ME ME - Anneliese Heinig, 37, Richmond, 26 Nov 2019 *vehicle found*

[Spider92]

It looks like she works in the marine environmental services sector, studied at UNH and has spent a lot of time around the ocean. I don't think it's a coincidence that her car was found so close to the ocean. I'm really really hoping that she took a few hundred dollars in cash and took a bus south along the coast to clear her head.

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Here is a map of the section on I-295, between exits 9 & 10:

Google Maps

Here is a close-up of the two bridges crossing the river, from the same link:

 

[Beth11311]

If it wasn’t for the FB post and changing her profile photo I’d be of a different opinion, but the post screams self-harm to me, with her missing the same day. I don’t think this will turn out well, which is heartbreaking. Truly hope I’m wrong.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 1, 2019
Missing Maine woman's car found, police searching near bridge
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Police say they found Anneliese Heinig's 2008 Mercury Mariner near the I-295 in Falmouth on Saturday.

Police from the Richmond, Portland and South Portland police departments were involved in a search in that area Sunday.

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Police say there is nothing suspicious about the case at this time.

Police searching for missing Richmond woman
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At this time, they are not suspecting foul play.

[…]

 

[Beth11311]

#UPDATE Richmond PD say the missing Richmond woman's phone was traced in Portland and South Portland Thursday. Portland PD and the Coast Guard have now joined the search for 37-year-old Anneliese Heinig. (Photo Courtesy Grace Heinig) https://bit.ly/2Dy39RJ

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CBS 13 News on Twitter

The way that they wrote this is confusing - in the article it states her phone was traced in Portland and South Portland Thursday but that her car (with phone inside was found Tuesday). Is this a misprint? Anyone know?

 

[Spider92]

The way that they wrote this is confusing - in the article it states her phone was traced in Portland and South Portland Thursday but that her car (with phone inside was found Tuesday). Is this a misprint? Anyone know?

I believe the car was found and towed Tuesday, presumably by LE as just another vacated car along a highway. It wasn't until Thursday, when she was reported missing, that LE pinged her phone and found it in the car at the towing company's lot in Portland.

 

[cluciano63]

I can’t imagine where she could be if she is alive...

 

[iluvmua]

I can’t imagine where she could be if she is alive...

If she was abducted, she could be across state lines jmo

 

[FunkyMonkey]

Here is a map of the section on I-295, between exits 9 & 10:

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Google Maps

Here is a close-up of the two bridges crossing the river, from the same link:

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Very helpful to be able to picture the area. Thanks! How far would she have had to walk to reach the bridge?

 

[zecats]

Very helpful to be able to picture the area. Thanks! How far would she have had to walk to reach the bridge?

She was reported to be walking north though, in the southbound lanes. That would be in the opposite direction from the bridge, right?

Also, has there been any info as to where she was headed in the first place? Richmond is about 40 minutes north of where her car (and where she was seen walking), and so early in the morning - she got a pretty early start. Her last post on FB (changing her profile photo) was around 2am. She was seen on highway around 7am...she would have left home approximately 6:150am. Not much time for sleep either.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

She was reported to be walking north though, in the southbound lanes. That would be in the opposite direction from the bridge, right?

Also, has there been any info as to where she was headed in the first place? Richmond is about 40 minutes north of where her car (and where she was seen walking), and so early in the morning - she got a pretty early start. Her last post on FB (changing her profile photo) was around 2am. She was seen on highway around 7am...she would have left home approximately 6:150am. Not much time for sleep either.

I’m not sure whether her car was stopped before she reached the bridge... or after she drove over it. In the latter case, she would be walking north to possibly reach the bridge. MOO

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Very helpful to be able to picture the area. Thanks! How far would she have had to walk to reach the bridge?

According to the Missing Persons Cases Network on FB, Anneliese's vehicle was located just off of Exit 9 of I-295, so the distance from Exit 9 to the middle of the bridge crossing the river is 2.3 miles:

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That seems like an really long way to walk. I'm going to google walk the highway to see to check the access to the wider part of the river, the part of the river closer to Exit 9 rather than the river by the bridge. I'm hoping that Annaliese isn't in the river, and that she just took off for a while, but the river does need to be searched.

Edited to add map link.

