of her old childhood friends if she could live with them and Jillian’s dad said it was ok.

Why she did not move back in with her parents is not clear. Bri was a very smart but very stubborn girl. I personally think she had to much pride to go home with her tail tucked between her legs coupled with the fact that she knew her parents would not approve of her “new” friends. And it's those new friends, the ones who never helped search for her, who hold the key to finding out what happened to Brianna.

Peter

 

[Peter J.]

Maitland case still a mystery after 5 years
By Sam Hemingway, Free Press staff • March 18, 2009
“Five years ago Thursday, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland of Franklin finished up her shift as a dishwasher at the Black Lantern restaurant in Montgomery, climbed into her green 1985 Oldsmobile sedan and drove away. No one has seen her since. Her car was found the following day, its back end rammed into the side of an abandoned house a mile west of town. Two of her paychecks from work were found on the seat inside the vehicle. As for Brianna herself, her disappearance March 19, 2004 remains a mystery….”
Complete Story at link:
www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090318/NEWS02/90318019
Brianna’s Picture
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=2107066&imageID=7079950


It has been 1825 days since Brianna was last seen

 

[Peter J.]

Brianna Maitland Not Forgotten
The Caledonian-Record
March 19 2009
BY GARY E. LINDSLEY
Staff Writer

“Kellie Maitland still has keepsakes of her daughter, Brianna that bring joy and happiness to her - along with sadness.

One of the keepsakes is a poem written by Brianna when she was a child. It reads, "Mom sees love in Brianna and I see love in Mom."…”

Complete story at link:
HTTP://caledonianrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=44515

 

[Tonia]

Police Searching Area Where Maitland Disappeared

Vermont authorities announced Thursday they are resuming their search for clues regarding Brianna Maitland, the 17-year-old Vermont girl who disappeared near the town of Montgomery more than five years go.
Vermont State Police said they are conducting an extensive search of the fields and a wooded area near where Maitland's car was found near a barn off Route 118.

Since then, police have followed two leads; a pair of jeans found in Montgomery Center in 2007 and an alleged sighting in 2006 on surveillance video from a casino in Atlantic City. Neither led to Maitland's discovery and her parents have since offered a $20,000 reward in the case.

http://www.wptz.com/news/21102827/detail.html

 

[cndmrrll]

I would like to know if there are any independant investigators involved in this case? I know VSP is not looking into the leads that will bring closure to this case. If anyone could post a name and a number to call, that would be helpful. I pray for this family and I want them to be able to have the answers they need.

 

[Tonia]

I know the dect. that was on the case was Brian Miller but he is with the VSP.

 

[Rle7]

Montgomery, Vermont - March 19, 2010

A community comes together tonight, holding out hope for a teen who went missing six years ago today.

Brianna Maitland was 17 years old when she disappeared on this day in March of 2004. Investigators examined the area around a Montgomery barn where her car was discovered the day after she disappeared.

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12168868

 

[BeanE]

Vermont State police search for girl missing since 2004

May 10 2010

The Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team is going to be searching a section of Richford as part of their ongoing investigation into the 2004 disappearance of a 17-year-old girl.

Police say the Monday search in the Prive Hill Road area has been planned for some time.

http://www.reformer.com/latestnews/ci_15052593

 

[gnomony]

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...-no-clues-in-Brianna-Maitland-s-disappearance

"The Vermont State Police say a search in Richford for a 17-year-old Sheldon girl who disappeared in 2004 was unsuccessful.

Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team with help from a K-9 dog unit searched Prive Hill Road on Monday for evidence linked to the disappearance of Brianna Maitland. But authorities say no evidence was found."

 

[McSpy]

He said that there was no sign of struggle and that this was not suspicious.

It makes me wonder why the policeman could have come to that conclusion? It's not like there would be furniture and lamps knocked on the ground! It was outside. Perhaps, he meant there was no blood splatters on the car or a bloody log nearby. Although, change on the ground and a broken necklace could be possible signs. She may not have struggled or screamed, because they had a weapon such as knife or gun. Possibly, the noise of a struggle may have not carried to anyone, who could here it. The area is sparsely populated and most people close their windows tight in the winter. Maybe the folks in the area are accustomed to hearing noise at the abandoned farm house, because of all the past parties and they just ignored the sounds.

 

[McSpy]

Has any of the characters in Briana's life taken a polygraph test? I think the girl who attacked her, the boyfriend, and the druggie guys from out of state should be tested.
I'm new to this case.

 

[McSpy]

I also think her ex-boyfriend should be tested.