Brianna Alexandra Maitland had life sparkling in her eyes. She was happy and spontaneous. She was very open and friendly and saw everyone in a good light.
She was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 8th, 1986 to Bruce and Kelly Maitland. She was raised with her older brother on their parents' farm near the U.S.-Canadian border. She was extensively trained in a Japanese close combat, martial art known as jiu-jitsu. She attended Missisquoi Valley Union High School before transferring to Enosburg Falls High School in Enosburg Falls during her sophomore year.
On her 17th birthday in 2003, Brianna decided she wanted more independence, so she moved in with her friends who lived 15 miles away. She enrolled at her friends' high school. Her living arrangements were unstable as she moved in and out of several friends' homes. By the end of February 2004, she had dropped out of school and moved in with her childhood friend, Jillian Stout, in Sheldon, Vermont. To complete her education, Brianna enrolled in a GED program.
About three weeks before her disappearance, Brianna was at a party when she was attacked by a girl named Keallie Lacross. Some say that the fight stemmed from jealousy over a boy at the party. For some known reason, Brianna didn't defend herself or fight back and was subsequently hit in the face several times while she was seated in a truck.
After the attack she went to the hospital and receive treatment for a concussion, a broken nose, facial cuts and two black eyes. She filed a criminal complaint against her alleged attacker, but it was dropped after she disappeared.
On March 20th, Brianna's vehicle, a pale green four-door 1985 Oldsmobile sedan, was found back into the side of a abandoned house on Route 118 in Richford, about a mile from the Black Lantern Inn. Known locally as "the old Dutchburn house," the siding of the home had been breached by the rear end of the car. A piece of plywood that had been covering a window lay on the car's trunk. The car doors were unlocked and Briana's paychecks were on the front seat of the car. Her ATM card, wallet, glasses, contact lens case, and migraine medication had also been left inside. Outside it, law enforcement observed loose change, a water bottle, and an unsmoked cigarette. A woman's fleece jacket was found in a field near Brianna's car, but it apparently did not belong to her. It was assumed the car had been abandoned by a drunk driver, and a towing company took the vehicle to a local garage.
The friend that Brianna was supposedly staying with called Brianna's parents on March 23 and found out Brianna wasn't there. That is when she was reported missing. Thursday, March 25, Kellie and Bruce gave photos of Brianna to Vermont State Police in St. Albans. They were showed the picture of the car that crashed at the Dutchburn house and identified is the one that Brianna drove.
The Maitland family additionally reported that they had received several uncorroborated anonymous phone calls from persons claiming Brianna was "tied to a tree in the woods," and that she had been disposed of at the bottom of a lake.
In March 2016, investigators revealed to a local television station they had recovered DNA samples from Brianna's car. The results of the DNA tests were not made public. In July 2016, the farmhouse where Brianna's vehicle was discovered was destroyed in a fire.
At the time of her disappearance Briana was between 5'3 - 5'5, 105 to 118 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She had a faint scar extending from her left eyebrow to her forehead. Her left nostril was pierced. She wore a small ring or stud in it at the time of her disappearance. She wears contact lenses, but they were left behind when she vanished along with her glasses.
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