A QUESTIONABLE MISSING WOMAN SHOWS UP IN ARUBA

Something Stinks in Massachusetts...

Plympton Police notified the media early this morning that 19 year old Adrianne Delaney has been located, this, coming hours after the missing teen's Ford Explorer was located in Weymouth last night. Nobody could have been more relieved then Adrianne's mother Barbara who was emotionally overwrought when she spoke with the Observer at 6:30 this morning.

The Plympton release states, "Based on new information obtained from the parties found with the vehicle it was learned that Ms. Delaney has left the area on a recent flight out of Boston to Aruba. Police have confirmed that Ms. Delaney did in fact purchase a ticket and appears to be traveling alone. Although at this time it appears she is acting on her own free will, the Plympton Police continue to actively interview individuals familiar with her situation and will be working with Federal officials to locate and interview Ms. Delaney. Ms. Delaney has previously visited the Island and has acquaintances there."

It is expected that no charges will be filed in the unusual case and that those in possession of the car were unaware of the circumstances occurring within this case. All of us throughout the Plympton/Kingston area and beyond, are grateful that this matter has a positive conclusion.

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Missing since Saturday...

A 19-year-old Plympton woman has been reported missing from her Grove Street home, just across the town line from Kingston. Sources told the Observer that the woman, Adrianne Delaney is a nursing student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton.

The source said Delaney left the family home at 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning to view a video with a friend. Allegedly she left that location at 3:00 a.m. in her brown colored 2002 Ford Explorer. The woman's mother, Barbara Delaney said neither she nor her daughter's friends have seen or heard from her in almost five days. She was reluctant to answer questions stating that she did not want to impede the police investigation.

The Observer learned that the woman works part-time at a local Marshfield chiropractic service and failed to show up for 2-3 shifts over the past several days; she never called out. Plympton Police are issuing no statement at this time and are requesting that the press contact Chief Matt Clancy at the station in the morning when it is anticipated that he will issue a statement. The information that is available raises almost as many questions as it answers.

Normal police protocol on a missing person's case is to spread the word as far and as wide and as quickly as possible. The apparent five-day delay in this situation could be due to delayed notification by the family or a decision by the Plympton Police to downplay the matter based on internal information unavailable to the Observer at this time.

Sources tell the Observer that police are reviewing Adrianne's website on MySpace.com for possible clues to here whereabouts (the above link is to her page on the site).

First Story:

The Observer has confirmed that the brown 2002 Ford Explorer belonging to missing Plympton teen Adrianne Delaney has been recovered in Weymouth.


Earlier this evening source information provided to the Observer indicated that the vehicle was equipped with a LoJack tracking device. After receiving clearance to activate the system, we are told that the vehicle was pinpointed a short time later at a residential unit in Weymouth.


Information provided earlier indicated that police located a male at the address who said he had permission to use the car; apparently there was no sign of Delaney at the address.


It was not until a short time ago, at midnight, that the Weymouth Shift Commander confirmed that the vehicle was indeed located in Weymouth. He told the Observer that Weymouth Police were not handling the investigation and that any further information would have to come from Plympton Police or the State Police Barracks. Norwell State Police Barracks would provide no additional comment.


The obvious questions remaining if the additional details prove correct, are:

• Who drove the car to Weymouth

• Is there any relationship between Delaney and the Weymouth man?

• Under what circumstances did he acquire possession of the vehicle

• Where is Adrianne Delaney

• Where is the car impounded

• Does the car reveal any forensic evidence

• This twist is just another piece of an increasingly bizarre puzzle

One thing is clear, the wave of media coverage concerning this disappearance is beginning to produce results. The longer Adrianne Delaney remains unaccounted for, the more concerned authorities and family will become as the investigation approaches the one week point.