Post by LadyBlue on Aug 28, 2007 18:17:50 GMT -5
A private investigator from New Hampshire said his client's son, a 26-year-old Rochester, N.H., man, is the top suspect in the disappearance of Kelly Gorham of Alfred, who has been missing since Aug. 7.
In a telephone interview Wednesday, independent private investigator Robert "Sid" Carlson said he was contacted last Friday by the father of one of Gorham's ex-boyfriends. The father claimed his son Jason had been interviewed at length four times by state police. Carlson would not further disclose the identity of his clients.
Carlson, a retired Massachusetts State Trooper and police detective, said his priority is "to locate Kelly, good or bad" and to see justice served.
"If he's guilty, fine, but there's nothing worse than seeing an innocent person" arrested for something they didn't do, Carlson said. "I want to know the truth."
Carlson said he plans to talk to people and retrace the steps of the Maine State Police.
After 23 years as a police detective and 15 years as a private investigator, Carlson said, "I have pretty good instincts and I have some hard questions for some people, including my client."
The private investigator said he told his client, "'I'm not protecting your son, I'm protecting his rights.'"
According to Carlson, Jason knew Gorham for more than two years, lived with her and was engaged to her until June 17, when she gave him back his ring and asked him to move out.
"A lot of things have been happening since she kicked him out," Carlson said, "and as a detective I say, 'Whoa, it doesn't look good for him.'"
"Maybe he's still in love with her, or maybe he's a murderer. I don't know. But Maine State Police told me, '100 percent, it's him,'" Carlson said. "They're just waiting to find the body."
Lt. Brian McDonough of the Maine State Police Criminal Investigation Division denied those claims, saying, "We don't talk about suspects. No one has been charged. The investigation is ongoing and it is a very active investigation."
Carlson said his client is frustrated with the attention being paid to his son by Maine State Police and is irritated with the patrol cars and police vans constantly cruising by his house in Rochester, N.H., where he lives with his 26-year-old son.
The family has been very cooperative, Carlson said, and his client, the father, turned his car over to Maine State Police, because it matched the description of the red car two witnesses saw Gorham enter outside her apartment in Alfred around 6 p.m. Aug. 7.
Carlson said his client's car is red, but the son's car is green and "that was parked in his father's driveway in New Hampshire" at the time Gorham disappeared.
"There are two other ex-boyfriends who have proven violent tendencies," Carlson said. "I want to find out who was driving that red car. There were two witnesses. You'd think (the state police) would have shown them Jason's picture and asked, 'Was this the guy?'"
According to police, a large-scale search that included seven teams of more than 40 state police, wardens, dogs and members of the civil air patrol turned up "some evidence" Saturday and Sunday.
In an earlier interview with Current Publishing, Lt. McDonough would not specify what was found and declined comment on what value the retrieved item or items hold.
While McDonough would not say whether investigators have a suspect in the nursing student's disappearance, he did say police hoped to "resolve it soon."
"We're very concerned about her well-being," McDonough said.
The case may require additional searches, he added, but for now the search has been put on hold pending further investigation.
State police said Gorham was last seen at her apartment complex in Alfred around 11 p.m. on Aug. 7.
Gorham, a 30-year-old intern at Maine Medical Center, never appeared at work on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Contrary to previously published information, according to universit officials, Gorham does not attend the University of Southern Maine.
Her disappearance is being characterized by police as suspicious because Gorham's failure to show up for work is "very out of character. She isn't just someone who would just wander off," State Police Sgt. Walter Gryzb said last week.
McDonough said police held off on the large-scale search until they could gather enough information from interviews and other intelligence to determine where they should focus their efforts.
Police have interviewed Gorham's friends, family, boyfriends and ex-boyfriends and all have been cooperative, McDonough said.
According to the state police, Gorham is single, has no children and lives by herself. She is a lifelong resident of the Alfred-Waterboro area and graduated from Massabesic High School. Her mother resides in Waterboro.
