MOLLY BISH CASE - LOCATED DECEASED

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Molly Bish was abducted on June 27, 2000 from Comins Pond in Warren, MA where she worked as a lifeguard. Molly was 16 years old at the time of her abduction. The efforts of law enforcement, the media and community in the search for Molly were unprecedented and deeply appreciated. The extensive search for Molly came to its end June 9, 2003 just five miles from her family home. An intensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding Molly's abduction and fate is ongoing.
MOLLY'S BODY WAS FOUND JUNE 9, 2004 in a wooded area five miles from home.

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AMW MISSING DATA FILE FOR
Molly Ann Bish
DECEASED
Recovered , Jun 09, 2003

Molly Vanishes From Lifeguard Post

Magi Bish had no idea that on the morning of June 27, 2000, when she dropped her daughter Molly off at the local swimming pond, that it would be the last time anyone would ever see the teenager alive. The following six years have been nothing less than a rollercoaster for the Bish family and their Warren, Mass. community.

The two arrived just before 10 a.m. Magi says the lot was empty, except for a dump truck dropping off a load of sand. Just a week before, Molly had started a summer job as a lifeguard there.



About 20 minutes later, a local resident arrived at the pond with her kids. She told police that everything appeared normal: Molly's first-aid kit was wide open, her backpack was on the bench, her towel was draped over the back of the chair and her sandals were in the front.

Another hour passed. Molly's boss, Parks Commissioner Ed Fett, then showed up and realized Molly wasn't there. He also noticed her sandals and the opened first-aid kit. Wondering where the dependable Molly could be, he called the police.


"She never would just leave her job. We knew it," says Magi. "We knew. And I kept saying something is very wrong."

Police Unsure About Molly's Disappearance

By the time the Warren police arrived Molly had been missing for more than three hours.



Police at first suspected that Molly had simply abandoned her post to go and hang out with her friends. But for people who knew Molly, that sounded almost impossible.



Later that afternoon, when it finally became clear to police that Molly wasn't with her boyfriend or any of her buddies, they moved on to what they considered the next logical possibility, foul play.

By late that afternoon, the Massachusetts State Police had taken over the investigation. Over the next few days, they launched a massive search. A battalion of volunteers from the local area also helped search for Molly.



After the biggest, most costly search in Massachusetts history, the Bish family still had no answers.






Mystery Man

Magi Bish believes exactly 24 hours before Molly disappeared, she may have seen the man who abducted her. It goes back to the morning before Molly vanished, when Magi Bish saw a man sitting alone in a white car in the parking lot. She waited for 20 minutes, until the man drove off. Then, Magi says, she put the incident out of her mind until the next day.



The man had dark hair, salt and peppered, though he was between maybe 45 and 55, she thinks. Police have released two composite sketches.



Police discovered that Magi Bish wasn't the only one who had seen a white car in the vicinity. Other witnesses also spotted a white car- first, near a car wash at the base of Comins Pond Road. And later, at the end of a trail from the beach to the cemetery.



Police are still searching for the mystery man and the white car.

Molly was John and Magi Bish's third and youngest child. She had just completed her junior year of high school. A varsity athlete, Molly had always been a goal-oriented girl and never a stranger to hard work. Who would want to harm the young girl? That's the question John and Magi need to have answered.

Physical Description:

Sex Female

Race White

Age at Disappearance 16

Age Now 24

Date of Death Jun 2000 - Jul 2000

Age Range at Time of Death 16 - 16

Height 5'7"

Weight 127 lbs

Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair) Blond


Eyes (Color and Correction) Blue




Other Physical Characteristics Last seen wearing plaid boxer shorts (red, blue, and green), a blue one-piece bathing suit with white lines in it, and a pink tank top

Recovered
Jun 09, 2003
Molly's Remains Found
After three years of searching, the remains of Molly Bish were identified June 9th, 2003. Human bones and teeth were found only miles away from the pond where the teenager worked.
There were two types of idenitification that confirmed the remains were Molly's. Police say bones from a left arm and right shin were found in the wooded search area and subsequently tested for DNA. Dental records compared to a tooth found led to the identification of Molly.

It was the news that Molly's parents, John and Magi, had been dreading. Over the next few days, more discoveries were made including another rib and vertebrae, bringing to twenty the total number of bones found. Finally, on June 9th, investigators confirmed that the remains were those of Molly. The search for Molly Bish has ended, but for her family, the search for Molly's killer feels more urgent than ever.

Molly Bish was laid to rest on August 2, 2003, which would have been her 20th birthday.