Missing
Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes
Virginia, approximately 1993
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/24/1993
Missing location (approx) :
Bangor, Maine
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Native American
DOB : 04/02/1967 (54)
Age at the time of disappearance: 26 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 125 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white t-shirt, a denim jacket, blue jeans and white L.A. Gear sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Virginia and her family are members of the Mi'kmaq Indian Nation. She has high cheekbones. Virginia has scar tissue on her left elbow, a V-shaped scar on her right forearm muscle, and a tattoo of a Playboy bunny on her left shoulder. She has an indentation on one of her front teeth. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies do not hyphenate her last names, as in "Pictou Noyes."
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Virginia was a patient at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine on April 24, 1993; she was taken there for treatment after being assaulted outside a tavern, allegedly by her husband, Larry Noyes, and his brother, Roger Noyes Jr.
Larry was charged with domestic assault and taken to jail, and Roger was issued as court summons on an assault charge. Larry made bail and was released, and he and Roger were Virginia's last known visitors at the hospital.
Virginia apparently left the hospital without permission sometime during the evening, before her checkup was complete, after saying she needed to get home to her children. She was seen at a truck stop in Houlton, Maine during the early morning hours the next day, and made phone calls to various people asking for a ride home to Easton, Maine. She has never been heard from again.
The assault charges against the Noyes brothers were dropped after Virginia's disappearance; without her testimony, there was insufficient evidence to convict.
Her family believes she was murdered, and police also suspect foul play in her case. Larry and Roger are the prime suspects in her disappearance. Both men had criminal records for a variety of offenses, including burglary, vandalism and arson. Virginia often confided to her brother about the abuse she suffered at Larry's hands, and she had tried to leave him with the children on several occasions, but Larry would always apologize and they would reconcile.
Larry stated his wife had had a romantic relationship with his brother prior to marrying him, and that one of their children may have in fact been Roger's. Larry maintained his innocence in Virginia's disappearance and stated he never abused her. He claimed Virginia left a note behind, saying she was leaving and would return when all their children were grown.
Roger died in 2009. In 2011, Larry pleaded guilty to several domestic violence charges unrelated to Virginia's case. By 2017, he was homeless, suffering from serious health problems and used a wheelchair for mobility. He died of liver failure in the summer of 2018.
Virginia resided in Easton, Maine in 1993, but many of her relatives live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to her marriAge at the time of disappearance: she had four children by different men, the first born when she was fourteen years old, and dropped out of high school in her junior year. She married Larry at Age at the time of disappearance: 22 and had three additional children afterwards.
Virginia's two youngest children died in a fire in 1990, three years prior to her disappearance. Three others were taken from Larry's custody after Virginia went missing, and eventually adopted by another family.
Virginia's loved ones describe her as a devoted mother who would not have abandoned her family. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Maine State Police
207-532-2261
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
