OF
OF CHRISTOPHER RINES AND ABOUT HIS TROUBLED CHILDHOOD. ALMOST EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH
MENTIONED THAT CHRISTOPHER
RINES WAS A GOOD KID BUT4@ I
ALWAYS CAME WITH A CAVEAT THAT
HE TENDED TO GET IN TROUBLE.
HIS4@ MOTHER, MARY LOU RINES SAD
THAT BOTH CHRISTOPHER AND JEAN
WERE TARGETS OF FREQUE4@NT4@
BULLYING AND WOULD OFTEN COME
HOME WITH B4@RUISES AND BLOODY
NOSES4@.
HE COULDN'T GET HOME WITHOUT
BEING BEATEN UP HERE AND HIS
CLOSE UP I JUST HAPPENED TO
REPORT SO BECAUSE THESE KIDS
THEY BEAT HIM UP ON FRIDAY,
APRIL 12TH, 1991, CHRISTOPHER
NEVER CAME HOME4@.
I STARTED DIGGING INTO IT AND
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE IS AN
4@ANSWER THERE4@ AND SOMEBODY KS
SOMETHING AND THEY'RE JUST NOT4@
COMING FORWARD WITH IT LIKE
THERE'S NO WAY THAT SOMEBODY
DIDN'T HEAR SOMETHING OR SEE
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THE KEY
TO SOLVING THIS CASE.
YOU SPOKE4@ WITH CHRISTOPHERS
BROTHER.
YOU SPOKE WITH HIS MOTHER.
YOU SPOKE WITH ONE4@ THE
DETECTIVES INVOLVED IN THE CASE
AND AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN A
LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT WHAT4@
HAPPENED AND WHO D4@ID IT AND OE
SPECIFIC NAME THAT'S BEEN
TOSSED AROUND.
POLICE HAVE NEVER REALLY
CONFIRMED4@ WHAT HAPPENED TO
CHRISTOPHER THOUGH
INVESTIGATORS4@ WON'T CONFIRM OR
DENY.
THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS MENTIONED
THAT THERE ARE REPORTS THAT
CHRIS WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY
SO4@MEBODY POSSIBLY WITH A BOTTE
WHO THEN PUSHED HIM INTO THE
POND DURING AN ALTERCATION.
BUT THIS BOY HASN'T BEEN NAMED
AS A PERSON OF INTEREST4@ OR A
SUSPECT BY THE POLICE HIS OWN
RELATION.
THEY'VE TALKED TO ME AND THEY
SAID THEY KNOW WHAT HE DID AND
THEY AREN'T LIKE THEY'RE
DENYING I MEAN T4@HEY KNOW HE
WON'T EVEN LOOK ME IN THE EYE.
DO YOU BELIEVE A STORY THAT HIS
MOTHER HAS HEARD OR THAT OTHER
PEOPLE4@ HAD SHARED WITH YOU?
I DON'T WANT TO POINT FINGERS,
WHICH IS WHY I CHANGED NAMES ON
I DON'T WANT TO POINT FINGERS, WHICH IS WHY I CHANGED NAMES ON@ MY SHOW JUST TO PROTECT
EVERYBODY.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOME
VALIDITY TO IT.
A LOT OF THE TIMES I FEEL LIKE
THE ANSWERS4@ ARE OCCAM'S RAZOR
WHERE IT'S THE SIMPLEST ANSWER
IS4@ USUALLY IT AND IF PEOPLE AE
TALKING ABOUT THIS4@ ONE EVENT
THAT HAPPE4@NED A C4@ERTAIN WAY
IS4@ USUALLY IT AND IF PEOPLE AE TALKING ABOUT THIS4@ ONE EVENT THAT HAPPE4@NED A C4@ERTAIN WAYI
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PROBABLY IS A
LITTLE SEEDS OF VALIDITY IN
THERE THAT ARE KIND OF PADDED4@
WITH RUMORS ALL AROUND.
