On a summer afternoon in Waterville, Maine, a man returned home to a chilling silence. What he found behind the door would alter the course of his life—and the town’s history—forever. What happened was only the beginning of a tragic story rooted in grief, misunderstood illness, and the haunting repetition of history.
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The Constance Fisher Tragedy by Bob Briggs
The Boston Globe, 9 March, 1954 – “Maine mother, 24, Drowns 3 Children”
Kennebec Journal, 9 March, 1954 – “Waterville Mother Held”
The Bangor Daily News, 10 March, 1954 – “Waterville Woman Pleads Innocent”
Morning Sentinel, 11 March, 1954 – “Service for 3 Children Held”
The Flint Journal, 1 July, 1966 – “1954 Triple Drowning in Family is Repeated”
Press-Telegram, 3 July, 1966 – “Twelve Years Ago”
The Bangor Daily News, 4 July, 1966 – “Hearing Tuesday in 3 Deaths”
The Kane Republican, 6 July, 1966 – “Hearing for Woman”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7 July, 1966 – “Mother Under Mental Care”
The Bangor Daily News, 17 January, 1967 – “Judge Rules Mrs. Fisher Competent”
Saint John Times Globe, 19 January, 1967 – “Accused Killer Ruled Insane”
Albuquerque Journal, 19 January, 1967 – “Jury Rules Mother Insane”
Kennebec Journal, 2 October, 1973 – “Accused Killer Flees ASH”
The Lewiston Daily Sun, 2 October, 1973 – “Woman Escapes”
Sun-Journal, 2 October, 1973 – “Continue Search for Escaped Hospital Patient”
The Bangor Daily News, 4 October, 1073 – “State Hospital Escapee Still Being Sought”
Morning Sentinel, 8 October, 1973 – “Mrs. Fisher Found Dead”
The Boston Globe, 8 October, 1973 – “Me. Mother Drowned”
Morning Sentinel, 9 October, 1973 – “Funeral of Mrs. Constance Fisher”
The Portsmouth Herald, 1973 – “Treatment Stimulated Suicide
