True Crime Twins Podcast

Atlantic City In 2006, the New Year brought in a new lead in the disappearance of Brianna Maitland. On the evening of January 17 th , a Vermont business owner saw a familiar face at a blackjack table at Caesars Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The young woman’s wavy brown hair was parted in the middle. She was slim with a light complexion and high cheekbones. She wore blue jeans and a dark long-sleeved top. She smiled easily. She would drum her fingers against the table and rest her chin in her hand as she waited between hands. The woman appeared at ease and socialized with others at the table, including her companion, a bald middle-aged Caucasian man. He wore a black jacket with upside-down white eagle wings. The Vermonter recognized the woman at the blackjack table. He thought he might be looking at Brianna Maitland, who had been missing for nearly two years. The man did not ask the woman if she was Brianna. He later reported the sighting to law enforcement, who then...

What They Found in Her Car From what I’ve learned along the way, I’ve determined that the following items were left behind inside of Brianna Maitland’s abandoned vehicle. In the front seat: The front seat of Brianna Maitland’s vehicle. Photographs taken by Bob Kates in 2006. Bobkatlair.blogspot.com Two paychecks addressed to Brianna Maitland on the front passenger seat. One Styrofoam takeout box with half of a sandwich inside on the front passenger floor. A marijuana leaf trinket with the text “Emerald Bay”. Photograph by Bob Kates. A cut out image of Angelina Jolie from an article in the August 2003 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine with the text, “Angelina Holds Nothing Back”, taped to the ceiling. Photograph taken by Bob Kates in 2006. Beer bottle caps, glued over radio dials. Multiple cigarette butts in the vehicle’s ash tray. A small card with a graphic of a fairy standing in front of a waterfall, in the driver’s visor. In the ba...

The Clothes on Her Back On a missing persons poster, there is often a description of what the person was last seen wearing. Brandon Lawson was last seen in a yellow shirt, camouflage shorts, and white Nikes. Maura Murray wore a dark coat, blue jeans, running shoes, and carried a black backpack when she stepped out of her crashed car on New Hampshire Route 112.  There is no mention of what clothing Brianna was last seen wearing on her missing posters or on her NAMUS profile . Prior to Brianna's evening shift on March 19th, 2004, her mother took her shopping to buy black pants for her waitress job at KJ's Diner. Her first day was to be the following morning. She didn’t show up. Brianna’s brand new black pants were found still in the shopping bag at Jillian's house. Since those were her only pair, Brianna’s mother Kellie and aunt Tammy have speculated that Brianna was wearing blue jeans the night she went missing. On October 25 th , 2007 a pair of blue jeans was lo...