ME - Anneliese Heinig, 37, Richmond, 26 Nov 2019 *MEDIA, MAPS, TIMELINE - NO DISCUSSION*

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Brad Rogers WGME on Twitter
One week and still no sign of a missing mother of two from Richmond, ME. Today, search efforts were suspended due to the snowstorm. Police say Anneliese Heinig's car was found parked in the northbound lane of 295 in Falmouth, near the Presumpscot River bridge. @WGME @FOX23Maine

2:31 PM - 3 Dec 2019

 

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https://www.facebook.com/anneliese.heinig.1/photos?lst=1798741697:100023894619355:1575406812
Photos of bridge

 

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Brad Rogers WGME on Twitter
Two other photos of Anneliese Heinig, given to us from her sister. If you have any information at all about her possible whereabouts, please call the Richmond Police Department. @WGME@FOX23Maine

6:23 PM - 3 Dec 2019

 

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More questions than answers in disappearance of Richmond woman
FALMOUTH (WGME) -- Right now, there are more questions than answers in the disappearance of a 37-year-old woman from Richmond.
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The last time they spoke to Heinig, they say she was in a great mood, planning for a spa day for her daughter's 16th birthday.

 

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Shifting details frustrate family of missing Richmond woman as search goes on
Shifting details frustrate family of missing Richmond woman as search goes on

Varying accounts of where and how Anneliese Heinig, 37, disappeared after she left her car on Interstate 295 have caused pain for her family.

BY MATT BYRNE STAFF WRITER AND JESSICA LOWELL KENNEBEC JOURNAL

Anneliese Heinig Courtesy photo
As police work to reconstruct the movements of a Richmond woman who has been missing since Nov. 26, her parents say they are frustrated at how key facts about their daughter’s disappearance have changed since police learned she was missing.

 

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The search for Anneliese Heinig resumed Wednesday morning, as investigators scoured the Presumpscot River for traces of the 37-year-old mother of two.

A float plane made repeated passes above the area where I-295 crosses the river in Falmouth, and firemen and police gathered on the Route 9 bridge next to the interstate. A state police dive team trailer was on scene.

By 11 a.m., two divers aboard a Maine Marine Patrol boat were preparing to enter the water upstream of Middle Road.

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Heinig’s friends have organized a vigil for her Friday at 6 p.m. on the mall in Brunswick, he said.

Divers search river for missing Richmond woman

 

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The search for missing Richmond mom Anneliese Heinig has picked back up today. Crews are focusing on the Presumpscot River near where her abandoned vehicle was found on 295 last week. @WMTWTV


Tyler Cadorette on Twitter

Divers search Presumpscot River for missing Richmond woman

 

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Mike Hartford on Twitter
A group of onlookers, assuming to be family of 37-year-old Anneliese Heinig, stands by as searchers continue their efforts today to locate the missing Richmond woman in Falmouth, where it is believed she was last seen. #wgme13#fox23maine

3:54 PM - 4 Dec 2019

 

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EC 4, 2019
Police find no new evidence in search for Anneliese Heinig
Falmouth Police Department found no new information or findings regarding the whereabouts of Anneliese Heinig in their search today.

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The search location remained at the Presumpscot River bridge in the areas west and east of I-295. This area was initially searched on Monday, December 2 and more thoroughly examined today with additional specialists and equipment.

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Maine Marine Patrol will expand the search location over the next several days and will continue to utilize a plane. The next planned aerial search will be tomorrow.

The Falmouth Police Department is requesting information from motorists who were traveling I-295 between exits 9 & 10 northbound on the morning of Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Falmouth Police are specifically interested in any vehicles equipped with dashmounted cameras, or any personal observations made of either Ms. Heinig or her black 2008 Mercury Mariner SUV.

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https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/me-anneliese-heinig-37-richmond-26-nov-2019-vehicle-found.488395/page-15
@ASheehy
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the river is relatively calm and opens up into a shallow bay that you could technically walk across during low tide. In the pictures here, you can see what it looks like at low tide.

 

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State Police have offered more information about their response to finding a vehicle on I-295 in Falmouth that belongs to 37-year-old Anneliese Heinig, a Richmond woman who's been missing since November 26th.

They say a trooper spotted the SUV vehicle in the northbound breakdown lane that morning, stopped, made a quick check on the vehicle, and left it as it was not considered a hazard.

Later that afternoon, police say a DOT employee called to report seeing the SUV in the same spot, at which time it was towed away.

The trooper checked the registration and found no alerts or any information it was connected to anyone that was missing.

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State Police explain their handling of missing woman's vehicle

 

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Search continues for missing Maine mother of 2, last seen over a week ago | Boston.com

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Lt. Jeffrey Pardue of the Falmouth department said in an email to Boston.com that authorities haven’t “ruled in or ruled out any specific areas.”

“As of right now, all the search and rescue experts from the Maine State Police, Maine Warden Service, and Maine Marine Patrol can definitively say is that Ms. Heinig is not in the areas where we have searched,” he wrote. “While this may not sound like a particularly significant statement, the search efforts performed over Monday and Wednesday [allow] law enforcement to expand the initial area of focus.”

Today's PD press release:
Falmouth Maine Police Department

 

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The Maine State Police trooper failed to follow department policy when he made no effort to contact the owners of an SUV parked next to Interstate 295 and did not inventory the vehicle’s contents before he ordered it towed and impounded, potentially delaying the search for a woman who remains missing more than a week later.

State police failed to follow policy when trooper had missing Richmond mother’s car towed

 

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video that shows the bridge:

Family members of missing Maine woman express concerns over initial handling of investigation

 

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DEC 4, 2019
Divers search Presumpscot River for mother of 2 missing for more than a week

Maine State Police divers and game wardens using sonar searched a section of the Presumpscot River throughout Wednesday without finding a trace of a missing Richmond woman.

