ME STEFANIE DAMRON: Missing from New Sweden, ME - 23 Sept 2024 - Age 13

Search for missing Maine girl who was last seen 4 weeks ago continues

Stefanie Damron, who is now 14 years old, was last seen leaving her New Sweden home and walking into the woods on Sept. 23.

www.wmtw.com

Search for missing Maine girl who was last seen 4 weeks ago continues, police say​

State and federal authorities continue to search for a girl from northern Maine who went missing nearly a month ago.

Maine State Police officials said Tuesday that 14-year-old Stefanie Damron remains missing despite extensive investigative efforts.

Stefanie, who was 13 when she went missing on Sept. 23, was last seen walking out of her New Sweden home and into the woods located on West Road, according to authorities.

Members of the Maine State Police's Troop F and Major Crimes Unit North began investigating the circumstances surrounding Stefanie's disappearance. The MSP Computer Crimes Unit and the FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team were also called upon to help ensure all resources were utilized in the search for Stefanie.

Investigators said they have conducted many interviews and have followed up on leads in Maine, nationally and in Canada. The Maine Warden Service and Maine State Police K-9 Unit have also searched large parcels of land near Stefanie's last known location in Aroostook County.

FBI now involved in case of missing New Sweden teen

State Police say 14-year-old Stefanie Damron was last seen on September 23rd walking out of her house on the West Road and into the woods in New Sweden.

www.wabi.tv

FBI now involved in case of missing New Sweden teen​

State Police say since September 24th, they have gotten help from the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team.

We’re told investigators have conducted many interviews and have followed up on leads in Maine, Canada, and even nationally.

Officials say the Maine Warden Service has also searched land near Damron’s last known location, and the Major Crimes Unit will continue to investigate the case in partnership with the FBI.


MEDIA - STEFANIE DAMRON: Missing from New Sweden, ME - 23 Sept 2024 - Age 13

 

[Takeitfromme]

Praying they find her.

Impressive going back at it when she went missing allegedly in Sept of 2024 and now it is May of 2025....

It's a full on 3 day search drones people dogs etc.... I'm surprised too.... I think they suspect a family member.... maybe her sister she argued with? Just thinking out loud

 

[Guess Who]

It's a full on 3 day search drones people dogs etc.... I'm surprised too.... I think they suspect a family member.... maybe her sister she argued with? Just thinking out loud

I'm definitely suspecting something from within the household happened to her and not a runaway situation. Not dismissing the possibility that she did take off on her own, though. It's just not the top of my list.

 

[Takeitfromme]

I'm definitely suspecting something from within the household happened to her and not a runaway situation. Not dismissing the possibility that she did take off on her own, though. It's just not the top of my list.

i agree..... she could have taken off OR something more happened between her and her sibling and family cover up..... idk

 

[GrandmaBear]

It's a full on 3 day search drones people dogs etc.... I'm surprised too.... I think they suspect a family member.... maybe her sister she argued with? Just thinking out loudit h

LOL, I think out loud a LOT. I type and try to talk self through things that way on cases. Sometimes sidetrack, maybe get a bit too wordy, but it helps me think through things. Been something just always, I type out loud, I sort what I just heard or try to, etc. and it helps me think cases out and such is the best way I can put it. I then post as I figure it is food for thought and may trigger someone else's memory or thoughts. I figure if one follows crime, and wants to figure out, then that's what we are doing right, wanting to figure out, caring, help, and so on

I think you might be right and it seems like may be a reason for this all of a sudden...

But wanted to say yeah, I think out loud too lol, a lot when able anyhow.

 

[Takeitfromme]

If something happened in those woods between the girls OR inside that house and buried or brought to the woods I REALLY hope this extensive search recovers her and ends this so the investigation into what the heck happened can proceed

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah, a different one for sure but mostly because no answers I guess which happens in cases...

