Daniel Wood Jr.

Murdered

A boy is murdered and thrown into the Androscoggin River
On July 7, 1954, 12-year-old Daniel "Danny" Wood Jr. left his home in Gray, Maine, planning to fish at a nearby river. That day, he made a mysterious phone call to his mother, mentioning he had accepted a job with a door-to-door salesman, a decision that would lead to his tragic disappearance. Nine days later, on July 16, two fishermen discovered his nude body in the Little Androscoggin River near Auburn, Maine. Danny had been brutally beaten to death, with seven severe wounds to his skull, and ...Read More

Daniel Wood Jr. - Cold Case New England

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