The Disappearance of Kurt Newton (Maine)

Published: May 17, 2021, 7:30 a.m.

MAINE MISSING PERSON, 1975: It was Labor Day weekend 1975 at Natanis Point Campground in Chain of Ponds Township, and the Newton family was celebrating the end of another classic New England summer. For the first few hours, it seemed as though all was right\u2014the biggest concern of the day being who would catch the first trout.\n\nBut that picture-perfect morning, set in the deep, green, remote North Woods of Maine would soon become two parents\u2019 worst nightmare and the beginning of a 46-year-old North Woods mystery that would lead to one of the largest searches in state history and to this day baffle even Maine\u2019s most seasoned wardens.\n\nThis is the disappearance of Kurt Newton.