Deceased/Not Found VT - Bill, 49, & Lorraine Currier, 55, Essex, 8 June 2011

[K9-Chaser]

Police used specially trained dogs Monday in their search for clues in the case of a missing Essex couple.

http://www.wcax.com/story/14893965/police-k-9-teams-search-essex-woods?redirected=true

Looks like airscent dogs were used to check the surrounding area which is great. But it didn't say that trailing dogs were used.

 

[TickleB]

TickleB, what is the 'word' around that area on what people think happened? Is it more of a thought of abduction; personal differences within the marriage resulting in taking off; taking off with the thought of doing harm to the other person? Their leaving just doesn't seem to make sense.

Everyone I have talked to about this case is leaning towards abduction. The garage window was broken, and the telephone wire was cut and all the medication they take daily was left behind. The police said the first day " The couple left very hastily "

Their car was left abandoned about 2 miles from their home. The gun Bill bought not too long ago is missing from the home. Bill and his wife both didn't show up for work, and they are both considered very good people. I do know that it has this town ruffled and a lot of people are gathering as a community to help in any way we can.

But I searched a bit and there was a robbery in Essex I have no clue if it is or could be related, but it's in the same vicinity.


A man displaying a handgun entered and attempted to rob the Simon's Mobil store on Colchester Road in Essex at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, police said. The man left without any money and was last seen on foot on Colchester Road, according to police. Police described the suspect as about 6 feet tall, 180-200 pounds, wearing a black ski mask, white T-shirt and blue jeans.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110611/NEWS02/106110319/-1/RSS

 

[K9-Chaser]

Everyone I have talked to about this case is leaning towards abduction. The garage window was broken, and the telephone wire was cut and all the medication they take daily was left behind. The police said the first day " The couple left very hastily "

Their car was left abandoned about 2 miles from their home. The gun Bill bought not too long ago is missing from the home. Bill and his wife both didn't show up for work, and they are both considered very good people. I do know that it has this town ruffled and a lot of people are gathering as a community to help in any way we can.

But I searched a bit and there was a robbery in Essex I have no clue if it is or could be related, but it's in the same vicinity.


A man displaying a handgun entered and attempted to rob the Simon's Mobil store on Colchester Road in Essex at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, police said. The man left without any money and was last seen on foot on Colchester Road, according to police. Police described the suspect as about 6 feet tall, 180-200 pounds, wearing a black ski mask, white T-shirt and blue jeans.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110611/NEWS02/106110319/-1/RSS

Thank you so much TickleB. It really helps to have information from someone who is from the area to be able to keep people informed on what is going on.

The family's of both Mr. and Mrs. Currier must be sick with worry. Have any of them been able to share any information that they have learned or are they at a loss as to what happened as much as everyone else? Wondering too if the Currier home was burglarized or robbed? And what 'interesting' timing it was that Mr. Currier bought the handgun. I wonder if he has handguns and it was just a coincidence that he purchased one last week?

 

[TickleB]

Your very welcome. I only live about 3 miles from their house, so yes I am very much in the area.

As for the family, they aren't saying nothing. The police are doing a good job keeping it from the media if there are any leads. It's a little aggravating to be honest, but I feel something will come about soon. At least I hope it does. I wish them home safely, but as more time goes by, my hope is beginning to turn more into sadness as I'm dreading a tragic outcome. UVM and Fletcher Allen are sad places right now, you can feel the tension in the air when you walk in.

 

[TickleB]

Essex Police Lt. Holl Weedel said Monday’s search turned up nothing new in the disappearance of an Essex couple.

Weedel said he didn’t know if or where detectives would be searching today. Monday about three dozen police officers searched a one-mile radius around the Colbert Street home of William and Lorraine Currier

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...new-leads-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.wptz.com/news/28237211/detail.html

POSTED: 5:35 pm EDT June 14, 2011
UPDATED: 6:01 pm EDT June 14, 2011

 

[summer_breeze]

I'm moving this thread to the Missing-Discussion forum.

