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The Suspicious Death of Wanda Mitchell (Maine)

2021/10/18
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Sheila Simoneaux: 我女儿Wanda离家出走时距离她15岁生日只有一天的差距。她是一个好孩子，性格开朗，喜欢玩乐，但在青春期和我的关系变得紧张，尤其是在她与男友Terry交往后。她曾偷偷带男友回家，被我发现后非常焦虑，之后离家出走。我当时没有报警，因为我认为她只是因为不喜欢家里的规矩而离家。她离家后辗转于朋友家和收容所，期间曾短暂回家，但又因为与祖母发生争吵而再次离开。此后，她与妹妹保持联系，但突然中断联系，再也没有回来。警方在1980年10月发现了她的遗体，但尸检结果无法确定死因，案件至今仍未结案。我非常希望在她去世前能知道真相，但警方最初的调查并不积极，后来虽然有警探重新调查此案，但进展缓慢。我始终相信，如果她的死并非意外，她一定会反抗。 叙述者: 1980年，15岁的Wanda Mitchell离家出走，不到一年后，她的遗体在缅因州波兰的森林中被发现。她的死因至今未定，既非他杀也非意外，调查已持续40多年。警方最初将此案调查为凶杀案，但由于证据不足，案件陷入僵局。警方调查了Wanda的父亲、男友以及她曾居住的收容所的朋友，但没有发现有价值的线索。2017年，在一辆1980年的汽车仪表盘下发现了一袋头发，但DNA检测结果不理想。本案中，警方对失踪少女案件的处理方式也值得反思，在当时，警方对失踪少女的案件不够重视，常常将她们认定为离家出走，而忽略了她们可能面临的危险。Wanda的母亲Sheila至今仍未知道女儿的死因，她希望通过讲述Wanda的故事，能够引起人们的关注，并最终找到真相。

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Wanda Mitchell ran away from home one day shy of her 15th birthday and was found dead in the woods of Poland, Maine, less than a year later. Her death remains undetermined, neither classified as a homicide nor an accident.

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UNDETERMINED, 1980: She was one day shy of her 15th birthday when Wanda Mitchell ran away from home. Less than a year later, her remains were recovered from the woods in Poland, Maine. To this day, her death is considered undetermined -- not a homicide, not an accident, not a single clear answer as to what happened to the teenage girl or who, if anyone, is responsible.

The search for answers has gone on for over 40 years. Wanda’s mother is keeping her story alive.

This is the story of Wanda Jean Mitchell told by her mother Sheila Simoneaux.

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.