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When a Town Holds Its Breath The Long, Unfinished Trail of Andrew Dabbs
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When a Town Holds Its Breath The Long, Unfinished Trail of Andrew Dabbs
Posted by admin on January 9, 2026, 21:12 40 0
The Long, Unfinished Trail of Andrew Dabbs

A case that reads like an absence

When people say “missing persons case,” they often mean someone who vanished and is feared harmed. The name Andrew Dabbs shows up in Norton, Massachusetts in a different, unsettling way: as a man still not located by authorities decades after prosecutors say he committed a killing and fled. In public databases and law-enforcement notices, the “missing” is not his safety—it’s his whereabouts.

Norton, a date, and a moment that won’t let go

Multiple sources anchor the case to the same day: October 10, 1981. That date is repeatedly cited as the point of last contact/last seen in Norton, and also as the day of the alleged homicide tied to Dabbs. In other words, the timeline that places him in Norton is inseparable from what authorities allege happened there—an overlap that keeps the story fixed in place even as the years keep moving....Read More

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