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ME STEFANIE DAMRON: Missing from New Sweden, ME - 23 Sept 2024 - Age 13 (2 Viewers)

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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
 
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Takeitfromme said:
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
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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.
 
Guess Who said:
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.
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i agree..... she could have taken off OR something more happened between her and her sibling and family cover up..... idk
 
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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
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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.
 
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
 
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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
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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.”
 
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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...
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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.
 
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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.
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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.
 
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Community calls to renew search for Aroostook County teen missing for nearly 300 days

Stefanie Damron, 14, was reported missing by her family on Sept. 24, 2024.
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Community calls to renew search for Aroostook County teen missing for nearly 300 days​

Community members are asking for the public's help in renewing search efforts for a missing Aroostook County teenager last seen nearly 300 days ago.


Christie Rand, a volunteer advocate, shared with NEWS CENTER Maine that as the 300-day mark approaches, community members are hoping to spread awareness to bring Stefanie home.

"With no confirmed sightings or updates, those following the case urge members of the press and public to keep sharing Stefanie’s story to increase the chances of generating new leads," Rand wrote. "Attention matters—and it could be what helps bring this missing child home."

Rand added that community members have tried to spread awareness online through "Finding Stefanie Damron" and "Letters to Stefanie" pages, and flyers.

The FBI announced in December that it is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to Stefanie's safe return or the arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in her disappearance.
 
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Maine marks 1 year since teen girl vanished from New Sweden home

Police say 14-year-old Stefanie Damron was last seen on September 23, 2024, leaving her house on West Road in New Sweden.
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Maine marks 1 year since teen girl vanished from New Sweden home
It has been one year since a 14-year-old Maine girl vanished from her family’s home in New Sweden.

Police say 14-year-old Stefanie Damron was last seen on September 23, 2024, leaving her house on West Road in New Sweden and walking into the woods. She was reported missing on September 24, 2024.

On Dec. 2, 2024, the FBI and Maine State Police offered a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the safe return of Damron and/or the arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in her disappearance.

The FBI says despite extensive investigative efforts, including a neighborhood canvas and video search, along with an expansive grid search utilizing canines by the Maine Warden Service and Maine State Police, Stefanie remains missing.

Investigators say they have also conducted dozens of interviews, and followed up on potential leads in Maine, across the country, and in Canada.

According to the group Friends of Stefanie, the missing girl’s father says their family had prior involvement with Child Protective Services (CPS) in Texas, which resulted in the parents’ losing custody of the children for six months.

After they were reunited, the family of nine relocated to a large, remote plot of land in New Sweden, Maine, where they constructed a homemade 200-square-foot hybrid of a yurt and geodesic dome, according to the Friends of Stefanie.

It is unclear if Maine DHHS was involved with the family.

In the year since her disappearance, there have been no confirmed sightings of Damron.
 
A year today she was reported missing. Why did they wait till the next day to report it? Why didn't they help in the search?

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Searching for Stefanie Damron | Federal Bureau of Investigation

On the anniversary of her disappearance, we ask the public to help bring Stefanie Damron safely back home.
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Searching for Stefanie Damron​

The FBI is offering a reward up to $15,000 in case of missing teen
Stefanie Damron was last seen on September 23, 2024.

Photos of Stefanie Damron (photo on right taken in 2022).

Growing up "off the grid" in rural Maine, 13-year-old Stefanie Damron was no stranger to navigating the forests around her family home. But something was wrong when she walked into the woods on September 23, 2024, and didn’t return. There have been no confirmed sightings of her since.
The FBI along with Maine State Police have been searching for Stefanie—on the anniversary of her disappearance, we ask the public to come forward with any information that can help bring Stefanie safely back home.

Meet Stefanie​

Stefanie Earleen-Jenn Damron was born on October 6, 2010, in Beckley, West Virginia. She grew up with her parents and five siblings, along with a non-related elderly male who is treated as a grandfather figure.
Stefanie and her family lived in West Virginia, Texas, and Illinois, before moving to New Sweden, Maine, their current residence and where Stefanie was living before she disappeared. In New Sweden, the family has over 20 acres of land. They have resided in a wooden yurt—there is no running water or indoor plumbing, but a generator provides some power. At times, the family has stayed with a family friend or "uncle" figure who lives up the road.
All of the Damron children have been home-schooled from a young age and appear to have had little interaction with other family and friends outside of their immediate circle.

