Zachary Wells, 21 and Prescott Wright, 23, Missing Since December 20, 2012 - Kennebunkport, ME

MISSING STUDENTS: Zachary Wells, 21 and Prescott Wright, 23 - Kennebunkport, MAINE (students at Landing Boat School in Arundel)



http://thelostnmissing.blogspot.com/2012/12/missing-students-zachary-wells-21-and.html?spref=tw


Kennebunkport police searching for two missing men

Police: Men were students at Landing Boat School in Arundel

UPDATED 4:16 PM EST Dec 22, 2012

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine —The Kennebunkport Police Department says it is asking for the public's help in finding two men who were last seen on Thursday.

According to police, 21-year-old Zachary Wells and 23-year-old Prescott Wright were last seen at 5 Mills Road in Kennebunkport around midnight Thursday.

According to Kennebunkport police chief Craig Sanford, Wells and Wright were last seen hanging out with friends at the home.

Sanford said it is not known when or how the men left the home. Authorities assume they left together. Both men may have been intoxicated when they were last seen.

Read more: http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/York-County/Kennebunkport-police-searching-for-two-missing-men/-/9284124/17876666/-/12cftvh/-/index.html#ixzz2G2bOuVjN


If anyone has any information about where these two men are, they are asked to call the Kennebunkport Police Department at 207-967-2454.

Lack of leads in missing students case baffles, frustrates police

By Joey Cresta
jcresta@seacoastonline.com
December 23, 2012 - 1:04 PM

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — The town’s police chief expressed frustration at the lack of leads as the search for two missing boat school students continued Sunday.

Police Chief Craig Sanford said Maine Marine Patrol is searching the waters, officers are searching on foot and a Maine Warden Service plane is conducting flyovers in the search for Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23. Both students of The Landing School in Arundel, Maine, they were last seen at 5 Mills Road in Kennebunkport on Dec. 20 around midnight.

Read more:

http://m.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121223/NEWS/121229887/-1/WAP&template=wapart

Missing Yacht School Friends: Police Find Clothing on Small Island

Dec 24, 2012 2:49pm
By Alyssa Newcomb


Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright, both students at The Landing School in Arundel, Me., were last seen Thursday night. (Image Credit: Kennebunkport Police Department)

Clothing items believed to belong to two missing yacht school friends were found on the rocks of a small island off the coast of Maine, Kennebunkport police said today.

Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen hanging out at a home in the seaside community on Thursday, police chief Craig Sanford said.

The disappearance of the two friends baffled authorities, who have searched by air, water and in wooded areas for the men.

Read more:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/missing-yacht-school-friends-police-find-clothing-on-small-island/

Yacht Friends Missing: Police Continue Search for Zachary Wells & Prescott Wright in Kennebunkport, Maine

By Katie McFadden
Updated: Dec 24, 2012 02:03 PM EST

Two friends who attend yacht school together went missing in Kennebunkport, Maine.(Photo : Wikimedia)

Two friends who study yacht design are missing and authorities are looking for traces of them.

Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen drinking a beer with some friend at Well' home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Both Wells and Wright attend The Landing School where they study boat building and yacht design, according to ABC.

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It seems that both men left the home together but it is not known when or how. Only one of them owns a car and it remains in the driveway.

Police spent all weekend looking for a trace of the men. As of Monday, their clothing was found on an island near Kennebunkport.

Police are continuing to do flyovers of the area at low tide where the clothing was found.

Read more:

http://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/4023/20121224/yacht-friends-missing-police-continue-search-zachary-wells-prescott-wright-in-kennebunkport-maine.htm

Police launch massive search for two student friends who vanished in the night in 'one of the strangest cases cops have ever seen'Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright last seen at house party on Wednesday

.Did not turn up to classes on Thursday or Friday
.Left their phones, wallets and vehicles at the house
.Police do not suspect foul play but searches have turned up nothing

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 09:07 EST, 24 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:19 EST, 24 December 2012

Police have been left baffled after two friends mysteriously vanished without a trace following a small party at one of their homes five days ago.

Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen drinking beer at Wells' home in Kennebunkport, Maine around midnight on Wednesday.

