With more than two weeks passing since anyone last saw William and Loraine Currier, police say they are still working leads to unravel the mystery.
This police sketch released Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by the Essex, Vt. Police Department shows a man who may have been spotted driving a car registered to a missing Essex couple. Forty-nine-year-old William Currier, an animal care technician at the University of Vermont, and his 55-year-old wife Lorraine, who works at Fletcher Allen Health Care, were last seen Wednesday by co-workers. Their car was found near their home, but the couple is still missing. (AP Photo/Essex Police Department)ESSEX, Vermont - With more than two weeks passing since anyone last saw William and Loraine Currier, police say they are still working leads to unravel the mystery.
The Curriers were last seen on June 8, when they worked their normal shifts at their respective jobs in Burlington. William, 49, is an animal care technician at the University of Vermont while his wife Loraine, 55, works for Fletcher Allen Health Care, the university's hospital and health care center.
Police have labeled the disappearance as suspicious and although they have made very little information public, a sketch of a man who was seen driving the Currier's car has been publicized.
On June 10, the couple's green Saturn sedan was found in Essex Junction, in a parking lot between two apartment buildings at 241 Pearl St. Police reportedly questioned several people who lived in the area but no arrests were made.
A witness who saw someone driving the car did provide the description used by a sketch artist to provide the drawing of the man.
According to the Burlington Free Press, the police still haven't found a handgun the couple purchased recently.
Last week relatives offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the couple's whereabouts, as their concerns grow with each passing day.
In this undated photo released by the Essex police, Bill and Lorraine Currier are seen. Vermont police are carrying out search warrants at the home of the Essex couple they say have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Essex police are looking for Bill and Lorraine Currier, who were last seen Wednesday by their respective co-workers in Burlington. Police searched their home Thursday night. (AP Photo/Essex police) "Bill and Lorraine Currier are kind and caring people, beloved members of our families, said Diana Smith, William Currier's sister, in a statement read to the press recently. "We are heartbroken by their disappearance and at a loss to explain or understand it. We deeply appreciate the dedicated efforts of the police in trying to solve this mystery and bring them home safely."
William is described by police as a white man, 6-feet tall, weighing 220 pounds. Lorraine is described as a white woman, 5-feet-3 inches tall, and weighing approximately 160 pounds with brown hair.
Anyone with information on the case, even if it doesn't match up with previously released information is asked to share it with the Essex Police Department by calling 802-878-8331.