Who Killed Holly Piiranien?

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today’s case takes us back to the summer of August 5th, 1993, 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 Globehttps://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-resolutionhttps://www.masslive.com/news/2018/08/25th_anniversary_of_holly_piir.htmlhttps://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	Mike and Alyssa are always trying to outdo each other.
0:03.2	When Alyssa got a small water bottle, Mike showed up with a four-liter jug.
0:07.5	When Mike started gardening, Alyssa started beekeeping.
0:11.1	Oh, come on.
0:12.4	They called a truce for their holiday and used Expedia trip planner to collaborate on all the details of their trip.
0:18.4	Once there, Mike still did more laps around the pool.
0:21.7	Whatever.
0:22.9	You were made to outdo your holidays.
0:25.3	We were made to help organize the competition.
0:28.1	Expedia, made to travel.
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1:00.4	It's hard to realize that it's been 25 years.
1:03.2	It seems like it was last year.
1:04.8	We're looking for those people that might not have come forward 24 years ago.
1:13.8	Thought, yeah, maybe I saw something and it meant something, but it's just been in the back of their mind all this time.
1:17.6	It was just a sweet, sweet person, and, you know, we miss her.
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