Dark Downeast

10/02/2025

Ashley Erin Ouellette was 15-years old when her body was found placed in the middle of Pine Point Road in Scarborough, Maine just before dawn on February 10, 1999. The investigation led police to the place Ashley was last known to be alive, but no arrests have been made to this day.

In a rare interview, Ashley's sister, Lindsey Ouellette, and her mother, Lise Ouellette, share Ashley's story.

🚨 If you have any information relating to the 1999 murder of Ashley Ouellette, please contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit - South at (207) 624-7076 or use the tip form here: https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/about/report-crime/major-crimes-unit-south.

There is a $20,000 reward for information in Ashley’s case.

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Ashley Erin Ouellette was just 15-years old when her body was found placed in the middle of Pine Point Road in Scarborough, Maine just before dawn on February 10, 1999.

19/12/2024

Nearly 35 years have passed since John Evers Robinson was found dead in his New Haven, Connecticut music studio. The original investigation generated several leads and theories of the killing, but the case remains unsolved. Now, John’s sister is doing everything she can to get her brother’s story out there. Someone knows something. It’s time to speak up.

If you have information regarding the 1990 murder of John Evers Robinson in New Haven, Connecticut, please contact the Connecticut Cold Case Unit at 1 (866) 623-8058 or the New Haven Police Department at 1 (866) 888-8477.

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12/12/2024

On October 7, 1966, the wealthy heiress Doris Duke hit and killed her friend Eduardo Tirella while behind the wheel of a rented car. Whether his death was an accident or an intentional act of murder, is still up for debate nearly 60 years later.

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05/12/2024

It wasn’t unusual for Celeste Doghmi to go long stretches of time without talking to her friends and family. She’d lost touch with her mother and many of her close friends, but as far as they could tell by posts on social media, her life was busy with a new baby and starting college classes.

But when Celeste’s mother in Germany received a phone call in the spring of 2023, she learned that Celeste hadn’t simply lost touch – she was missing. She’d been missing for two years.

At the time of her disappearance, Celeste Doghmi was 27-years old. She is described as a Black woman, 5-feet 2-inches tall, 110 pounds with brown curly hair and brown eyes. She has ear, nose, and tongue piercings and a prominent tattoo on her right upper leg of a dreamcatcher.

If you have information regarding the disappearance of Celeste Doghmi, please report it to Maine State Police via the tip form. You can also contact the Auburn Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (207) 333-6653.

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04/12/2024

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21/11/2024

When Linda Rayner left for a walk in Hammonasset Beach State Park in the summer of 1992, she was seeking the beauty and peace that only the ocean can bring. Instead, she was brutally attacked by an unknown assailant and her case has remained unsolved ever since.

In the thirty-plus years since her death, investigators have identified at least one suspect…But her loved ones are still waiting for the day that they have all the answers.

If you have any information about the 1992 murder of Linda Rayner in Hammonasset Beach State Park, please call the Connecticut Cold Case Unit at (866) 623-8058.

If you have any information relating to the 2001 homicide of Josephine Catania, please write to the Middletown Police at [email protected].

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14/11/2024

When a woman was found murdered in her Springfield, MA apartment during the spring of 1984, it only took a matter of days to zero in on a suspect and secure an arrest. And then at trial, a jury decided Edward Wright was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The New England Innocence Project has since taken up his case. So, who really killed Penny Anderson? Was it the man serving a life sentence for her death or someone else?

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08/11/2024

Homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health challenges create significant barriers in missing persons cases, often causing individuals to fall through the cracks and their families fighting to get their names and stories heard.

Ryan Blagojevic disappeared without a trace in 2013 and his sister Eve continues the search to find him. The circumstances of his life at the time he went missing has made it even more difficult to get answers, but Eve won’t let her brother be forgotten.

If you have information about the disappearance of Ryan Blagojevic, please call the Portland, Maine Police Department at (207) 874-8575. To provide information anonymously, you can call (207) 874-8584 and leave a message on the department’s crime tip line. You may also text the keyword “PPDME” and your message to 847411 (TIP411).

