MUS-2026-0019
Archive card
MUS-2026-0019
Homicide
- Incident
- 1993
- Indexed
- Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Massachusetts State Police
- Location
- Sturbridge MA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Holly Piirainen, 10, vanished from her grandparents' cottage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in 1993 while walking to see a neighbor's puppies. Hunters found her remains eleven weeks later. A $40,000 reward is offered. No arrests have been made. The case has a Wikipedia page, a six-episode podcast ('Holly's Been Taken,' 2022-23), The Trail Went Cold episode 465, and Worcester Telegram and MassLive archives.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1993
Holly Piirainen, 10, vanishes from her grandparents' cottage in Sturbridge while walking to see a neighbor's puppies.
- 1993
Eleven weeks later, hunters find her remains.
- 2022-2023
The six-episode 'Holly's Been Taken' podcast revisits the case.
- 2026
The $40,000 reward stands. No arrests have been made. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
10, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Vanished from her grandparents' cottage in 1993 while walking to see puppies; her remains were found eleven weeks later.
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Investigating agency
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