Three Months After a Teen’s Murder, A College Student Who Knew the Killer Disappears
It is a story of how missing pieces of truth led to two decades of despair.
A 15-year-old girl, Ashley Ouellette, visited a friend’s house for a sleepover on February 9, 1999. When the teenager’s parents awoke the following day, they would face horrific reality. Ashley Ouellette was found dead. Police ruled her death a homicide.
Three months later, a guy, Tony Torres, who claimed to know her killer, also mysteriously disappeared. How did a fun sleepover twist into New England’s two most frustrating unsolved cold cases? Twenty-two years later, their helpless parents still long for closure.
A Teen’s Fun Sleepover Turned Deadly
Living with her parents in the beautiful town of Saco, Maine, just outside of Portland, New England, Ashley had a happy life. She went to Thornton Academy and loved to hang out with her classmates.
On February 9, when her friends planned a sleepover, she also wanted to be there and have fun.