Last seen: Friends saw the two men at midnight on Wednesday at Wells' home, pictured, but when one of his roommates awoke at 4am and went downstairs to turn off a radio, they were gone

Authorities found no signs of a disturbance at the home. One of the men owns a vehicle but it remained parked in the driveway of the house. Witnesses said the men appeared drunk.

Robert DeColfmacker, president of the Landing School, told the Portland Press Herald that Wells' roommates said the two men had left their cellphones and wallets at the home.

Students: They attend The Landing School, pictured, where they study boat building and yacht design

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2252832/Zachary-Wells-Prescott-Wright-Police-baffled-disappearance-friends.html

Zachary Wells, 21, of Kennebunkport and Prescott Wright, 23, of Kennebunk were last seen at 5 Mills Road in Kennebunkport before they went missing late Wednesday night following a party.

Pictures at link:

http://mainetoday.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1586632&CategoryID=52602&ListSubAlbums=0

Search for missing Maine students halted on Christmas
Officials say it's possible that the two young men missing since last week were kayaking or boating

Posted: December 24
Updated: Today at 10:51 AM

By Gillian Graham
Staff Writer

Searchers along with a search dog walk make their way out to Trott Island off Cape Porpoise Monday, December 24, 2012. Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright, have been missing from Kennebunkport since Wednesday....

The search for two young men who have been missing since last week turned up clothing Monday on one of several small islands off Cape Porpoise, a small fishing and tourist village.

Search crews spent much of Monday focusing on Trott Island and nearby ledges. On Tuesday morning, police said they had no new developments and no search was currently being conducted on Christmas.

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The Marine Patrol, the Maine Warden Service and the Kennebunkport Police Department spent much of Monday searching Trott Island, a heavily wooded island near Goat Island Lighthouse. They had already searched Goat Island.

Both islands are easily visible from the Cape Porpoise pier.

"There is some indication they were boating," said Maine Warden Service Sgt. Tim Spahr.

Read more:

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Search-for-missing-students-turns-up-clothing.html

Police say vanishing of Barnstable man unexplained


Prescott Wright

By Cynthia Mccormick
December 24, 2012

A Cape man who mysteriously disappeared with a friend from Kennebunkport, Maine, last week dreamed of a future designing and building boats.

Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable and Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt. — both students at the Landing School for boat builders in nearby Arundel — have not been seen since early Thursday morning, Kennebunkport police said.

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There is no evidence the men went into the water in the frigid wee hours, but searchers are not overlooking that possibility, Sanford said.

Read more:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121224/NEWS/212240312/-1/news01

Sonar used in search for missing students in Maine

AP / December 26, 2012

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — The state police dive team is using sonar to search for two boatbuilding students who went missing last week and whose clothing was found on an island near Kennebunkport, Maine.

The Maine Marine Patrol says two boats and an airplane were being used in Wednesday’s search for 21-year-old Zachery Wells of Burlington, Vt., and 23-year-old Prescott Wright of Barnstable, Mass.

Read more:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/12/26/sonar-used-search-for-missing-students-maine/dkreggBfCfjY5f39IX9VLJ/story.html

Search for missing Maine students shifts to 'recovery operation'

By Staff reports
news@seacoastonline.com
December 26, 2012 9:10 AM

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Police announced Wednesday morning that Marine Patrol units will be in the area of Cape Porpoise to use sonar equipment and possibly dive units to further search for students Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright, who have been missing since Dec. 19 or 20.

The area of focus will be near the area where clothing was found early on Monday. Any type of water search has transitioned into a recovery operation in hopes of finding the missing men or any explanation for their disappearance on the water, Kennebunkport police said Wednesday.

Read more:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121226/NEWS/121229829/-1/RSS777

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Search resumes for missing students, including Barnstable man

By Patrick Cassidy
December 26, 2012

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The search for the two men on the water, which was suspended on Christmas day, resumed today with resources from the marine patrol, Kennebunkport police and the state’s dive team, Nichols said.

The searchers are using side-scan sonar to search waters off Goat Island and Trott Island, Nichols said.

