Body of missing mother found at Cranmore THE BERLIN DAILY SUN, Thursday, April 28, 2011— Page 3
BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Police found the body of the missing 20-yearold Portland woman they’d been searching for since Saturday in a pond at the base of Cranmore early Wednesday. “It is with great sorrow that I tell you we located the body of Krista Dittmeyer,” assistant attorney general Jane Young said at a lateafternoon press conference. “She was located in what is known in this area as Duck Pond.” Young spoke before a pack of television reporters from stations around the Northeast. She said she would be unwilling to answer any questions, but she did take a few without releasing many details. “We are treating this as a suspicious death,” she said. “Ms. Dittmeyer’s body is being transported to Concord to be examined tomorrow by the deputy medical examiner.” After an autopsy, she said, officials may be able to release details about “the manner and the cause of her death.” The attorney general’s office took over communication from the Conway police earlier in the day, shortly after the report went out that a body was in the pond. “Effective immediately all further press inquiries and information releases will be under the authority of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office,” Lt. Chris Perley said in an email to reporters around noon. For most of the day, official spokespeople were unwilling to confirm the body had been found, but news of the discovery went out over the radio early Wednesday morning and police at the scene confirmed the report early on. The pond where Dittmeyer was found is just north of Cranmore’s base lodge, several hundred yards away from the spot where Ditt-
Officials look into the snowmaking pond at the base of Cranmore Mountain ski area in North Conway where the body of Krista Dittmeyer was found Wednesday morning. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
meyer’s car was found call went out over on Saturday with her the radio. By 10:30 “It is with great sorrow a.m. State Police and infant daughter inside. Police have been that I tell you we located Conway officers had searching for Dittrestricted traffic to the body of Krista Ditt- Skimobile Road and meyer ever since, with national media follow- meyer,” assistant attorney the fitness center. They ing close behind. Police general Jane Young said. closed off Old Bartlett scoured the nearby Road entirely. More woods on Saturday “She was located in what than a dozen news and drained a reten- is known in this area as trucks from stations in tion pond at the base Portland, Boston and Duck Pond.” of the mountain on Manchester waited in Monday, but they had the dirt parking lot not drained the Duck Pond. just beyond the fitness center and a news helicopter flew overhead. Police had the area immediately around the pond closed off by 9:15 A Department of Safety emera.m. Wednesday, shortly after the gency services incident command
B a ck by P opu la r D em a n d !!
O u r Frid a y N ight “Tw ofer” FIS H FR Y ! C hoose ou r Fa bu lou s D eep-Fried S ea food P la tter or R oa st P rim e R ibs ofB eef Tw o for Ju st $2 7 Reservations Welcome • 466-3315
MOTOR INN RESORT
Weekday Dinner 5-9:00 pm Weekend Dinner 5-10:00 pm Route 2, Shelburne, NH www.townandcountryinn.com
truck arrived early in the afternoon, and about an hour later a Fish and Game Department dive team showed up. Around 5 p.m. a hearse arrived and left with a police escort. Wednesday was the first time in days the Conway Police Department was unwilling to comment on the Dittmeyer case. Police had been holding daily press conferences to keep momentum going for the search and tips. Dittmeyer is originally from Bridgton, Maine. She had been living in Portland and was a waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings, a restaurant in South Portland.
P resen tin g A S pecia l
Sa tu rd a y N igh t Sea food B u ffet A ll-You-C an-E at RoastPrim e Ribs of Beef Featuring... Fresh M aine Steam ers M aple-D ijon Scallops in Bacon Tenderloin Tips w ith Sauteed M ushroom s Sunflow er-C rusted A tlantic Salm on Fresh C lam s C asino • D eep Fried Seafood Platter F U L L S A L A D B A R ,S U M P T U O U S D E S S E R T B U F F E T O V E R 4 0 IT E M S S aturday,A pril30th • 5-8:00 pm • R eserve your table 4 66-3315
466-3315
Motor Inn Resort www.townandcountryinn.com
Weekday Dinner 5-9:00 pm Weekend Dinner 5-10:00 pm Route 2, Shelburne, NH