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Early on the morning of May 24, 1989, a man named Lenny got to his job at Bath Iron Works,

out on a Portland wharf.

He had to pee, and someone was in the warehouse's one bathroom.

So he pushed open the back door that opened onto the pier.

He stepped behind a dumpster for some privacy and stopped.

There on the weather-beaten dock was a large pool of blood.

A few feet away was a pack of Marlborough cigarettes,

smeared with blood,

a single earring,

and a pair of black high heels.

It felt weird, said Lenny.

It felt off.

So he went and notified the security guard on duty, who then called the Portland Police Department.

Officer Alan McIntyre arrived on scene and quickly identified bloody drag marks that led to the edge of the dock.

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