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Maine Unsolved: Mary Ellen Tanner, Part One

2023/7/5
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Kristen Sevey：本集讲述了1978年7月在缅因州肯尼邦克发生的玛丽·艾伦·坦纳谋杀案。案发前，玛丽刚过完18岁生日，最后一次被人看见是在7月7日晚上在肯尼邦克村的马尔萨姆河桥上搭便车。她的尸体两天后在格雷西·埃文斯田野被发现，死因是头部遭受重击。验尸结果显示她怀孕三个月。警方调查了多个线索，包括当地一个派对以及一起发生在案发前一周的强奸案，但最终凶手并未被找到。 Dan Allo：格雷西·埃文斯田野的跳伞飞机飞行员，在执行任务时意外发现了玛丽的尸体。他描述了发现尸体时的场景，尸体几乎全裸，处于腐烂状态，旁边有轮胎痕迹和一条金项链。 Corporal Robert Pelletier：肯尼邦克警察局的警员，参与了案件的现场调查。他描述了发现尸体时的环境和尸体状况，并指出警方在现场没有找到任何身份证明。 Dr. Henry Ryan：负责对玛丽的尸体进行尸检的验尸官。他确定了死因是头部遭受重击，并指出受害者怀孕三个月。 Frank Stevens：肯尼邦克警察局局长，对案件表示愤怒，并批评了当地社区的道德败坏。 Debbie D'Tesso 和 Jackie O'Keefe：两名女子认出了玛丽脖子上的金项链，帮助警方确认了受害者的身份。 Charles Sr. Tanner：玛丽的父亲，证实了女儿的牙医记录与Jane Doe相符。 Michael Higgins：玛丽的男友，案发前玛丽已经怀孕。 Marilyn Welch：肯尼邦克居民，对70年代的社会动荡进行了评论，暗示社会环境可能与案件有关。

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Mary Ellen Tanner, an 18-year-old from Kennebunk, Maine, was found dead in a field, leading to a homicide investigation. The discovery, made by skydivers, revealed a young woman with multiple injuries and no identification, sparking a community-wide effort to identify her.

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1978 - Kennebunk, Maine.

On a hot summer day in July of 1978, a group of young sky divers made a chilling discovery as they flew over the skies of Gracie Evans Field in Lyman—the lifeless body of a young woman. 

Her death was quickly ruled a homicide, and news spread like wildfire through the neighboring coastal Maine towns. The woman was identified as Mary Ellen Tanner, who had just celebrated her 18th birthday just weeks prior. 

Mary was last seen on the evening of Friday, July 7th, 1978 on the Mousam River Bridge in the center of town, hitchhiking her way home, which was just a short distance away. 

But Mary was holding onto a secret… and investigators couldn’t help but wonder if this gave her killer a motive to pick her up that night. 

What happened to Mary Ellen Tanner?

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