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The Maine Marine Patrol has two 21-foot Boston Whalers on the scene and had a plane in the air earlier, he said.

Nichols said the marine patrol found the two life jackets, a jacket, a sweatshirt, two pairs of jeans and footwear on Goat Island but he couldn’t say whether the clothing was found in a pile or spread across a wider area.

“I don’t have any more information on the exact location or condition of the clothing,” he said.

Kennebunkport police Chief Craig Sanford said the clothing was found together and that one item had indications that it is connected to one of the men.

Read more:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121226/NEWS11/121229857/-1/obits02

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Search fails to find two men who disappeared last week

By Ryan McLaughlin, BDN Staff
Posted Dec. 26, 2012, at 2:37 p.m.
Last modified Dec. 26, 2012, at 5:03 p.m.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Maine Marine Patrol units took to the waters off Cape Porpoise on Wednesday to search for two men who have been missing since late last week but did not find them.

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Dive teams completed their efforts at 4 p.m., and the search turned up nothing, Sanford said later Wednesday.

The sonar equipment marked a couple of areas requiring closer inspection, the chief said, but nothing was found in either location.

With a major snowstorm bearing down on the state, water search operations will be suspended indefinitely, according to Sanford.

Read more:

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/12/26/news/portland/search-continues-for-two-men-who-disappeared-last-week/

"Sanford said he had police officers searching on land on Christmas for the men and that, while the search on the water had changed over to a recovery operation, he had to keep an open mind about the possibility that the men may be alive onshore somewhere.

“You just never know,” he said.

There is no indication that the two men had taken a vessel out on the water, Sanford said, adding that there is no report of missing or stolen boats.

All boats Wright and Wells had access to are accounted for, he said."

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Search and rescue teams back out in Kennebunk

Wednesday, December 26 2012, 06:57 PM EST

KENNEBUNKPORT (WGME) -- Search and rescue teams are back out in Kennebunkport, a day after the search for two missing students was suspended.

Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23 were last seen late Wednesday night at a Mast Road home, and they missed classes Thursday and Friday. Police said they may have been intoxicated. Wells is 5-foot-8 with black hair, hazel eyes and weighing about 150 pounds. Wright is 6- 4 with brown hair, blue eyes and weighing about 200 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

http://www.wgme.com/news/top-stories/stories/wgme_search-rescue-teams-back-out-kennebunk-14815.shtml?wap=0

UPDATE: Hope wanes for former Barnstable man missing in Maine

By Susan Vaughn
Posted Dec 24, 2012 @ 02:15 PM
Last update Dec 26, 2012 @ 04:20 PM


Kennebunkport, Maine — The Maine Marine Patrol was still searching Wednesday afternoon for evidence of a former Barnstable man and his friend, who have been missing for almost a week from Kennebunkport, but the prospects of finding them no longer looked good, Kennebunkport Police Chief Craig Sanford said Wednesday afternoon.

“We have clothing that gives an indication they’re in the water,” Sanford said. He was referring to a piece of clothing that was found Monday on a small island off Cape Porpoise that was marked in such a way as to connect it to one of the men. “The families were notified Monday of the clothing and they made the assumption from there that things aren’t good,” he said.

Read more:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/sandwich/news/x1233662022/UPDATE-Search-continues-in-Maine-for-missing-Barnstable-student#axzz2GJw6XhrT

Search suspended for missing students in Maine

Posted: Dec 27, 2012 9:43 AM CST
Updated: Dec 27, 2012 9:47 AM CST

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - The water search has been suspended for two Maine students who went missing last week, with the only evidence being some clothing discovered on an island off Kennebunkport.

Police Chief Craig Sanford says divers completed their search operations on Wednesday, and that searches would resume only if there's new information.

Read more:

http://www.wcax.com/story/20432926/search-suspended-for-missing-students-in-maine

Search suspended for Barnstable man and other student

By HEATHER WYSOCKI
December 27, 2012[/font]

KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE – The search has officially been suspended for two men, including one from Barnstable, who went missing December 20.