BUT IN THESE CASES POLICE HAVE
AN IDEA4@ OF WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
DEFINITIVE PROOF THAT IF THEY
TAKE THIS TO COURT4@ THEY KNOW
THAT IT'S GOING TO GET A
CONVICTION.
SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AND A
LOT OF THESE COLD CASES IS THAT
THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TO
TRIAL AND THEN HAVE SOMEBODY
GET ACQUITTED BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.4@
SO THEY JUST THEY SIT AND THEY
WAIT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK
UP OR YOU KNOW, NEW INFORMATION
OR DNA TO COME IN. 4@
WHEN YOU PUT THESE PODCASTER
TOGETHER, YOU DO A LOT
OF DIGGING ON YOUR OWN.
YOU DIG INTO ARCHIVES, YOU LOOK
UP OLD NEWSPAPER A4@RTICLES, YOU
SPEAK WITH FAMILY4@4@, FRIENDS,
YOU DIG INTO ARCHIVES, YOU LOOK UP OLD NEWSPAPER A4@RTICLES, YOU SPEAK WITH FAMILY4@4@, FRIENDS,E
PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN
THIS.
HAVE YOU YOURSELF EVER COME
CLOSE TO SORT4@ OF HELPING TO
SOLVE SOMETHING OR HAVE YOU
FOUND A NEW CLUE THAT4@ MAYBE
OTHE4@RS HAD MISSED?
I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE UNCOVERED4@
ANYTHING BUT I FEEL LIKE SOME
OF THE EPISODES DO COVER NEW
GROUND4@ BECAUSE I TRY TO FIND4
ANYTHING BUT I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE EPISODES DO COVER NEW GROUND4@ BECAUSE I TRY TO FIND4S
MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE
AND T4@ELL THE STORY IN A FRESH
WAY, YOU KNOW, BY TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE
CASE, I FEEL LIKE YOU GET A LOT
OF INFORMATION THAT THE4@
NEWSPAPERS ARE LACKING AT THE
TIME AND YOU JUST UNDERSTAND
THE STORY4@ A LOT FRESHER
PERSPECTIVE AND MAYBE THAT
MIGHT RING SOME BELLS IN
SOMEONE'S HEAD LIKE OH THAT
MAKES SENSE.
4@LET ME COME FORWARD WITH THIS
INFORMATION. 4@
THIS CASE SEEMS LIKE IT COULD
BE SOLVED.
ALL THEY NEED IS4@ ONE PERSON TO
COME FORWARD WITH MORE
INFORMATION.
JEAN SAID4@ THAT THERE WAS A GUY
WHO REACHED OUT TO HIM ON
FACEBOOK WHO SEEMED LIKE HE HAD
INFORMATION4@ HE WANTED TO TELL
BUT SOMETHING STOPPED HIM AND
HE CHICKENED OUT AND BLOCKED
JEAN INSTEAD COMING UP TO HIS
30TH ANNIVERSARY4@.
WHAT DO YOU WANT HIS FAMILY TO
KNOW?
I WANT THE FAMILY TO4@ KNOW THAT
THERE IS SUPPORT OUT THERE AND
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO FIGHT WITH
THEM TO GET JUSTICE AND THEY'RE
NOT ALONE IN IT JUST BECAUSE4@
THIRTY YEARS PASSED.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT JOYCE4@
MCCLAIN AND THAT WAS SOLVED4@
AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS THAT WAS
SOLVED.
SO IT'S LIKE THERE IS HOPE THAT
THESE CASES CAN BE SOLVED AND I
JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW4@ THAT
THEY'RE NOT ALONE AND THAT THEY
HAVE ALLIES AND THEY HAVE4@
ADVOCATES WHO ARE WILLING TO
4@JOIN THEM AND FIGHT FOR JUSTIE
.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
CHRISTOPHER RINES ON APRIL 12TH
NINETEEN NINETY ONE YOU CAN
LEAVE AN ANONYMOUS TIP4@ WITH
MAINE STATE POLICE AND IF YOU'D
FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE YOU CAN