When a teenager disappeared from Brattleboro, Vermont, hours before the wind, rain and damaging floods of a major natural disaster devastated the state,

it took days before he was finally reported missing, and initial

search efforts were hindered by ongoing storm recovery.

Now as the case approaches another anniversary in 2024,

loved ones are still waiting for the information that could lead them to answers.

It's like, poof. He was there. He left a note. I'll be back and then just walked out the door.

We have no idea with who and I have no idea where he went. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of

Marble Arvidson on Dark Down East. It was just before 2 o'clock in the afternoon on August 27th, 2011, when there was a knock at the door of 503 Marlboro Road in Brattleboro, Vermont.

17 year old Marble Ace Arvitzen greeted his visitor and they chatted for a bit

before Marble tacked a note up on his bedroom door with a brief message.

He'd be back in 30 minutes, going to frolic with some friendly gremlands, it said.

That's how Marble spoke. whimsical, playful, creative.

Josh Stilts writes for the Brattleboro Reformer that Marble had plans to meet up

with his girlfriend back at the house around 4 o'clock,

so at the very least he was expected home by then.

But at 4 p.m. when his girlfriend arrived, Marble wasn't there. It was odd, but not altogether concerning. Maybe

Marble got caught up in whatever he was doing, but he'd be back. It wasn't

unusual for a 17-year-old boy to lose track of time. It grew dark in West Brattleboro as the evening wore on and then it began to rain.

Hurricane Irene became Tropical storm Irene by the time it worked its way up the eastern

seaboard and arrived in Vermont that Saturday night.

Meteorologists had warned of the impending storm for days, and when the skies finally opened up,

nearly seven inches of rain drenched the landscape.

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