Semper Memento. Always Remember. Those words guide the work of the Maine State Police Unsolved Homicide Unit. In this special release episode, I peel back the curtain on the Unsolved Homicide Unit and reveal what goes into re-examining and investigating long standing homicide cases in the state of Maine and how a team of experts collaborates in pursuit of one common goal – to find answers.
Each of the individuals you’re about to meet would agree with me here: The most important story to tell is the one about the victim so that they are never forgotten and their legacy is honored, even and especially if their story doesn’t have an ending yet. The Unsolved Homicide Unit becomes part of those stories, assembling each piece of a nebulous puzzle so that hopefully, one day, they can give the victims and their families the ending they deserve.
As someone who is deeply invested and interested in the work that it takes to solve a cold case murder, and as a podcaster who has spoken their names and shared the work they’ve done on the cases I cover, it is an honor to introduce you to members of the Maine Unsolved Homicide Unit – Commanding Officer Jeff Love, Assistant Attorney General Lara Nomani, Forensic Chemist Alison Gingras, Victim Witness Advocate Renee Fournier, and Investigator Jay Pelletier.
View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/unsolvedhomicideunit
Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.
The Disappearance of Brenda LaCombe (Massachusetts)
The Murder of George Jodoin (New Hampshire)
The Murder of Jane Britton (Massachusetts)
Introducing The Fall Line: “Sherry or Cheryl” Jane Doe
The Murder of Margaret Pizio (Massachusetts)
The Disappearance of Reina Morales Rojas (Massachusetts)
The Murders of Diane Compagna & Anne Psaradelis (New Hampshire)
The Murder of Bessie Selek (Maine)
The Murder of Rita Curran Part 2 (Vermont)
The Murder of Rita Curran Part 1 (Vermont)
The Suspicious Death of Denise Scott Ramsey (Maine)
The Murder of Angela Belisle (Vermont)
The Murder of Ronald Rogers Part 2 (Vermont)
The Murder of Ronald Rogers Part 1 (Vermont)
The Murder of Helen Jewett (New York)
The Still Unsolved Murder of Darien Richardson (Maine)
The Murders of Jack & Florence Bettencourt (Maine)
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 2 (North Carolina)
The Suspicious Death of Morgan Patten Part 1 (North Carolina)
The Murders of Sandra Valade, Pamela Mason & Rena Paquette (New Hampshire)
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