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A woman leaves a party and is found murdered 2 days later
On a hot and humid Sunday in July of 1978, the body of 18-year-old Mary Ellen Tanner, a white female, was discovered in a grassy field in Lyman, Maine. A pilot taking off from the small airstrip known as Gracie Evans Field spotted her partially clothed body and alerted the authorities. An autopsy would later reveal that the Kennebunk High School senior had been beaten to death with a blunt object. It was also discovered that she was pregnant at the time of her death. Due to the state of her body ...Read More
On a hot and humid Sunday in July of 1978, the body of 18-year-old Mary Ellen Tanner, a white female, was discovered in a grassy field in Lyman, Maine. A pilot taking off from the small airstrip known as Gracie Evans Field spotted her partially clothed body and alerted the authorities. An autopsy would later reveal that the Kennebunk High School senior had been beaten to death with a blunt object. It was also discovered that she was pregnant at the time of her death. Due to the state of her body ...Read More
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Mary Ellen Tanner
December 13, 2022
Female
White / Caucasian
Lyman
ME
1978-07-09
1978-07-07
1978-07-09
18
Mary Ellen
Tanner
11/05/2025
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I've been following Mary Ellen Tanner's case for years, and it's so difficult to read how, despite a... ...Read More
06/24/2024
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