The disappearance of several young women in a concentrated area of northern Maine has rattled locals as the days, months and years tick by, with nearly every lead hitting a dead end.

Remote homes and cabins, often along unpaved and deeply potholed roads, dot this remote area of Aroostook County just miles from the Canadian border. Situated roughly north of Caribou, it’s blanketed in acres and acres of dense wilderness, with access to fuel often limited to one or two pumps at small convenience stores advertising bear bait and other goods along Route 161.

There is no public transportation, and it can be days before a single car travels down certain roads. For those residents who are following the cases of the missing women, the desolation often intensifies the fear.

During a recent interv

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