It took over 10 years for remains found in the woods of Staceyville, Maine to finally be identified.

Thanks to a true crime podcast, a listener who trusted her gut and DNA testing,

Mr. Ruth finally had his identity back. With a name and a face to a man previously known only

as the Staceyville John Doe, one main reporter

was tasked with learning more about Christopher Roof.

It started with a survey of property records in Concord, Massachusetts,

but Alex McDougal's research took him far beyond New England to another undetermined death in the same family, decades earlier and over 3,000 miles away.

It just makes for a fascinating case

that this ended up being sort of connection

to this original missing person's case from 1979.

If you haven't already, go back one episode

to hear the story of Christopher Ruth.

Because in this episode, we're taking a look

at the connection Alex McDougal uncovered and the

curious life of Christopher Roof's mother, Marcia Moore. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is

dark down east. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is Dark Down East. The positive ID of Christopher Roof in Staceyville, Maine in mid-September 2021

came at a particularly busy time for crime headlines both locally and nationally.

We were coming off of the media blitz surrounding the Gabby Petito case,

and we're still watching and waiting as Dog the Bounty Hunter searched for her

former fiance Brian Laundry. The remains of Annelese Heineg were discovered in

Falmouth after nearly two years of searching.

Two separate discoveries of human remains at landfills in New Hampshire and Maine

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