Anyone who may have information about Gorham is asked to call Lt. Brian McDonough at 324-1150.
www.keepmecurrent.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=41913
In a telephone interview Wednesday, independent private investigator Robert "Sid" Carlson said he was contacted last Friday by the father of one of Gorham's ex-boyfriends. The father claimed his son Jason had been interviewed at length four times by state police. Carlson would not further disclose the identity of his clients.
Carlson, a retired Massachusetts State Trooper and police detective, said his priority is "to locate Kelly, good or bad" and to see justice served.
"If he's guilty, fine, but there's nothing worse than seeing an innocent person" arrested for something they didn't do, Carlson said. "I want to know the truth."
Carlson said he plans to talk to people and retrace the steps of the Maine State Police.
After 23 years as a police detective and 15 years as a private investigator, Carlson said, "I have pretty good instincts and I have some hard questions for some people, including my client."
The private investigator said he told his client, "'I'm not protecting your son, I'm protecting his rights.'"
According to Carlson, Jason knew Gorham for more than two years, lived with her and was engaged to her until June 17, when she gave him back his ring and asked him to move out.
"A lot of things have been happening since she kicked him out," Carlson said, "and as a detective I say, 'Whoa, it doesn't look good for him.'"
"Maybe he's still in love with her, or maybe he's a murderer. I don't know. But Maine State Police told me, '100 percent, it's him,'" Carlson said. "They're just waiting to find the body."
Lt. Brian McDonough of the Maine State Police Criminal Investigation Division denied those claims, saying, "We don't talk about suspects. No one has been charged. The investigation is ongoing and it is a very active investigation."
Carlson said his client is frustrated with the attention being paid to his son by Maine State Police and is irritated with the patrol cars and police vans constantly cruising by his house in Rochester, N.H., where he lives with his 26-year-old son.
The family has been very cooperative, Carlson said, and his client, the father, turned his car over to Maine State Police, because it matched the description of the red car two witnesses saw Gorham enter outside her apartment in Alfred around 6 p.m. Aug. 7.
Carlson said his client's car is red, but the son's car is green and "that was parked in his father's driveway in New Hampshire" at the time Gorham disappeared.
"There are two other ex-boyfriends who have proven violent tendencies," Carlson said. "I want to find out who was driving that red car. There were two witnesses. You'd think (the state police) would have shown them Jason's picture and asked, 'Was this the guy?'"
According to police, a large-scale search that included seven teams of more than 40 state police, wardens, dogs and members of the civil air patrol turned up "some evidence" Saturday and Sunday.
In an earlier interview with Current Publishing, Lt. McDonough would not specify what was found and declined comment on what value the retrieved item or items hold.
While McDonough would not say whether investigators have a suspect in the nursing student's disappearance, he did say police hoped to "resolve it soon."
"We're very concerned about her well-being," McDonough said.
The case may require additional searches, he added, but for now the search has been put on hold pending further investigation.
State police said Gorham was last seen at her apartment complex in Alfred around 11 p.m. on Aug. 7.
Gorham, a 30-year-old intern at Maine Medical Center, never appeared at work on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Contrary to previously published information, according to universit officials, Gorham does not attend the University of Southern Maine.
Her disappearance is being characterized by police as suspicious because Gorham's failure to show up for work is "very out of character. She isn't just someone who would just wander off," State Police Sgt. Walter Gryzb said last week.
McDonough said police held off on the large-scale search until they could gather enough information from interviews and other intelligence to determine where they should focus their efforts.
Police have interviewed Gorham's friends, family, boyfriends and ex-boyfriends and all have been cooperative, McDonough said.
According to the state police, Gorham is single, has no children and lives by herself. She is a lifelong resident of the Alfred-Waterboro area and graduated from Massabesic High School. Her mother resides in Waterboro.
Anyone who may have information about Gorham is asked to call Lt. Brian McDonough at 324-1150.
www.keepmecurrent.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=41913