Brianna Maitland

What happened

Brianna Alexandra Maitland, 17, was last seen late on the night of Friday, March 19, 2004, as she finished her dishwashing shift at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. At about 11:20 p.m. a co-worker saw her get into her car, a green 1985 Oldsmobile 88, and leave the parking lot.

The next morning, March 20, the Vermont State Police received a report of an abandoned car at the property known as the Old Dutchburn Barn on Route 118 in Montgomery, about a mile from the inn. Brianna's Oldsmobile had been backed into the side of the abandoned building. She was not reported missing until March 23, and when her parents brought photographs to the state police two days later, they confirmed the car was the one she had been driving.

Investigators first considered that she might have run away, but later determined she may have been a victim of foul play. In 2022 the Vermont State Police announced that DNA from an item found near her car had been matched to a person previously compared in the investigation, while stressing that this did not identify a suspect. Brianna has never been found. The FBI offers a reward of up to $40,000 for information leading to her recovery, and investigators say the case is active, not cold.