 

[zecats]

According to the Missing Persons Cases Network on FB, Anneliese's vehicle was located just off of Exit 9 of I-295, so the distance from Exit 9 to the middle of the bridge crossing the river is 2.3 miles:

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That seems like an really long way to walk. I'm going to google walk the highway to see to check the access to the wider part of the river, the part of the river closer to Exit 9 rather than the river by the bridge. I'm hoping that Annaliese isn't in the river, and that she just took off for a while, but the river does need to be searched.

Most likely if she were planning to jump she would have stopped her car on the bridge. There are incidents like this near me on an occasional basis - people stopping their cars on the very top of one of the Delaware Memorial Twin Bridges, getting out and leaping over. No one has ever attempted to walk to the top first.

It gives some hope that it was not her intention to harm herself in this way, perhaps not at all, and just needed a break from her life for a time.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

According to the Missing Persons Cases Network on FB, Anneliese's vehicle was located just off of Exit 9 of I-295, so the distance from Exit 9 to the middle of the bridge crossing the river is 2.3 miles:

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That seems like an really long way to walk. I'm going to google walk the highway to see to check the access to the wider part of the river, the part of the river closer to Exit 9 rather than the river by the bridge. I'm hoping that Annaliese isn't in the river, and that she just took off for a while, but the river does need to be searched.

It is somewhat reassuring to hear what a hike that would be. I think it does lessen the likelihood. MOO

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

A lot of this is confusing. She was driving SB between exits 9 and 10 - the family says she was seen walking northbound near Washington - was she north or south of where the car broke down? If she was north of the car, why would she walk back north all the way to exit 10?
Also, with two kids and involved parents, I'm surprised she wasn't reported missing for 2 days.
....and the water always makes me nervous - she was right by the ocean. It's not yet winter but people don't last long in that cold water.

DBM: looking at the wrong place.

 

[zecats]

Now I’m confused....Her last known location on 295 is around 100-ish miles from the ocean...the Atlantic Ocean. Unless you mean/you’re thinking of the Chesapeake Bay, which is not an ocean. However it does lead into the Atlantic (ocean). Or perhaps you mean one of the surrounding rivers that lead to the Bay, that eventually dumps into the Atlantic (ocean). That would be one heck of a walk.
What did you mean by “she was right by the ocean”?

Chesapeake is in Maryland. She is missing in Maine. Falmouth/Portland are coastal Atlantic cities.

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[PommyMommy]

We need an exact timeline to crunch. I’m heading out the door if someone wants to take a shot at it. If not, I’ll do it when I get home.

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Gas station surveillance footage?

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We need an embedded screenshot map / satellite images also showing route and terrain.

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ETA:

That pretty much sums up the timeline, doesn’t it?

BBM - I took a stab at it but I just read the thread today and I've probably missed some things. Let me know what needs a fixin'. MOO

TUES, NOV 26

• 2:41 a.m. - AH changed her FB Profile Pic.
• Between 6:30 & 7:30 a.m. – Per family, AH was seen walking north on the southbound side of I295 away from her vehicle. Per Sgt. Donnell, AH was last seen Tues morning on I295 in Portland. AH’s mother said, “I think she thought there was a mechanical issue.”
• 8:30 or 9:30 a.m. - The tow company was called to tow AH’s vehicle and did not notify family; the registered owners.
• AH's car was found abandoned on the side of I-295 between exits 9 and 10. AH’s car was towed from the interstate in Falmouth, according to Sgt. Donnell.

THU, NOV 28

• AH was reported missing by her parents when she failed to attend a Thanksgiving celebration.
• Per Sgt. Donnell, they traced AH's phone in Portland and South Portland.
• Per family, the car was found (broken down on 295 S near the Washington Street exit #9 and towed to S Portland so the ping location for her phone).
• Her phone, purse, keys, and ATM card were all in the car. She has AAA but she did not call them or her sister for help.

SUN, DEC 1

• Police are searching the areas just off of I-295 in Falmouth as well as on Middle Road and Route 9 along the Presumpscot River Bridge in Falmouth. Maine Game Wardens and the Coast Guard have been called to assist in the search.

 

[Spider92]

Good summary PommyMommy. It makes me wonder why the search didn't start until Sunday. Did LE get new information or were they just trying to beat the pending snowstorm?

 

[PommyMommy]

Good summary PommyMommy. It makes me wonder why the search didn't start until Sunday. Did LE get new information or were they just trying to beat the pending snowstorm?

I don't know. It's SOP to search the area a vehicle is found when it belongs to a missing person. However, the report was just filed that day, they were chasing the phone ping, and they had to arrange resources... MOO

 

[kelsie]

I am so worried for Anneliese.