Cold Cases in Maine
ColdCaseIndex documents 4 cases in Maine, dated 1975 to 2009. 3 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Kurt Ronald Newton (1975) and the most recent is York County Jane Doe (Biddeford Jane Doe) (2009).
- Unsolved 3 (75%)
- Solved or convicted 1 (25%)
Homicide clearance in Maine, 1965 to 2024
A homicide is "cleared" when police make an arrest or close it by exceptional means, so an uncleared case is not always an unsolved one. Source: Murder Accountability Project analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Report data, as published by Project: Cold Case. These are statewide totals and are separate from the ColdCaseIndex entries listed below.
By type
All Maine cases
York County Jane Doe (Biddeford Jane Doe)
On July 25, 2009, the cranium of a teenage girl or young woman was found wrapped in seaweed near the tide line on a beach in Biddeford, Maine.
Kimberly Ann Moreau
Seventeen-year-old Kimberly Moreau vanished after a night out with acquaintances in the Jay and Livermore Falls area of Maine in May 1986.
Lily Janelle (Frenchville Baby Jane Doe)
On December 7, 1985, a dog carried the frozen body of a newborn girl from a gravel pit in Frenchville, Maine, to a nearby home. The infant, known for decades as Baby Jane Doe, was identified through genetic genealogy in 2022…
Kurt Ronald Newton
Four-year-old Kurt Newton vanished while riding his tricycle at a remote northern Maine campground on Labor Day weekend 1975. One of the largest searches in Maine history found only his abandoned tricycle, and the case remains…