Maxwell disappearance ends
with shooting
by Justin Walterovich
Redbridge, Vermont©News-Times
REDBRIDGE, VERMONT© -- Dylan
Ryan, a local standout high school athlete
and young community leader was shot in
the shoulder trying to rescue a woman
reportedly kidnapped outside the Redbridge
Public Library.
Ryan, 17, a senior at neighboring Chelake
High School, was shot following an incident
where the reported kidnapper – the name was
withheld at time of press – drove off the road
just inside the southern City Limits and held a
woman identified as either Jennifer K.
Maxwell or her twin sister by gun point.
Ryan was following the alleged kidnapper's
Black Chevy Blazer in a car driven by
News-Times reporter Justin Walterovich.
Ryan and Walterovich were researching a
related story (see Redbridge Twins on page
A4) when they and others witnessed/heard
the victim's cry for help as she was being
abducted.
Once on-route, Orange County Sheriff
Peter Winslow followed the alleged
kidnapper off road and repeatedly asked the
man to put down his gun and to surrender
peacefully.
After about a five minute standoff, the
alleged kidnapped fired and hit Ryan in the
shoulder; Sheriff Winslow returned fire,
killing the alleged kidnapper.
Ryan and Maxwell were both taken to
Orange County General Hospital; Ryan for
treatment of his single gunshot wound,
Maxwell for observation.
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Redbridge vanishing act
continues on cue
by Justin Walterovich
Redbridge, Vermont© News-Times
REDBRIDGE, VERMONT(c)-- Here one
minute, gone the next, missing person
returns with a happy ending: just another
Dec. 8 in Redbridge, Vermont™.
The small town in Orange County
experienced its sixth reported disappearance
of a multi-millionaire or billionaire early
yesterday morning when oil heiress Jennifer
K. Maxwell was reported missing.
Maxwell turned up safe, as reportedly did
her five anniversary missing heiress before
her, all of which vanished respective on the
morning of Dec. 8 1904, 1911, 1934, 1961,
1987 and 2004.
The story lines were almost mirrored: a
wealthy heiress was reported in Redbridge
on or about that day and vanished "into thin
air" spurring emergency town-wide
searches and pleas for assistance through
the various medias of the day.
While some of the heiresses were reported
missing in towns surrounding Redbridge
and Windsor County, all had a ties to
Redbridge.
Mary Chaucer (1904) was reportedly
accompanying her cousin on business;
Daphne Davilla (1911) was in Chelsea and
Redbridge promoting a women's rights
book; Jasmine Taylor (1934) was in
Redbridge with her husband reportedly
studying geology in Orange County; Fay
O'Donnell (1961) was working with some
Redbridge residents on re-mapping projects.
SEE MAXWELL, A-3
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