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Emily Maria (Douglass) Chase

Case from Bowdoinham, ME dated Feb 19, 1978

Victim Details

Emily Chase

July 6, 2022

Female

White / Caucasian

Bowdoinham

ME

1978-02-19

1978-02-19

90

Emily

Maria (Douglass) Chase

No

06/25/2026


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A woman is found murdered in her residence
In the small town of Bowdoinham, Maine, the quiet life of 90-year-old Emily Chase, a White female, came to a tragic end on February 19, 1978. She was discovered inside her home, the victim of an apparent homicide. The day before her body was found, she was seen alive at approximately 10:15 in the morning, a seemingly ordinary Saturday, as she received her mail from a friend. This would be the last time she was seen alive.

For more than four decades, the circumstances surrounding her death ...
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