The Heartbreaking Disappearance of Virginia Sue Pictou Noyes
09/07/22 • 28 min
26-year-old mother of 5 goes missing after a domestic violence assault. Her family continues to fight for justice in a time when missing and murdered Indigenous women are often overlooked.
RESOURCES
“An unending search” by Gloria Flannery, The Bangor Daily News (September 9, 1994)
“Search for woman missing for 18 years re-energized through Facebook” by Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News (January 9, 2012)
“Missing Mi'kmaq woman Virginia Sue Pictou remembered with beadwork” by Molly Woodgate, CBC News (April 22, 2016)
“'We'll bring her home one way or another'” by Rob Csernyik, The Signal (December 16, 2016)
“Families want answers on loved ones, MMIWG commission hears” by Maureen Googoo, The Coast (November 2, 2017)
“Maine police investigate claim long-missing Mi'kmaw mother was murdered” by Jorge Barrera, CBC News (November 29, 2017)
“Facebook Page Hopes to Find Answers for 24-year-old Missing Persons Case” by Ashley Blackford, WABI5 (November 30, 2017)
“Family of missing Easton woman seeks closure after 25 years” by Melissa Lizotte, Fiddlehead Focus (April 25, 2018)
“‘People are angry’: US families feel let down by Indigenous missing unit” by Hallie Golden, The Guardian (April 1, 2022)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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26-year-old mother of 5 goes missing after a domestic violence assault. Her family continues to fight for justice in a time when missing and murdered Indigenous women are often overlooked.
RESOURCES
“An unending search” by Gloria Flannery, The Bangor Daily News (September 9, 1994)
“Search for woman missing for 18 years re-energized through Facebook” by Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News (January 9, 2012)
“Missing Mi'kmaq woman Virginia Sue Pictou remembered with beadwork” by Molly Woodgate, CBC News (April 22, 2016)
“'We'll bring her home one way or another'” by Rob Csernyik, The Signal (December 16, 2016)
“Families want answers on loved ones, MMIWG commission hears” by Maureen Googoo, The Coast (November 2, 2017)
“Maine police investigate claim long-missing Mi'kmaw mother was murdered” by Jorge Barrera, CBC News (November 29, 2017)
“Facebook Page Hopes to Find Answers for 24-year-old Missing Persons Case” by Ashley Blackford, WABI5 (November 30, 2017)
“Family of missing Easton woman seeks closure after 25 years” by Melissa Lizotte, Fiddlehead Focus (April 25, 2018)
“‘People are angry’: US families feel let down by Indigenous missing unit” by Hallie Golden, The Guardian (April 1, 2022)
Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from Pixabay
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The Eerily Similar Murders of Gloria Gomez and Lisa Hullinger
A history of mental illness, domestic abuse, and obsession leads to the brutal murder of a 30-year-old woman. And when police hone in on a suspect, they learn this wasn't the first murder to be committed by them.
RESOURCES
“BREAKUP LED TO SLAYING, RECORDS INDICATE” by Henry Fitzgerald Jr. and Tessie Borden, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (February 19, 1998)
“SUSPECT'S LETTER DEPICTS TORTURED MIND” by Henry Fitzgerald Jr., South Florida Sun-Sentinel (February 20, 1998)
“Man goes on trial in second hammer killing of a woman” from The Tampa Bay Times (March 26, 2002)
“Man Found Guilty in Hammer Murder” from myplainview.com (April 9, 2002)
“CONFESSION DETAILS RAGE OVER BREAKUP” by Paula McMahon, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (April 5, 2002)
“Librarian guilty of first-degree murder” from United Press International (April 10, 2002)
“Man awarded new sentencing hearing in murder case” from The Associated Press (October 27, 2006)
“Muere antiguo bibliotecario de Broward condenado a muerte” by Jennifer Mooney Piedra, El Nuevo Herald (April 29, 2008)
“Forgetting Lisa, Forgetting Gloria” by Robert A. Waters, Kidnapping Murder and Mayhem Blogspot (May 7, 2008)
“Special report: Dying on death row” by Sarah Lundy, Vicki McClure, and staff writers, Orlando Sentinel (February 20, 2009)
POMC History on pomc.org
2009 book Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius by Stella Sands
Music from Pixabay
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The Murders of Sharabia Thomas and Rashawn Brazell by a Suspected Serial Killer
Two teens from the same street in Brooklyn, New York are murdered and dismembered a year apart. A dozen years later, the lead suspect was a neighbor. Has he done this before? Did he have more victims?
