Roger Day

Roger Merton Day, property 14, went missing from Porter, Maine connected October 4, 1973.

Roger vanished aft telling his sister that helium was going to skip schoolhouse and spell to the Fryeburg Fair instead.  Their ma had already near for work, leaving Roger and his 3 siblings eating meal and waiting for the schoolhouse bus.

Roger walked retired of the location that day, and was ne'er seen again.

Each year, Roger’s begetter would spell to the just and hunt for him among the carnies, connected the disconnected accidental that he’d decided to question with them.

His household knew it was an improbable script though. His sister said that Roger loved life, but had precocious go much temperamental, a alteration often associated with the teenage years.

Decades later, Roger’s household discovered that 1 of their erstwhile neighbors was a pedophile, and had been accused of galore intersexual assaults.  The household was unaware that helium was a pedophile astatine the time, but looking back, they fishy Roger whitethorn person been 1 of his victims.  In 1 article, it’s suggested that this neighbour whitethorn person been the origin of his caller alteration successful behavior, and speculated that Roger whitethorn person told the antheral helium was going to study him.

While constabulary were unwilling to remark connected this theory, their actions indicated that the neighbour is so a idiosyncratic of interest. They searched a spot connected Route 25 successful 2013 – a spot belonging to this aforesaid neighbor. Ground penetrating radar indicated an abnormality underneath the basement floor, but thing was recovered arsenic a effect of the ensuing dig.

I wonderment if Roger had immoderate known interactions with this neighbor. Did helium walk clip astatine the neighbor’s home?  Perhaps helium had a kid adjacent Roger’s property who would invitation him over?

I inquire this due to the fact that it seems improbable that a 14 twelvemonth aged lad could beryllium forcibly abducted connected his ain thoroughfare successful wide daylight. This mentation would marque overmuch much consciousness if the neighbour was driving Roger (and perchance his ain child) to the fair.  I accidental it’s besides imaginable that Roger made it to the just connected his own, encountered the neighbour and accepted a thrust home.  The just itself, I’d think, would beryllium excessively populated for an abduction to occur.

Roger’s sister continues to hunt for the information astir what happened to her brother.

Sources:

The Charley Project

Conway Daily Sun