After She Was Allegedly Assaulted By Her Husband In 1993 And Brought To The Hospital, She Left Before Her Checkup Was Completed And Disappeared
As a teenager, Virginia Pictou Noyes of Maine was known to be a popular straight-A student. She also got married young and looked forward to starting a family. But, in 1990, she faced her first major tragedy.
That year, a house fire caused the death of two of Virginia’s children. Wracked with grief, she reportedly turned to alcohol to cope.
Then, by the time Virginia was 26-years-old, she had gotten married to her second husband, Larry Noyes, and was a mother of five.
Yet, after going out to the bar with her husband and brother-in-law one evening, Virginia was assaulted and ultimately disappeared after being brought to the hospital.
One of Virginia’s brothers, Francis Pictou, remembers his last conversation with his sister. The pair spoke to each other for a final time while she was putting her children to bed.
“She was upbeat. She was happy, and she was being a mother. That’s the thing that she thrived to be,” he recalled.
However, on April 27, 1993, everything changed. That night, Virginia, her husband Larry, and his brother Roger visited a tavern together. Maine State Police reported that all of them got very drunk.
“They went to the bar, and they got in some type of argument and went outside, and she [Virginia] ended up getting hit in the face,” detailed Virginia’s other brother, David Gould.
After Virginia was assaulted, the police were called, and both her husband Larry and his brother Roger were arrested.
Maine State Police – pictured above is Virginia
While Larry was taken in by state police for domestic assault, Virginia was brought to Eastern Maine Medical Center. Yet, she reportedly refused medical treatment and kept telling authorities that she needed to return home to her children.
So, before the doctors could finish conducting her checkup, she left the hospital. At the same time, Virginia’s husband, Larry, was released on bail.
Once Virginia exited the hospital, investigators believed she got a ride to a truck stop located in Houlton. However, she was last spotted walking away from the truck stop and was never seen or heard from again.
According to her brothers, they believe that she successfully made it to a phone booth located in Mars Hill and was walking home on foot. But what exactly happened afterward remains a mystery, and she has now been missing for over 31 years.
In 1994, a reporter with BDN interviewed Larry Noyes while he was serving a one-year sentence at Aroostook County Jail for a DWI, driving with a suspended license, and other related charges. He denied all allegations that he was involved in Virginia’s assault or disappearance.
“They said I hit Virginia, which I never did. Everyone thinks I killed her. Let them think what they want; I know what is true,” he stated.
Despite that, Larry is still reportedly considered a person of interest by authorities – who continue to urge anyone with information to come forward.
“We’re willing to talk with anyone who has information regarding this case. Sometimes people don’t come forward because they think their information isn’t important, but we can only know that for sure if we’re able to look into it,” said Maine State Police Lt. Troy Gardner.
“We prefer that people call us with any potential lead so that we can at least investigate whether the information is accurate or credible.”
Virginia grew up as a member of the Mi’kmaq Indian Nation. At the time she vanished, she was five foot five, weighed about 125 pounds, and had brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a denim jacket.
If you have any information regarding Virginia’s case, you are urged to contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit at (207) 973-3750.
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