RESOURCES
“Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn: Body Parts Found Near Subway Tracks” by Michael Wilson, New York Times (February 18, 2005)
“Worker Finds a Partial Torso in a Brooklyn Recycling Plant” by William K. Rashbaum, New York Times (February 24, 2005)
“Man Sought in Killing and Dismemberment” by Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times (February 19, 2005)
“Body Was Cut Up Expertly, Police Say” by William K. Rashbaum, New York Times (February 26, 2005)
“A Year After a Teenager Was Dismembered, Still No Answer” by Kareem Fahim and John Koblin, New York Times (February 13, 2006)
“A MOTHER’S FIGHT FOR FINDING HER SON’S KILLERS” by Indrani Basu, The Brooklyn Ink (January 20, 2014)
“‘You piece of s–t!’: Murder victim’s family tries to attack suspect in court” by Emily Saul, New York Post (November 17, 2016)
“Breakthrough in Brooklyn Teen's 2004 Murder Like 'Opening a Fresh Wound Once Again'” by Sarah Kaufman, Patch Media (November 21, 2016)
“Accused Killer of Bushwick Teen Says He's Being Framed” by Gwynne Hogan, dnainfo.com (December 5, 2016)
“Cold Case 'Killer' Arraignment Delayed After He Refuses to Be Fingerprinted” by Gwynne Hogan, dnainfo.com (February 22, 2017)
“Obscure 2004 ‘cold case’ may have led PIX11 — and the NYPD — to a serial killer of teens” by Mary Murphy, PIX11 (February 22, 2017)
“Man Held in Cold-Case Death of a Brooklyn Teenager Is Accused in a Second” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (February 22, 2017)
“Brooklyn man arrested in 2nd cold case killing” from Associated Press (February 22, 2017)
“A Dozen Years, 3 Cold-Case Killings and an Arrest in Brooklyn” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (February 26, 2017)
“Alleged Murderer Mouths ‘You Know I Love You' to Victim's Mom at Arraignment” by Erica Byfield, NBC New York (March 3, 2017)
“'Cold-Case Killer' Signed His Victim's Funeral Guest Book, DA Says” by Trevor Kapp, dnainfo.com (March 3, 2017)
“Snakes, a Life of Crime and Eventually Two Murder Charges” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (March 6, 2017)
“Is This Brooklyn’s Jack the Ripper?” by Kelly Weill, The Daily Beast (April 11, 2017)
“Man convicted of 2004 cold case murder of 17-year-old Bushwick girl” from Brooklyn Daily Eagle (August 22, 2018)
“Bushwick man gets 25 to life for 2004 murder of 17-year-old girl” from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (September 7, 2018)
“Girl’s killer tells judge he lost a cousin — who he’s also accused of murdering” by Emily Saul, New York Post (September 7, 2018)
“Suspected serial killer gets 25 years to life in 2004 slaying of Brooklyn teen” by Mary Murphy, PIX11 (September 7, 2018)
“25-to-Life for Rashawn Brazell’s Alleged Killer in Separate Murder” by Duncan Osborne, Gay City News (September 7, 2018)
Kings County court records (May 15, 2019)
“Defense Questions Key Evidence in Rashawn Brazell Murder” by Duncan Osborne, Gay City News (August 14, 2019)
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