“They've exhausted their efforts in the harbor,” Kennebunkport Deputy Police Chief Kurt Moses said of the searchers who have scoured the area for days.

Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable and Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., both students at the boat-building Landing School in Arundel, Maine, haven't been seen since disappearing from a gathering of friends at Wright's Cape Porpoise home in the early morning hours of Dec. 20.

Because of the decreasing likelihood that the two men could have survived in the frigid Maine temperatures, the search for Wright and Wells was changed from a rescue mission to one of recovery earlier this week.

Read more:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121227/NEWS11/121229811/-1/NEWS

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Police call off search for two Maine students who vanished with barely a trace eight days ago

.Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright last seen at house party on Wednesday
.Did not turn up to classes on Thursday or Friday
.Left their phones, wallets and vehicles at the house
.Police do not suspect foul play but searches have turned up nothing

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 02:12 EST, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 05:20 EST, 28 December 2012

Police have called off the search for two students eight days after they disappeared from the college in Maine where they were learning to build boats.

Rescuers say they have searched every inch of the waters off Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport and have found only a set of clothes that may have belonged to one of the friends.

Zachary Wells, 21, and Prescott Wright, 23, were last seen drinking beer a home in the seaside community on December 19.

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'We were able to determine that the likelihood of them being in the harbor has been exhausted,' Kennebunkport Deputy Police Chief Kurt Moses told the Press Herald.

Police have no other leads as to where the men might be and a winter storm is threatening to make continued search danger, Moses said.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254060/Zachary-Wells-Prescott-Wright-missing-Police-search-Maine-students.html#ixzz2HBG0csw9

Prescott McLeod Wright | Facebook
December 9

https://www.facebook.com/prescott.wright

Family runs Prescott Wright's obituary, 10 days after he goes missing

By Patrick Cassidy
December 29, 2012

Family and friends of a 23-year-old Barnstable man who disappeared 10 days ago in Maine appear convinced that he is dead.

In an obituary in today's Times, Prescott Wright's family describes him as “a lover of people” and a “builder of boats” who lived for the water.

Wright and Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., disappeared early in the morning on Dec. 20 from a gathering at Wells' home in the coastal Kennebunkport village of Cape Porpoise.

Read more:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121229/NEWS11/121229751

Service Saturday for Prescott Wright
Marine student went missing in Maine

By Susan Vaughn
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jan 02, 2013 @ 03:41 PM


BARNSTABLE — A memorial service for Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable who disappeared in Maine on Dec. 20, has been scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable.

The service is a celebration of Wright’s life.

Wright’s disappearance with a friend and classmate Zachary Wells at the Landing School in Arundel was reported after they failed to attend classes. They had last been seen at a party at Wells’ home in Kennebunkport. Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., also was missing.

Read more:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/barnstable/news/x1781251109/Service-Saturday-for-Prescott-Wright#ixzz2Gy9A96mM

Obituary for missing student appears in newspaper

12/31/12 · 7:42 am :: posted by CCToday

Prescott Wright's family must believe him dead

The missing Cape Cod student, Prescott Wright, is believed dead by his parents who ran an obituary for their son in the Cape Cod Times this weekend.

Video at link:

http://www.capecodtoday.com/news/EXTRA/2012/12/31/tribe-makes-court-decision-public

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Obituaries

PRESCOTT MACLEOD WRIGHT, 23



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Prescott Wright was a lover of people, he knew everyone;

a sailor and waterman, a builder of boats,

he lived for the

water.

He was the dedicated son of Whitney and Joan Wright. He grew up in Barnstable and attended Barnstable Schools. He loved to travel, enjoyed skiing, and spending time with his dog Scupper.

He is survived by his grandmother, Anne W. Wright, and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

A celebration of Prescott's life will be held on Saturday, January 5th, at 1 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable.

Memorial donations may be made to The Landing School at 286 River Road, Arundel, Maine, 04046.

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121230/OBITS02/212300327

This is a very odd case.

Prescott's parents have already declared him dead.

Neither the family of Zachary Wells nor the family of Prescott Wright have talked to the media or issued a public plea for their safe return, or have offered a reward for information.

