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A man reports that his girlfriend has hung herself in their bedroom closet
On a late afternoon in Lewiston, Maine, a distress call shattered the quiet of an apartment on Elm Street. On August 5, 2009, Joshua B. Gordon dialed 911 at 5:37 p.m. to make a frantic report: his 23-year-old girlfriend, a White / Caucasian female named Tabitha Pursley, had hanged herself inside their bedroom closet. The initial response to the scene was colored by this report, treating the tragic event as a suicide.
In the days that followed, however, the narrative began to shift. As inv ...Read More
On a late afternoon in Lewiston, Maine, a distress call shattered the quiet of an apartment on Elm Street. On August 5, 2009, Joshua B. Gordon dialed 911 at 5:37 p.m. to make a frantic report: his 23-year-old girlfriend, a White / Caucasian female named Tabitha Pursley, had hanged herself inside their bedroom closet. The initial response to the scene was colored by this report, treating the tragic event as a suicide.
In the days that followed, however, the narrative began to shift. As inv ...Read More
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Tabitha Pursley
September 15, 2023
Female
White / Caucasian
Lewiston
ME
2009-01-01
2009-01-01
1985-06-11
$0.00
23
Tabitha Pursley
Tabitha
Pursley
victim
Blonde
11/05/2025
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Forum Posts (3)
Does anyone else find it strange that there were no defensive wounds or any signs of struggle found ... ...Read More
02/22/2024
02/22/2024
I've been following Tabitha Pursley's case ever since I first heard about it, and one aspect that re... ...Read More
12/13/2023
12/13/2023
I've been following Tabitha Pursley's case for a while now, and something about the timeline Joshua ... ...Read More
08/04/2023
08/04/2023