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On Wednesday, Heinig’s mother, father and sister stood on the Route 9 bridge that parallels the interstate and watched while three boats crisscrossed a wide swath of the river. The search ended late in the day with no new clues about what happened to Heinig.

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CH, who spent decades on the water as a marine biologist and is familiar with Maine’s coastal waterways, said he felt the need to be on the scene, to remain active and focused on his daughter.

“I just have to stay occupied or I’d go nuts,” he said.

While game wardens, state police divers and others searched the water under the Route 9 overpass and surrounding area, CH said he was holding out hope that his daughter is not there, even if it means she was abducted from the highway.

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Heinig has no history of suicide attempts, AH said. Anneliese Heinig had made plans to take her daughter to a spa last weekend as a 16th birthday present, AH said, and police found birthday party-themed items in the back of the SUV.

Heinig’s friends have organized a vigil for her Friday at 6 p.m. on the mall in Brunswick, he said.

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DEC 2, updated DEC 3, 2019
Police expanding search for missing Richmond woman
... The vehicle was registered to AH, she said, and her daughter had been borrowing the car for the last couple of months while she saved up to buy a new vehicle of her own.

On Monday, DS, of Stewart’s Towing,confirmed he’d received a call from the state police to pick up the vehicle near mile marker 9 on I-295, but troopers were not present when he arrived.

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In Richmond, CI, Heinig’s landlord, said he’s known her for about 15 years. She had rented an apartment from him early on, and about three years ago moved back in.

CI said he recalls seeing her heading out early either last Monday or Tuesday morning when he went out to get the newspaper, but he has no idea why she might have been going to Portland.

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“She’s an artist,” IC said. “She paints landscapes and people. She’s got good friends.”

RH, a shift supervisor of the Dunkin’ on Route 197 in Richmond, near the interchange at I-295, said Heinig had worked there until about three months ago.

“She’s all about her kids,” RH said, noting that they have children in the same school and would see each other picking them up. “For her not to go home is extremely unusual.”

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State police respond to concerns raised by family of missing Maine woman over initial handling of investigation

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Police continued their search for Heinig on Friday. The search for her has focused on the Prescumpscot River in the area where the car was found.

Heinig has two children, a teenage daughter and a 5-year-old son. Her family said they are in the process of making living arrangements for the children.

 

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Dozens attend vigil in Brunswick for missing Richmond mother

Scores of friends and family members gathered together while the snow fell to share stories of Heinig, many of who touched upon her kindness and her athletic talent.

“Thirty-one years later it’s amazing to hear the impression she had on people,” said Pat Clark, Anneliese Heinig’s kindergarten teacher. “Even as a little girl she just had this way about her.”

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... The car was parked next to the northbound lanes and she was walking south, according to Falmouth police. She left her keys, cellphone and wallet inside the vehicle, which was considered abandoned and was towed that afternoon.

Cpl. FC discovered the vehicle in the breakdown lane of I-295 north at about 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 26. FC conducted “a quick check” of the SUV and the surrounding area before he headed back out on patrol, according to a statement released by Maine State Police on Thursday night.

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By 1:30 p.m. that day, a state Department of Transportation worker called state police and asked if By 1:30 p.m. that day, a state Department of Transportation worker called state police and asked if the SUV could be moved, and the trooper then authorized the tow.

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Falmouth police will continue searching for the foreseeable future with Maine Marine Patrol remaining as the primary presence in the Presumpscot River area. The marine patrol also will continue to fly aircraft over the area during times of favorable visibility.

 

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Friends and family of missing Richmond mother paint portrait of loving, caring woman

“We still don’t what happened or why she was headed to Portland that day,” said her mother. “But we’re here to focus on how many lives she’s touched.”

Once Heinig was reported missing, Richmond police traced the location of Heinig’s cellphone. That led them to a South Portland tow company that had removed the car she was driving from the highway at the request of Maine State Police on Nov. 26, the last day she was seen.

Family members said they, along with police, have been to Heinig’s apartment in Richmond and found nothing out of order. Her mother had spoken to her on the Monday before Thanksgiving and said she was “in a great mood.”

Family members doubt Heinig locked herself out of the car. Anne Heinig noted that the SUV was equipped with a numerical keypad to unlock the driver’s door, so Anneliese could have gotten back into the car without keys.

When Heinig’s parents picked up the SUV from the tow lot in South Portland, they noticed the low-gas light had come on, and the tank was so close to empty that a tow truck driver followed them to a gas station after the family picked up the vehicle. Family members believe she might have been walking to get gas, carrying cash on her and leaving her wallet in the car.

Heinig lives with her 16-year-old daughter in Richmond. Her 5-year-old son lives close by with his father, Anne Heinig said. Anneliese Heinig recently went with her daughter to get their nails done together, for her daughter’s birthday, and the two were planning a spa day, the family said. Heinig works at a Brunswick company that provides customer service for other businesses, and loves the job and the people she works with, her father said this week.

At the vigil Friday, Anderson told Heinig’s friends and family to remember to check in on each other and support each other as often as possible.

 

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Still no sign of missing Richmond woman despite extensive search


A Richmond woman who disappeared in Falmouth before Thanksgiving was still missing on Saturday despite an extensive search involving the use of boats, aircraft and a drone on the Presumpscot River.

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The on-call officer with Falmouth police, who are coordinating the effort, said there was no news to share on Saturday afternoon.

“Boats and aircraft will be routinely checking the immediate area for the foreseeable future,” the officer, Lt. Frank Soule III, said in an email. “Any possible leads will be looked into immediately.”

“Going forward short of any new information, we will continue to search these areas on a smaller scale,” Soule said