None of their friends or schoolmates have speak to the media and/or organize a search.

There hasn't been a vigil to pray for them to be found.

No one, absolutely no one who knows these two men has ever publicly spoken out about the case.

The police called off the search a week after they mysteriously disappeared, and Prescott's family ran an obituary ten days after he went missing.

I am totally baffled.

Police called off search...

'We were able to determine that the likelihood of them being in the harbor has been exhausted,' Kennebunkport Deputy Police Chief Kurt Moses told the Press Herald.

Police have no other leads as to where the men might be and a winter storm is threatening to make continued search danger, Moses said. "

Students' vanishing a Maine mystery


Fisherman John Daggett, left, and Kennebunkport Harbormaster Lee McCurdy discuss Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable, and Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., who are missing and presumed dead. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel

By Patrick Cassidy
pcassidy@capecodonline.com
January 06, 2013

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"I couldn't say for sure," lobster fisherman John Daggett said Thursday during a chilly interview on the Cape Porpoise pier about what he thought happened to the two young sailors. Decked out in red flannel, a worn baseball cap and gloves, Daggett stretched the word sure into "shah" in the way some Mainers do.

The fisherman, who was among many who searched for the missing men in the surrounding waters, said nobody could fault the Maine Marine Patrol for lack of trying.

"They don't give up," he said as the agency's plane buzzed overhead with pilot Steve Ingram scanning the water below for any sign of Wright or Wells.

Wright had a sailboat on somebody else's mooring in the harbor until about two or three weeks before he and Wells disappeared, Kennebunkport Harbormaster Lee McCurdy said.

He told Wright he couldn't keep it there for long, McCurdy said, adding that he helped Wright take down the boat's mast before later pulling the boat from the water.

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If they did take kayaks or some other boat on the water, there is no indication where they would have acquired the vessel or vessels, Sanford said.

Two kayaks at the house where they were staying were accounted for, and no other boats have been reported missing, he said.

Read more:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130106/NEWS/301060328&cid=sitesearch

Published in The Burlington Free Press on January 3, 2013

ZACHARY JAMES WELLS
Obituary



ZACHARY JAMES WELLS KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - We lost our beautiful son, brother, nephew, grandson and friend Zach in the early hours of Dec. 20, 2012, to the pristine waters off the coast of Maine. Zach was born on March 14, 1991, in Burlington, to Stephanie and James Wells. From the moment of his birth, Zachary made his presence known. He was a force to be reckoned with, a bright light whose laughter and love were extinguished all too early. The gigantic space that Zach filled is now a void left to be furnished by the multitude of memories held by those who knew and loved him.

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A celebration of Zach's life will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. A reception will immediately follow at the Old Lantern in Charlotte. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a fund which is being established in Zach's name. Contributions may be made to the Zachary James Wells Fund, c/o Jeffrey Small, CPA, 72 Pine St., Burlington, VT 05401.

Read more:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?pid=162109432#fbLoggedOut

“We have clothing that gives an indication they’re in the water,” Sanford said. He was referring to a piece of clothing that was found Monday on a small island off Cape Porpoise that was marked in such a way as to connect it to one of the men. “The families were notified Monday of the clothing and they made the assumption from there that things aren’t good,” he said."

Cape Porpoise Reflects on Missing Students

PHOTO GALLERY:


Cape Porpoise

KENNEBUNKPORT -- 010213 -- Dinghies tied to an icy dock on Cape Porpoise Harbor. The community is still perplexed at the disappearance of Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable and Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt. on December 20, 2012. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
Photo By: Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CC&Date=20130106&Category=MEDIA01&ArtNo=105009997&Ref=PH&Presentation=desktop

Funeral For Missing Student

Scott Jones Reporting

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine. A funeral was held Saturday for Zachary Wells, one of two boat-landing students who went missing in Kennebunkport last month. The 21-year-old Wells was last seen around midnight on December 20th, along with fellow student, 23-year-old Prescott Wright. dive teams found some of their clothes, but no other traces. Police do not suspect foul play. Both Wells and Wright are from out-of-state.

http://www.970wzan.com/pages/15199473.php?contentType=4&contentId=12139447

Alessandra_Deux wrote:This is a very odd case.

