Holly Piiranien: 30 Years Unsolved...

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Holly Kristen Piirainen, kidnapped and murdered 30 Years, and the case remains unsolved. Today’s case takes us back to the summer of August 5th, 1993, in Sturbridge, Mass. 10-year-old Holly Piiranian is on a family vacation visiting her grandmother when she was abducted in the middle of the day. Holly Kristen Piirainen was a 10-year-old American murder victim from Grafton, Massachusetts. She was a typical young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. She went with her brother to visit some puppies walking down South Shore Drive in Sturbridge to the intersection of Allen Road Her brother returned to the cottage, but Holly had disappeared. All that was found was a shoe of hers by the side of the road. Months later on October 23rd, her remains were found by hunters in a wooded area in the nearby town of Brimfield. Anyone with information about Holly’s murder is asked to e-mail Thomas.w.sullivan3@massmail.state.ma.us or call the Hampden County State Police Detective Unit at 413-505-5993. People are also welcome to text information to “CRIMES” (274637) with the subject line “SOLVE Holly Piirainen.” A $40,000 reward is being offered for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. Sources: ABC News GO, Masslive.com, WCLB, Telegram & Gazette, Boston Globe https://youtu.be/67wf8hvLPyw?si=UMqZFNHZ285hKICO https://youtu.be/RU3S0coGffc?si=j7xpajn2HQq9acdc https://youtu.be/UvSc1HMGd38?si=-jaWRGdO4ogN5tVt https://youtu.be/kZfmw0a9_yU?si=3ydh9U9O9wkg6E2J https://youtu.be/RJlkuouLLrY?si=DXUulL7RB3YZZGwT https://thisweekinworcester.com/holly-piiaranens-family-still-looks-for-clues-26-years-after-her-disappearance-death/ https://www.telegram.com/news/20180802/25-years-after-holly-piirainen-slaying-family-continues-to-push-for-resolution https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/08/25th_anniversary_of_holly_piir.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/21/family-holly-piirainen-hosts-tip-campaign-anniversary-her-disappearance/DnhH2V8bunjWOd9basLxlI/story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slow Burn Media and Evergreen Podcast presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.
0:14.0	Holy Piranian was abducted during a family vacation in Sturbridge on August 5, 1993.
0:22.4	Her body was found a few months later in Brinfield.
0:26.3	Answers on who did it are still unknown.
0:28.9	What started as a 10-year-old walking to her grandparents' neighbor's house to see puppies
0:33.1	with her younger brother led to her never coming back.
0:36.9	This past February, the Hamden District Attorney's
0:39.4	Office released new evidence to the public, a tanktop found at the crime scene with the hopes
0:44.3	of sparking new leads. Kaylee, Holly was just 10 years old when she disappeared after going
0:51.4	on a walk on August 5th of 1993.
0:59.0	She was vacationing with her father and other family members at a cottage in Sturbridge.
1:04.7	Her father last saw her going towards homes in Allen and South Shore Road area to play with puppies.
1:08.7	And when she didn't come home, her father began searching and reported her missing.
1:11.8	While searching, he found her sneaker on South Shore Road and her body was found by hunters in a wooded area of Five Bridge Road in Brimfield on October 23rd of 1993.
1:19.9	The Hampton County District Attorney says they will continue to investigate and get answer for Holly's family.
1:25.9	We are seeking the public's assistance for any information about this shirt.
1:33.6	We are interested in determining who owned the shirt, its origin or places where it was known
1:40.5	to be sold, anything about its manufacture, or any information regarding its
1:47.2	association with the area where Holly was found in the Five Bridge Road area of Brimfield.
1:54.8	Ten-year-old Holly Peranian is always in the hearts and on the minds of her family.
2:00.0	Even decades after the horrific crime that
2:02.2	still haunts her aunt, Carla Jackman, to this day.
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