If you would like to learn more about Milestone Recovery and support the organization through a donation, visit milestone-recovery.org. To find resources to support those experiencing homelessness in your community, visit endhomelessness.org.

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31/10/2024

Lyda Jameson was 73-years old when her son found her lying in bed without a pulse one morning in March of 1976. First responders at the scene believed she died of natural causes…Until they noticed signs of a possible homicide. Decades later, DNA evidence led to an arrest, and yet someone has still gotten away with murder.

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24/10/2024

After a fire in a Brockton, Massachusetts neighborhood killed a man and woman in their own home, the investigation zeroed in on two people - two children - who had escaped the blaze unharmed...

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17/10/2024

When 16-year old Rosa Maria Valentin didn’t return home from work in Hartford, Connecticut one July night in 1986, her family jumped into action to try and find her. But at every turn, the family’s fears were dismissed and Rosa was regarded as a runaway…That is, until more than a year later when another teenage girl disappeared under similar circumstances.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Rosa Maria Valentin, please contact Hartford Police Department at (860) 757-4000. You can also contact the Connecticut State Police Cold Case Unit toll free at (866) 623-8058.

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10/10/2024

For almost fifty years, the murders of two people in the tiny northern Vermont village of Hardwick have gone unsolved. The rumors in town ran almost as rampant as the fear, but whether any of the chatter about what happened to the victims is true remains to be seen nearly five decades later.

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03/10/2024

Over 30 years have gone by without answers for the violent death of David Pickett on a quiet New England beach. When an investigation by police failed to get justice, David’s sister decided to seek justice on her own terms… Even if the suspect was her own blood.

If you have information regarding the unsolved homicide of David Pickett, please contact the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit: https://business.nh.gov/ColdCaseTips/Tip.aspx?Victim=David%20Pickett

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19/09/2024

For over 20 years, the Smolinski Family has been searching for their son and brother, Billy, who one afternoon in August of 2004 asked his neighbor to watch his dog and then was never seen again. The case is not without leads or suspects, but the biggest question of all has yet to be answered: Where is Billy?

If you have information relating to the disappearance of Billy Smolinski Jr. please call the Waterbury Police Department at (203) 574-6941

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12/09/2024

40 years have passed since 14-year old Terry Duran left her home in Gorham, Maine for some fun on one of the last weekends of summer before she started high school. She told her parents she’d be home Sunday night, but Terry never returned. When her body was discovered weeks later, there was no doubt her death was a homicide, but who would kill this teenage girl and why? This case has seen two arrests and one trial. And yet, after four decades, her murder is still unsolved.

If you have any information about the murder of Terry Duran please contact Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit – South at 207-624-7076.

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05/09/2024

Investigators who first worked the 1971 homicide case of Natalie Scheublin in Bedford, MA considered every possible theory for her death and yet nothing led police to the truth. For years, Natalie’s family waited for answers until decades later, forensic technology finally identified a suspect.

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29/08/2024

When friends Cynthia Kane-Clark and Dawn Shippee both turned up the victims of homicide, one after the other, in the same two month span, investigators were faced with a complex investigation. It’s now been over 20 years since the two women were killed in neighboring Rhode Island towns, and police are still looking for answers.

If you have information relating to the murder of Cyndi Kane-Clark or Dawn Shippee, please call the Cold Case Rhode Island tip line at 1-877-RI-SOLVE.

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22/08/2024

When a teenager disappeared from Brattleboro, Vermont hours before the wind, rain, and damaging floods of a major natural disaster devastated the state, it took days before he was finally reported missing and initial search efforts were hindered by ongoing storm recovery. Now as the case approaches another anniversary in 2024, loved ones are still waiting for the information that could lead them to answers.

If you have information relating to the disappearance of Marble Arvidson, please contact Brattleboro Police at (802) 257-7950.

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