Prescott's parents have already declared him dead.

Neither the family of Zachary Wells nor the family of Prescott Wright have talked to the media or issued a public plea for their safe return, or have offered a reward for information.

None of their friends or schoolmates have speak to the media and/or organize a search.

There hasn't been a vigil to pray for them to be found.

No one, absolutely no one who knows these two men has ever publicly spoken out about the case.

The police called off the search a week after they mysteriously disappeared, and Prescott's family ran an obituary ten days after he went missing.

I am totally baffled.

More baffled each day!! I don't understand... maybe I am just getting senile in my old age... but why the rush?? to declare them deceased and have funerals??? I don't comprehend??

even more confused now... did a little digging... Prescott Wright had a FB page... accepted 3 new friends on Dec 24... okay so I can see that maybe he sent requests and on the 24th 3 people accepted, but... here is the kicker.. trolled all of the people on his friends list and not one of them mention he is missing... ????

Remains found near Kennebunkport those of missing boating school students

By Ryan McLaughlin, BDN Staff
Posted March 05, 2013, at 2:05 p.m.

 
Zachary Wells (L) and Prescott Wright (R). Kennebunkport Police Department

AUGUSTA, Maine — Human remains discovered in February on Vaughn’s Island off Kennebunkport are those of two boating students who had been missing since December, according to the state medical examiner’s office.

Spokesman Mark Belserene of the medical examiner’s office confirmed Tuesday that the remains are those of Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., and Prescott Wright, 23, of Barnstable, Mass.

The spokesman said the identifications were made through DNA testing conducted at the Maine State Police Crime Lab. A man walking his dog on Vaughn’s Island had discovered one set of human remains on Feb. 10, while examiners were brought another set a week later.

Read more:

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/05/news/portland/remains-found-near-kennebunkport-those-of-missing-boating-school-students/

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http://bangordailynews.com/2013/02/11/news/portland/human-remains-found-may-be-one-of-missing-students-from-kennebunkport/?ref=inline

Posted March 5, 2013

Remains confirmed as Maine boatbuilding students

Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright were last seen at a late-night party in Kennebunkport on Dec. 20.

By Edward D. Murphy Staff Writer

KENNEBUNKPORT — Remains found last month on Vaughn’s Island have been identified as the two boatbuilding school students who disappeared in December and were presumed drowned after a search turned up evidence pointing to that outcome.

Mark Belserene, office administrator for the Maine medical examiner, said Tuesday that DNA tests conducted at the Maine State Police crime lab confirmed the remains were Zachary Wells, 21, of Burlington, Vt., and 23-year-old Prescott Wright of Barnstable, Mass

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Belserene said the office hasn’t yet determined a cause of death. He said toxicology tests would be conducted and officials were hopeful of getting results because the remains were relatively well-preserved due to being in cold water.

Toxicology tests will take six to eight more weeks to complete, he said.

Read more:

http://www.pressherald.com/2013/03/05/remains-confirmed-as-maine-boatbuilding-students/

"A resident who was walking a dog Sunday afternoon found the remains on the southern side of Vaughn Island, which is at the mouth of Turbot’s Creek, said Kennebunkport Police Chief Craig Sanford".

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"Wells and Wright were last seen drinking with friends at a gathering at Wells’s house near the Cape Porpoise pier on Dec. 19.

On Christmas Eve, searchers found items that they believe belonged to the men on a ledge near Goat Island, which is off Trott Island near Cape Porpoise."

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"Sanford said it is remarkable that the remains might have stayed near the shore, rather than washing out to sea".

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"They were found above the high-tide mark, suggesting they were deposited there during the storm, which generated 25- to 30-foot seas and caused flooding during high tide, Sanford said."

