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The Murder of Theresa "Terry" Duran (Maine)

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

40 years have passed since 14-year-old Terry Duran left her home in Gorham, Maine for some fun on one of the last weekends of summer before she started high school. She told her parents she’d be home Sunday night, but Terry never returned. When her body was discovered weeks later, there was no doubt her death was a homicide, but who would kill this teenage girl and why? This case has seen two arrests and one trial. And yet, after four decades, her murder is still unsolved.

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40 years have passed since 14 year old Terry Duran left her home in Gora, Maine for some fun on one of the last weekends of summer before she started high school.

0:13.0

She told her parents she'd be home Sunday night,

0:16.0

but Terry never returned.

0:18.0

When her body was discovered weeks later,

0:21.0

there was no doubt her death was a homicide, but who would kill this teenage

0:26.3

girl and why? This case has seen two arrests and one trial and yet after four decades her murder is still

0:37.2

unsolved. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Theresa Terry Duran, who preferred the nickname Terry, was out to eat with

1:06.4

her parents, Irene and Donald.

1:09.3

Robert Lowell reports for the Portland Press Herald that Terry was what her mother described as a typical

1:15.4

teenager. She had a messy bedroom, she was picky about her appearance, and she didn't

1:21.4

always see eye to eye with her parents.

1:24.0

For one, Terry's mother and father didn't approve of her older boyfriend.

1:30.0

Irene and Dawn had only met him once, but the Durans told Terry they didn't like him.

1:36.0

Terry knew how they felt. So during that dinner, when she told her parents she was going to hang out

1:40.9

with some friends for the weekend and was leaving that night,

1:43.9

she left out the detail that she planned to see her boyfriend, too.

1:48.8

According to reporting by Donna Halverson for the Portland Evening Express, Terry was picked up by a friend and left

1:55.9

home on Sabago Lake Road in Gorham later that night.

1:59.8

The next day, Saturday the 28th, Irene got a call from Terry.

2:04.6

She was checking in to let her parents know that she'd be home tomorrow as planned.

2:10.1

When Sunday afternoon rolled around and then nightfall came and Terry hadn't shown up yet,

2:15.8

her mother was immediately concerned.

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