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Brianna Maitland: timeline, sources and podcasts
A restaurant shift, a short drive, and a vehicle found nearby. Start Brianna Maitland’s timeline with what the FBI records, then use podcast coverage to identify questions you want to check.
Open And Then They Were Gone in Apple PodcastsBrianna Maitland: Part1 · 2024-03-22 · 1h8m
Start your timeline with the sources
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March 19, 2004 · Last known movements
The FBI says 17-year-old Brianna was last seen late that evening while finishing a restaurant shift in Montgomery, Vermont. Check the source
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After the shift · Vehicle discovery
She left in a green 1985 Oldsmobile 88. The FBI says the car was later found backed into an abandoned barn about a mile from the restaurant; its summary does not give a precise discovery time. Check the source
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Later identification aid · Age progression
The FBI page labels an image as age-progressed to 37. Treat that as an identification aid, separate from photographs taken around the disappearance. Check the source
Keep the end of the work shift, the drive, and the later vehicle discovery as separate entries. A gap between them is a question to research, not proof of what happened.
Questions to follow
- Which dated source first establishes when the vehicle was found, and what does it actually say about its position?
- Does a later interview add a new observation, or repeat an account already in your timeline?
Listen, then check the source
The linked episode is independent podcast coverage. Compare its claims with the records above and keep an episode’s publication date separate from the dates of the events it discusses.
Keep the links that answer your questions
In Almost Solved, organize source links and your own notes in a Research File. Open one outside source, check it, and return to the app before starting the next trip. Add a copied or shared link when you need it.
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