Nicholas Lang was 41 years old when he was last known to have had contact on February 11, 2022, in Kittery, Maine. He was described in the NamUs missing person case file as a White/Caucasian male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. NamUs lists the case as Missing Person / NamUs #MP89506, with Maine State Police Troop A identified in the provided case data as the investigating agency, and the same case information states that his vehicle was found unattended
on the Memorial Bridge in Kittery with the keys still inside. No case resolution status of Alive or Deceased is listed in the provided data, and no online source reviewed here indicates that he has been located.
In the first public reports after he vanished, police said Nicholas’s car had been discovered at about 12:30 a.m. on Friday, February 11, on the bridge spanning the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Seacoast Current reported on February 13, 2022, that Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss said the investigation into Nicholas’s whereabouts was still continuing, and police asked anyone with information to contact them. Those early details left his loved ones and the wider Kittery and Portsmouth-area community with a painful mystery: his car was there, the keys were there, but Nicholas was not.
As more of Nicholas’s story emerged, it became clear that his disappearance did not happen in isolation from grief. A Portsmouth Herald article republished by AOL described Nicholas, known to family as Nick, as one of five siblings and the twin brother of Nathaniel “Nate” Lang. Family members said Nick and Nate had been inseparable since childhood, growing up in York near Long Sands Beach, surfing in warmer months and snowboarding in winter. Both became carpenters as adults, and relatives remembered Nick as quieter than Nate, a deep thinker, and a caring person who helped family when they needed him. His sister Toni Lang-Hall said she spoke with him every day, and relatives described how deeply he was affected after Nate died from an accidental drug overdose on December 26, 2021, less than two months before Nick disappeared. Their mother, Judith “Judy” Lang, had also died in April 2021.
The family’s heartbreak was compounded by uncertainty. According to the AOL-republished Portsmouth Herald account, loved ones said Nicholas had left behind ordinary, important parts of daily life, including his cell phone, wallet, and license. His sister said that if he were able to contact her, she believed he would have done so, while also expressing the devastating fear that he may have jumped from the bridge. Family members spoke carefully from a place of grief rather than certainty, and Maine State Police said in April 2022 that there was no new information about the disappearance. The same article noted that some family members objected to parts of an early law-enforcement bulletin, saying some information about Nicholas’s job and housing situation needed context, and emphasizing that the family believed his recent losses, especially the death of his twin, were central to understanding the emotional weight surrounding the case.
In the weeks after Nicholas disappeared, the search for answers extended beyond police work into the hearts and routines of those closest to him. His brother Scott Calhoun-Lang described the anxiety of crossing the Piscataqua River Bridge while commuting, and Toni Lang-Hall said the circumstances made it difficult to imagine ever crossing the span again. She asked people living along the Piscataqua River shoreline to check their properties and remain watchful. Her words reflected the family’s central need: not only to understand what happened, but to bring Nicholas home, to say goodbye if that was what the truth required, and to find some measure of peace after a string of profound losses.
Maine State Police say their missing persons work is focused on locating missing individuals and urging anyone with information to contact investigators or leave a tip, and NamUs remains the national system used to help track and manage missing person case files in Maine. In overview, Nicholas Lang’s case began in the early morning hours of February 11, 2022, when his unattended vehicle was found on a bridge between Maine and New Hampshire, with the keys inside and no sign of him nearby; it unfolded against a background of family grief, especially the recent death of his twin brother; and it remains, based on the available public information and the provided case data, a missing person case without a listed resolution.Last Seen: Feb 11, 2022
