ME ME - Starlette Vining, 39, Presque Isle, Sept 1998 *G. Jaime guilty*

[Marilynilpa]

Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it.

Starlette Vining has been missing from Presque Isle, Maine since September 1998 but was not reported missing until October 2006.

She was a reliable employee at a local grocery store but one day failed to show up for work. She never picked up her final paycheck.

Here are some links:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/6954/0/

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/...ics-help-in-13-year-old-missing-persons-case/

http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?

http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=state_police_unsolved&id=40557&v=Article-missing

Apparently Starlette had dropped out of her family's life before, which is why they didn't report her missing until 2006.

There are other articles about Starlette, just Google her name. The one's I've posted provide the basic info.

FYI, NamUs shows her date last known alive as 10/1/98, others show it as September 1998.

I have called in the following as a possible match: https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8191

It's a long shot, but I thought there was enough similarity to give it a try.

 

[ynotdivein]

Thank you Marilynilpa!

From today's Bangor Daily News:

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/07/news/aroostook/county-police-requesting-publics-help-in-13-year-old-missing-persons-case/

(snip) "Vining has been missing from the Presque Isle area since September 1998.

She would now be 52 years old.

Maine State Police Detective Joshua Haines said in a written statement Friday evening that Vining was reported missing in October 2006.

According to Vining’s missing person profile on the state police website, Vining last worked at Smythe’s IGA in Presque Isle. She last appeared for work there in October 1998. Described as a dependable employee, Vining suddenly stopping coming to work and never returned to pick up her last paycheck." (snip, more at link)

 

[ynotdivein]

Pic of Starlette from the BDN link above:

http://bdnpull.bangorpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Vining070712.jpg

 

[Marilynilpa]

I forwarded the following UID to the Maine State Police:

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8191

I also spoke to Lori at NamUs, who has forwarded this to a representative in Maine for follow-up.

They cannot do any comparisons since there is no DNA for Starlette. She has three adult children, so I am hoping they will eventually get DNA for comparison.

 

[Marilynilpa]

A man has been arrested for the murder of Starlette Vining. Her body has not been found.

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/...-woman-missing-for-13-years-appears-in-court/

 

[Marilynilpa]

More about the man charged in Star's death:

http://www.wvii.com/stories.html?sku=20120713165549

 

[summer_breeze]

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/...der-of-missing-presque-isle-woman/?ref=latest

By Jen Lynds, BDN Staff
Posted March 11, 2013, at 5:08 p.m.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A trial date has been set for a Presque Isle man arrested and charged last summer with intentional or knowing murder in the death of a woman who had been missing for nearly 13 years.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131116/NEWS/131119838/-1/NEWSMAP

WAGM-TV reports that jurors found 76-year-old pawnshop owner George Jaime Sr., of Presque Isle, guilty of intentional or knowing murder in the death of Starlett "Star" Vining.

<snip>

Jaime's former daughter-in-law, Paris Voisine, testified Wednesday that she heard her husband and a friend describe how Jaime had dismembered and burned the body parts in a furnace before disposing of the ashes.

 

[YaYa_521]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances of Disappearance - Investigation shows that Vining last worked at Smythe's IGA in Presque Isle and that she last appeared for work there in October 1998. In 2012 a man was convicted for her murder. The Maine Supreme Court upheld this ruling in 2015. Her remains were never found but believe to have been incinerated.

 

[Pennysmom1]

2455DFME - Starlette Vining

Starlette Vining – The Charley Project

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Vining, circa 1998; George Jaime

• Missing Since 10/01/1998
• Missing From Presque Isle, Maine
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 07/18/1959 (65)
• Age 39 years old
• Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'6, 100 - 150 pounds
• Medical Conditions Vining was taking medication at the time of her disappearance for unspecified reasons. The medication causes her weight to fluctuate.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, possibly blue eyes.

Details of Disappearance​

<<In July 2012, George Jaime Sr. was charged with Vining's murder. Jaime, a pawnbroker, was Vining's live-in boyfriend in 1998; a photo of him is posted with this case summary.

Witnesses at his trial in the autumn of 2013 testified that Jaime stabbed Vining to death, dismembered her body and incinerated it in his pawnshop furnace. His own son and his son's friend helped him clean up the crime scene.

Although Jaime maintained his innocence, he was convicted of intentional and knowing murder in November 2013.

Vining's body has not been located, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

March 10, 2015

Maine’s high court affirms judgment against cold-case killer

George Jaime of Presque Isle was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing Starlette Vining.

www.pressherald.com

<<George Jaime Sr. of Presque Isle was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing Starlette Vining, burning her body and disposing her ashes in a river. He was charged with the murder in 2012.

Vining was in a relationship with Jaime and worked at a grocery store in Presque Isle when she stopped coming to work in 1998. >>



Thinking of Starlette

 

[dotr]

Aug 22 2025

Presque Isle man convicted in 1998 cold case dies at Maine State Prison

George Jaime, 87, died Thursday morning.

www.pressherald.com

'An 87-year-old man from Presque Isle who was convicted in 2013 of a cold-case homicide has died at the Maine State Prison.'

George Jaime Sr. (Presque Isle Police Department/The Associated Press)
'George Jaime died Thursday morning, according to a release from the Maine Department of Corrections. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing his girlfriend.'