The more time I spend digging into homicide and missing persons cases in Maine and New England,

the more I am left speechless at the secrets kept hidden, secrets that span decades and generations,

and the lengths that some people will go to keep them locked away.

For nearly three decades, the family of Kitty Collins Wardwell hoped that the whereabouts of their daughter,

sister and mother would be revealed, and the secret of what happened to the smart,

beautiful Kitty would come out into the light.

But they wouldn't learn the truth about Kitty until someone else passed away unexpectedly,

28 years later.

You won't find her name on the Maine State Police unsolved case list anymore,

as cases like Kitty's are excluded.

When there is evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that the person responsible is dead,

but the death of a key individual is not a true resolution for Kitty Wardwell.

Is someone out there still walking the streets of Maine,

holding on to information that could uncover the secret of why Kitty disappeared,

and the person, or persons, responsible?

I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Kitty Wardwell, on Dark Down East.

Kitty Collins was born to her parents, Forest Collins Senior,

and Ruby Collins Dowdy in Bangor, Maine on July 1, 1953.

She grew up in Deadam, Maine, a small town east of Bangor,

historically well known for the 1961 crash of a Cold War airplane on Bald Mountain within town limits.

The fuselage remains on the mountainside, a shredded metal memorial,

to the two men whose lives were lost in the accident.

...