"We're hoping for the best outcome—to find Stefanie alive."​

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Jose Rodriguez Aguilar, special agent, FBI Boston​

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"Her upbringing, from what we’ve concluded, has been very off the grid," said FBI Boston Special Agent Jose Rodriguez Aguilar, who’s part of the team investigating Stefanie’s disappearance. "It has been very untenable at times, with many Child Protective Services (CPS) reports filed for not only Stefanie, but the other siblings, as well. The parents didn't like to expose their children to the public that often. And so, in some regard, that kept the children pretty sheltered, and their parents decided to teach and educate them however they saw fit within their land that they lived on."
In regards to why the family lived this way, "In speaking with the father, Christopher Damron, he articulated that that's kind of just how he wanted to raise his family in terms of moving from place to place, living off grid, and living kind of the way they did," said Aguilar. "I think it was a parental choice in that regard."
In the past, Stefanie had run away. But from what her parents relayed, "Stefanie was known to walk through the woods and was known to sometimes disappear for a couple hours at a time," explained Aguilar. "As someone who grew up in the woods, she was pretty familiar with the area that she lived in. She was known to walk up to a couple miles at a time. So, it wouldn't have been foreign for her to have so-called run away and then reappear a couple hours later in the day."

Missing Person: Stefanie Damron​

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Stefanie Goes Missing ​

Sometime in the afternoon on September 23, 2024, Stefanie and one of her sisters reportedly got into an argument. Stefanie walked off and into the woods. Her parents were away at the time, and only some of Stefanie’s siblings and her grandfather were home.
"When the parents came back, Stefanie was not there," said Aguilar. "Essentially, they tried to look for her but believed, as in previous cases when she went for walks in the woods, she would return home within a few hours. Unfortunately, that was not the case this time."
Stefanie’s parents contacted the Maine State Police, and a few days later, the FBI arrived to assist. The FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment—or CARD team—went to work. Investigators conducted a neighborhood canvas and video search, and since Stefanie’s disappearance, the FBI and Maine State Police, along with additional volunteers have covered thousands of acres searching for Stefanie. They have followed up on leads in Maine, across the country, and even in Canada.

The FBI and Maine State Police have conducted extensive ground searches for Stefanie since she disappeared.

The FBI and Maine State Police have conducted extensive ground searches for Stefanie since she disappeared.

Aguilar explained how Stefanie’s disappearance has taken a toll on her family, as well as the local community.
"We spent an extensive amount of time with Stefanie’s family. As one can imagine, the disappearance of a child is traumatic. The reactions are going to vary depending on the person, and there's not a specific playbook as to how a parent is going to react to their child missing. In the interactions I've had with Stefanie’s family, it’s been very traumatic for them, and they want answers.
In the local community, people were shaken by Stefanie’s disappearance and have been left feeling unsafe. They are wondering if they should let their kids go play with other kids in fear that their kid might not return for some reason."
If you have any information about Stefanie, please immediately call the Maine State Police Houlton Barracks at 1-800-824-2261 or 207-532-5400. You may also contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, your local FBI office, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
Stefanie was last seen wearing blue jeans, a long-sleeved blue shirt, and black Harley Davidson hiking boots. At the time of her disappearance, she was 5’0” and 130 pounds, with brown, shoulder-length hair. She would now be 14 years old.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the safe return of Stefanie and/or information leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in her disappearance.
"The search continues. We have a job to do," said Aguilar. "And we're going to do that job with good conviction, working with every agency involved. I would urge the public to continue the search effort and to keep the case alive by pushing the story out to the media and social media and sharing the search for Stefanie with friends and family, even if they’re in other states. It's super important that the case doesn't just die off as another number, so to speak. We're hoping for the best outcome—to find Stefanie alive."


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