Missing
Marilyn J. Lehan
Lehan in the 1990s (more recent photographs are unavailable)
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/01/2004
Missing location (approx) :
Eastport, Maine
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 49 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 160 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blond/brown hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Lehan was last seen in Eastport, Maine sometime in 2004. She had lived with her husband in a residence off Clark Street, overlooking Harris Cove, for about two years, and she was a member of the local Catholic church.
Her husband had told her family Lehan had gone to a Catholic retreat in Montana. It wasn't uncommon for her to go a long time without getting in touch with her family, and they didn't report her missing until the summer of 2013. They had last visited her in July 2002.
Authorities launched an extensive search of the fourteen acres behind Lehan's former home, using cadaver dogs, but the search turned up nothing of interest. Her husband now lives in California and police stated he was cooperative with the investigation into her disappearance. Little information is available in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Maine State Police
800-432-7381
September 2021 updates and sources
The Bangor Daily News
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The Portland Press-Herald
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