When 13-year-old Matthew Margolies didn't come home for supper on the night of August 31st, 1984,

police in Greenwich, Connecticut launched a full-scale search, scouring the Pemberwick

Woods and waters of the Byroom River for any sign of the young fishermen.

Despite numerous suspects and abundant evidence over the last 40 years,

police have failed to make an arrest in this senseless crime

that tossed the otherwise idyllic New England town

into a state of chaos. otherwise idyllic New England town

into a state of chaos.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Matthew Margolies

on Dark Down East.

Driving through the Pemberwick section of Greenwich, Connecticut on a summer day in the early 80s, you were pretty much

guaranteed to catch a glimpse of 13-year-old Matthew Margolies. Whether riding his

bike between his house and his grandparents place, posting up outside the Sparta deli,

or traversing the banks of the Byron River with a fishing rod in hand.

Matthew was an ever-present figure in the valley.

Matthew was a skilled angler, even as a young

teen, and he learned much of what he knew about fishing from his grandfather George. By all accounts,

Grandfather George was Matthew's best friend.

They fished on the byroom together not far from their homes, and George taught his grandson

everything he could about the outdoors and survival in the wilderness.

When Matthew's parents divorced in late 1983 and his father moved away,

Matthew became even closer to his grandparents. He lived with his mother and sister only a

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