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1978 - Kennebunk, Maine.\nOn a hot summer day in July of 1978, a group of young sky divers made a chilling discovery as they flew over the skies of Gracie Evans Field in Lyman\u2014the lifeless body of a young woman.\xa0\nHer death was quickly ruled a homicide, and news spread like wildfire through the neighboring coastal Maine towns. The woman was identified as Mary Ellen Tanner, who had just celebrated her 18th birthday just weeks prior.\xa0\nMary was last seen on the evening of Friday, July 7th, 1978 on the Mousam River Bridge in the center of town, hitchhiking her way home, which was just a short distance away.\xa0\nBut Mary was holding onto a secret\u2026 and investigators couldn\u2019t help but wonder if this gave her killer a motive to pick her up that night.\xa0\nWhat happened to Mary Ellen Tanner?\n\nSupport Murder, She Told here.\nDetailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com\nConnect on Instagram and Facebook and TikTok.\nBlog: https://murdershetold.com/episodes/mary-tanner\n\nIf you have any information on the murder of Mary Ellen Tanner, please contact Maine State Police, Major Crimes Unit South at 207-624-7076 or leave a tip here.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices