BUREAU INFORMATION

• About Us
• Jobs & Training
• Licenses & Permits
• Field Troops
• Special Units
• Criminal Investigation & Forensics
  • Unsolved Homicides
  • Missing Persons
  • Computer Crimes
  • CID Units
  • Criminal Intelligence & Homeland Security
  • Polygraph Unit
  • Crime Lab
  • Crime Statistics
  • Criminal History Records
  • Sex Offender Registry
  • Tip Line
• Vehicle Inspections & Crashes
• Commercial Vehicles

Unsolved Homicides

Joyce Tanerillo

Case date: 1974

Town: South Portland

Joyce Tanerillo was found on 08/26/74 at approximately 0830 hours in her car which was parked at her residence in South Portland, Maine.

According to her ex-husband, Tanerillo was last seen alive at 0100 hours on 08/26/74 by her ex-husband whom she agreed to have coffee with and talk. After talking, she left, picked up a hitchhiker, dropped the hitchhiker off on Congress Street in Portland, then ran three red lights. Her ex-husband stated that he followed her and lost her at the lights. A suspect has been interviewed.

cid1@maine.gov

1 Game Farm Rd. Gray, Maine 04039 1-800-228-0857 (In State) 207-657-3030 (Out of State)207-657-5748 (fax)

Contact the Maine State Police, Criminal Investigation Division with information regarding this murder. You may also report information about this crime using the online Report a Crime form.