In April of 2021, I was sitting up to the dining room table at Richard Moreau's house

for the first time.

It was also my first in-person interview for Dark Down East.

Starting this podcast in the midst of the pandemic, kept all my earlier conversations virtual,

but for this one, I made the track from Portland to J-Main.

With my microphones all packed up, ready to learn more about this family who had been searching

for answers and fighting for justice for over three decades.

Kimberly Moreau was 17 years old when she disappeared from her small hometown of J-Main.

Over 35 years have passed since that night in May of 1986, when she stepped out the

door of her home and into a waiting car to continue her night with friends, friends

who were among the last people to see Kim alive.

I released Kim's story in two parts on Dark Down East last year.

It was the 35th anniversary of her disappearance, a somber number to recognize for Kim's family

and the community.

Everyone in town and across the state seems to know Kim's name, and you can't drive

through the western counties of Maine without seeing Kimberly Moreau's face.

Her father started hanging posters with Kim's photo around town in 1986, and with

the help of friends and family, new versions of those posters go up every single year.

Since that first meeting, I stayed in touch with Kim's father, Richard, her sisters, Diane

and Karen, and the friends who support the family in their efforts to bring this case

through a conclusion.

The response to the two-part series I released about Kim Moreau on Dark Down East was

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