Ellen Schott was ready to start her new job, so ready that she hopped a train from Philadelphia

to Boston just hours after she graduated to get a jump start on her new journey to Maine.

It was midnight when Ellen took her seat on that train heading north,

hoping that once in Massachusetts, she'd find a ride to Bangor where her house, car, and a new

role as a Montessori teacher was waiting for her.

That was June 1st, 1975, the last time anyone saw Ellen Chote alive.

Ellen's name remains on the main state police unsolved homicide list all these decades later

one of two long-standing cases without resolution in Newport, Maine from 1975.

From the start of the investigation detectives considered possible ties to

numerous other homicides in the area. What was happening in

Sebastian Cook Valley in the mid-1970s?

Who is responsible for these violent crimes?

And will these cases ever get the conclusion they deserve.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Ellen Chote

on Dark Down East. She was always very sure of herself, confident and independent.

24-year-old Ellen Linda Choate knew what she wanted and was determined to get it,

whatever hurdle may land in her path. As a high school student at

Pencrest High School in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Ellen was a high

achieving student. She'd been inducted into the National Honor Society and was a member of the

Junior Historian Club. She'd received a Good Citizen Award from the

Daughters of the American Revolution.

Ellen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to attend Raven Hill Academy

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