Read more:

http://www.pressherald.com/2013/02/11/human-remains-found-on-maine-island/

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high tide - Same as high water. (NOS CO-OPS 1 2000)

high water (HW) - The maximum height reached by a rising tide. The high water is due to the periodic tidal forces and the effects of meteorological, hydrologic, and/or oceanographic conditions. For tidal datum computational purposes, the maximum height is not considered a high water unless it contains a tidal high water. (NOS CO-OPS 1 2000)

high water mark - A line or mark left upon tide flats, beach, or along shore objects indicating the elevation of the intrusion of high water. The mark may be a line of oil or scum on along shore objects, or a more or less continuous deposit of fine shell or debris on the fore shore or berm. This mark is physical evidence of the general height reached by wave run up at recent high waters. It should not be confused with the mean high water line or mean higher high water line. (NOS CO-OPS 1 2000)

http://shoreline.noaa.gov/glossary.html

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Your last entry was from Feb 2013.

"...Wells and Wright were last seen drinking with friends at a gathering at Wells’s house near the Cape Porpoise pier on Dec. 19.

(At his home and not a bar...)

On Christmas Eve, searchers found items that they believe belonged to the men on a ledge near Goat Island, which is off Trott Island near Cape Porpoise.

(Missing since Dec 19 and items located "staged" on a ledge Dec 24. IF they were looking for them, why did it take so many days to find the "perishable" items? Since they were all located in one area and NOT strewn onto other beachy areas, I must presume they were staged at some point. Winds and tides would have washed some of the items about. Some items would have landed elsewhere or been swept to sea. Also, the items each had different weights and compositions for water absorptions.)

The items included two life jackets, two pairs of jeans, a jacket, a sweatshirt and footwear. They were found about three-quarters of a mile from the back side of Vaughn Island...."

http://www.pressherald.com/2013/02/11/human-remains-found-on-maine-island/

COLD CASE: Smiley murder?
Josh Swalls, Nov 2012, Indianapolis

Q18:
"...That’s also strange because the act of drowning is extremely traumatic and well over ten percent of such victims will bruise and even rip muscles in their shoulders, neck, and chest while struggling to save themselves—did the coroner find any evidence of such bruising or ruptures in your son’s autopsy?..."

http://killingkillers.blogspot.com/p/smiley-face-interviews.html

The last media reports that I've found about this case are dated March, 5, 2013, there haven't been any other reports stating the cause and manner of death of Zachary and Prescott after their remains were identified. I don't know if it has been already determined.

I think the police and the M.E. left us on a cliffhanger ...

Alessandra_Deux wrote:The last media reports that I've found about this case are dated March, 5, 2013, there haven't been any other reports stating the cause and manner of death of Zachary and Prescott after their remains were identified. I don't know if it has been already determined.

I think the police and the M.E. left us on a cliffhanger ...

Ummm, yeah.

Ummm, yeah.

And,  I don't believe there will be an in depth investigation regarding their deaths because their own families declared them deceased before their bodies were found. Which, in my opinion, is extremely odd.

What evidence the police had? What did they tell to Zachary and Prescott's families that made them react in the way that they did?

The police found some clothes in Goat Island, even if one of the items that were found could have been traced back to one of the two missing men, it didn't prove that they were dead. Their early theory that they might had gone Kayaking in the wee hours of the morning was dismissed by the fact that there weren't any boats missing in the area,  they were all accounted for.

The police called the search off way too soon. Perhaps it was because they didn't see any efforts to find them from their own families, and friends. Maybe they thought that they had staged their "demise" to go away and start a new life somewhere else. The people who knew them at school didn't believe that they will go away without telling anyone.

After both families published obituaries, had some memorials in Zachary and Prescott's honor, and said their final good byes, how can they now demand answers from the police about their deaths, how can they asked for an investigation to find out what really happened to them when they never questioned the facts surrounding their mysterious disappearance? Normally, it is the family who put the pressure on the police to probe the disappearance or the death of a loved one.

I think what their families did was a glaring error.

Robert DeColfmacker, president of the Landing School, told the Portland Press Herald that Wells' roommates said the two men had left their cellphones and wallets at the home.

'These are two students without a history of disappearing or unexplained absences,' he said.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254060/Zachary-Wells-Prescott-Wright-missing-Police-search-Maine-students.html#ixzz3Nv3hB2Cj