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Pauline Rourke Missing Person Case

Last seen in Fairfield, Maine on Dec 12, 1976

Victim Details

Jan 21, 2017

Oct 12, 2023

Pauline

Rourke

80

31

58 inches

60 inches

120 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Dec 12, 1976

Fairfield

Maine

Somerset County

Unknown

19295

Maine State Police - Major Crimes Unit Central

Augusta

Maine

Kennebec County

04330

36 Hospital Street, Maine

2076247143

State

Law Enforcement

76B000153

1976-12-15

Maine State Police - Major Crimes Unit Central

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/09/2026


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Pauline Rourke was a young mother from Fairfield, Maine, remembered by those closest to her as small in stature, deeply connected to her daughter, and living through a difficult period when she vanished in December 1976. Online records do not all present the date the same way: NamUs lists her date of last contact as December 12, 1976, while Maine State Police and The Charley Project describe her as reported missing or missing on December 15, 1976. The records agree that she disappeared from Fair ...
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Last Seen: Dec 12, 1976

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    I find it odd that no further action was taken regarding the well mentioned by Cochran after Pauline... ...Read More
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