 

[TickleB]

Well I hate to say this but that sketch looks like 1/2 of the Vermont homeless men, and there are a lot in the Burlington area.

 

[radiator]

http://http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-vermont-couple-baffles-police-neighbors/story?id=13837448

"Police told the Associated Press the bank accounts of the couple, as well as the mobile phones registered to William and Lorraine Currier, have gone unused. "

That doesn't sound too good. This is very mysterious but so far don't seem to be warning the public of any possible danger.

 

[Kat]

http://www.necn.com/06/14/11/Is-man...ng_newengland.html?blockID=534900&feedID=4206

Second article that supports the one posted by Summer Breeze posted above.

 

[TickleB]

Me and my fiance go hiking at least once a week. Tomorrow we have taken the day off to " go hiking " and all this weekend we plan on " hiking " if there hasn't been any leads to where they are.

I really hate to say that we are doing a search for any possible clues or bodies. I went yesterday on a local trail following a stream. We have had a lot of flooding here so I followed the stream all the way down, no luck of course.

They are out there somewhere, even if it's just two people at least we are covering ground.

 

[Starr58]

Today Essex Police said they will sift through dozens of phone messages from people responding to a sketch of a man who police said might have been driving a missing Essex couple’s car shortly after the pair disappeared


http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...ibly-driving-Essex-couple-s-car-yields-leads-

 

[Starr58]

ESSEX, Vt. (AP) - Essex police say the sketch of a man who may have been spotted driving the car of a missing Vermont couple is producing lots of leads.

http://www.wcax.com/story/14912502/vt-police-say-sketch-brings-tips-on-missing-pair?redirected=true

 

[ncbuckeyecb]

Wish there was more attention to this case. Thanks for the updates, Starr58 and others!

 

[Starr58]

As I was traveling to Randolph Vermont yesterday I did notice that at two of the rest stops on I-89 posters of the couple were posted on the doors. I, too, wish there was more publicity of this case! Vermont is not known fo solving missing person cases as is evidenced by Briana Maitland and the recent missing teenager fom a southern Vermont high school.

 

[Starr58]

A composite sketch is revving up the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of an Essex couple. Police say it's generated several leads from the public. The sketch has kept the phones ringing at the command center. Police wouldn't comment how many people they've questioned, but did confirm that no one's been taken into custody. Right now the man in the sketch is simply a person of interest-- not a suspect-- but police are holding out hope that somehow this will lead them to Bill and Lorraine Currier.

"I'm hopeful that they're alive and our investigation will certainly let us know sooner or later," Essex Police Lt. George Murtie said.

http://www.wcax.com/story/14912502/vt-police-say-sketch-brings-tips-on-missing-pair

 

[K9-Chaser]

Wish there was more attention to this case. Thanks for the updates, Starr58 and others!

This would be good for the public to be more aware of this case. However, it will take work from their family's for this to happen. When someone goes missing it's like someone in the family has to take on another job ... they must contact local and national media, and take on more professional help too by working with non-profit organizations to help get the word out.

 

[SurfieTX]

Why did Bill buy a gun recently? Did he already own guns or was this his first? Was he feeling threatened by someone?

 

[liz b.]

Why did Bill buy a gun recently? Did he already own guns or was this his first? Was he feeling threatened by someone?

I noticed that too... Timing is strange. MOO

 

[TickleB]

OK so I'm going to give you guys a tid bit of info that I heard through the grapevine, I'm NOT sure if this is true so don't hold me against it. But it has been the talk around the water cooler if you know what I mean.

Rumor: The reason Bill bought the gun was because Lorraine had felt uneasy the past couple days before their disappearance. No one knows if she was threatened.

The police were at UVM yesterday going through Bill's locker. It was a sad day for the co-workers, and reality sank in for my fiance that Bill may never be coming back.