The Disappearance of Shirley Moon-Atwood (Maine)

MAINE MISSING PERSON, 2006: Two women, one murdered and one missing, connected by one man. When police discovered the badly beaten body of Cheryl Murdoch and arrested her boyfriend Shannon Atwood for the crime, they pinned him with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, too.

But what should be the simplest answer in the disappearance of Shirley Moon-Atwood isn't simple at all.

In this case, we have a man with a history of convicted assault against a woman, an ex-wife with a violent conviction of her own, and a new girlfriend found dead with mountains of circumstantial evidence pointing to a killer. Or does it?

If you have information regarding this case, please contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit - Central at (207) 624-7143 or toll free at 1-800-452-4664. You may also report information about this crime using the leave a tip form.

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