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Authorities continue search for missing New Sweden teen, Stefanie Damron

The FBI joined the local search for a teenage girl who's been missing since September 2024

www.wmtw.com

Alan Curtis, a game warden for the Maine Warden’s Service, said, “We’re up here all weekend throwing everything we have at it, trying to ultimately find Stefanie. If not, gather as much info, intel, and evidence that we can that will lead us in that direction, so there’s a ton of us out here, state, local, federal, and volunteers, trying to do just that.”

Maine State Police is handling the investigation, but since a large portion of the area being searched is wooded, they enlisted the help of the Maine Warden’s Service.

Adrian Marquis, a sergeant for the Maine Warden’s Service, said, “We systematically go through each grid searching everything. Ground, anything eye level as well, until that block is completely covered. Those teams come back with the GPS that they have on them, and we upload their track logs into our database, and that way we can get a good indication of what we have covered, what we need to cover. We’re all hopeful that we’re gonna find something. What that is, we don’t know yet. We won’t know until it reveals itself.”

 

[Takeitfromme]

I haven't heard any more if they got anything worth continuing the search into today since it was planned Fr-Sun
I'll have to check out some news

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

3-day search for missing Maine teen turns up no new developments

A three-day search for a missing Maine teen over the weekend turned up no new leads, state police said Monday. “The search for Stefanie Damron over the weekend did not result in any new developments,” Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss said in an email. “Conditions were challenging at...

www.nbcboston.com

3-day search for missing Maine teen turns up no new developments​

A three-day search for a missing Maine teen over the weekend turned up no new leads, state police said Monday.

"The search for Stefanie Damron over the weekend did not result in any new developments," Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss said in an email. "Conditions were challenging at times due to rain and difficult terrain, but it did not hamper search efforts."

She said about 60 people participated in the weekend search of the New Sweden area, including personnel from the state police, the FBI, the Maine Warden Service, volunteer search and rescue organizations and support teams using drones, K9s and horses.

Since the beginning of this case, Moss said an estimated 4,500 acres have been searched, and she said detectives will continue to actively investigate Stefanie’s disappearance and follow up on all leads.

 

[GrandmaBear]

That's a shame. There are a lot of unanswered questions in this one...

 

[Takeitfromme]

They have eluded to continuing to interview the family and the upload their GPS search coordinates so when they go back they can recheck but search where they haven't...... that's my take on it

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Search continues for missing New Sweden teen

State Police say 14-year-old Stefanie Damron was last seen on September 23rd walking out of her house on the West Road and into the woods in New Sweden.

www.wabi.tv

Search continues for missing New Sweden teen​

Community members have once again come together in the search for missing New Sweden teen, Stefanie Damron.

Search volunteers gathered together at 326 West Road in New Sweden on Saturday morning to begin the search.

Damron has been missing since September 23rd, 2024.

Now, eight months later, with no sightings of Stefanie, people are still searching.

Search volunteers were divided into three groups: physical searchers covering ground, support members assisting outside the search area, and those helping with logistics and communications.

“Stefanie Damron’s been missing for 236 days today. There’s been no sightings of her, nothing at all. They searched: the Maine State Police, the Game Wardens. They had drones, dogs, horses, and people searching 4,500 acres,” said Team Stefanie member and search volunteer, Stacey Baker.

“I think we’ve had a really great turnout in terms of people that have been willing to show up, and I pulled in today and saw the number of people here and was just grateful that these people were willing to give up a beautiful Saturday. I am just grateful they were able to come and that we can hopefully find some answers,” said volunteer Zara Gillis.

No matter what role locals take on, every volunteer helping in the search has one goal: to find Stefanie.

“The child went missing 2 mailboxes up the road, so she’s a neighbor. I’ve been involved since it started. She’s a 13-year-old child that disappeared, just disappeared, like she fell off the face of the earth, and those things don’t happen out here in New Sweden. In every search, we hope for something. This won’t be the last search. We’ll keep looking. Got to keep searching until we find her and know what happened to her.”

To keep up to date on when the next search will be, visit teamstefanie.org.

 

[Takeitfromme]

it's so sad they haven't found her yet