Holly Piirainen
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Holly Kristen Piirainen (January 19, 1983 – August 5, 1993) was a ten-year-old American
murder victim from Grafton, Massachusetts
. She and her brother had been visiting their grandparents in Sturbridge, Massachusetts
.
Holly and her brother had gone to a neighbor's house to see puppies. Her brother had returned to the cottage where the grandparents lived, but Holly did not. One of Holly's shoes was found by the side of a road.
Searching for Holly took two months. On October 23, 1993, Holly's remains were found by hunters in Brimfield, Massachusetts
. The killer still has not been found.
In the town of Warren
, not far from Grafton, Molly Bish
was the same age as Holly when she heard about Holly's disappearance. Molly wrote a letter to Holly's family, telling them she was hoping for Holly's safe return home. Molly was kidnapped and murdered herself seven years after Holly was killed. Police began suspecting if Holly's killer was the same person who killed Molly years later.
Since Holly's death, the Holly Piirainen Scholarship Fund was placed in her memory by her family.
- Molly Bish at age 10
United States
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murder victim from Grafton, Massachusetts
Grafton, Massachusetts
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,765 at the 2010 census. Grafton is the home of a Nipmuc village known as Hassanamisco Reservation, the Willard House and Clock Museum, and the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine...
. She and her brother had been visiting their grandparents in Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Sturbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to Old Sturbridge Village living history museum and other sites of historical interest such as Tantiusques.The population was 9,268 at the 2010 census...
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Holly and her brother had gone to a neighbor's house to see puppies. Her brother had returned to the cottage where the grandparents lived, but Holly did not. One of Holly's shoes was found by the side of a road.
Searching for Holly took two months. On October 23, 1993, Holly's remains were found by hunters in Brimfield, Massachusetts
Brimfield, Massachusetts
Brimfield is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,609 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
. The killer still has not been found.
In the town of Warren
Warren, Massachusetts
Warren is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,135 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Warren, please see the article Warren , Massachusetts.- History :...
, not far from Grafton, Molly Bish
Molly Bish
Molly Anne Bish was a sixteen-year-old girl from Warren, Massachusetts who was abducted and then murdered while working as a lifeguard in rural Massachusetts. Her body was found three years later after the largest search in the history of Massachusetts.In the summer of 2000, Bish worked as a...
was the same age as Holly when she heard about Holly's disappearance. Molly wrote a letter to Holly's family, telling them she was hoping for Holly's safe return home. Molly was kidnapped and murdered herself seven years after Holly was killed. Police began suspecting if Holly's killer was the same person who killed Molly years later.
Since Holly's death, the Holly Piirainen Scholarship Fund was placed in her memory by her family.
Quote from Molly Bish's letter
Here is a quote from Molly Bish's letter she had written to Holly's family when she was ten years of age:- Molly Bish at age 10
External links
- Another Went Missing: Holly Kristen Piirainen
- Another Went Missing Holly Piirainen Taken 10 Years Ago
- Children Who Never Made It Home
- New England's Unsolved - Fox 25
- 48 Hours Mystery December 3, 2003
- Holly Piirainen at Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...