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Thirty-six years after Doreen Vincent went missing, Jessica Fritz Aguiar is back with new and shocking information on both her disappearance and the investigation into it. Pages and pages of new information from the Wallingford Police Department inform a fresh, renewed look at what happened to Doreen and what's happening with the main suspect - her father, Mark. 

Jessica Fritz Aguiar was a guest on WICC 600am Radio in Bridgeport/Milford CT. The host of the show is also the producer of Walk Softly Children, Joe Aguiar. Jess gives a synopsis of the case of Doreen Vincent, and an update on the status of her father, and the prime suspect in her disappearance 34 years ago, who was just released from a halfway house on a gun charge. 

Host Jessica Fritz Aguiar was invited onto the Vinnie Penn Project to discuss the Doreen Vincent case as part of National Missing Children Week. Vinnie had not heard of the case and questions how an obvious crime could have gone so cold. 

Executive producer Joe Aguiar joins host Jessica Fritz Aguiar to update you on the case of Doreen Vincent. Her father, Mark Vincent, has been released to a halfway house in Bridgeport, CT. Mark will be greeted each day with a billboard about Doreen's case just outside of his window. We are doing a GoFundMe to produce the $8700 dollars needed for two billboards in CT. Jess and Joe also discuss the status of their FOIA request, and the illegal way the Wallingford PD responded to it. Is another hearing coming soon? 

BONUS EPISODE: Listen to Jess and Joe discuss Mark Vincent's parole hearing on April 26, 2023, and hear Jess's plans for new episodes and new moves to find justice for Doreen and the alums of Milford Christian Academy, including new material being uploaded to Patreon.   

At Milford Christian Church, Pastor Jim Loomer likes to portray himself as “All Things to All Men,” as putting aside his own desires, comfort, and pride so that he can bring people to Jesus as envisioned in First Corinthians.  In doing so, Jim portrays himself as an average Joe, a man of the people, a happy go lucky man of God.  But underneath that mask lies a craven soul marked by a penchant for twisting God's words to serve his purposes, and using his church as a weapon to harm those who would expose him.  Discover Jim's history as a young Christian new to the pulpit, and follow him as he branches out into the realms of education and politics, where his hypocrisy is on full display.  Jim's sins were so blatant, in fact, that this episode had to be split in two, with the second half – containing a look at how Jim uses the church as not only a sword, but also as a shield to protect those who would hurt children like Doreen Vincent and Emily Martin – coming shortly.  #pastorloomer #milfordchristian #allthingstoallmen #doreenvincent #justicefordori #emilymartin #justiceforemily

The children of Milford Christian never had it easy. But after everything else – after isolation from the outside world and the insistence on conformity, after the humiliation, the beatings, the terror – the strict, draconian rules on appearance, relationships and sex took the largest toll. Learn about a different kind of abuse to which they were subjected, and the shame and scars it caused.

Surprised by what just popped up in your feed where Sticky Beak should be? Listen to a special announcement from Jessica Fritz Aguiar about a whole new phase to finding Justice for Doreen Vincent and the escapees of Milford Christian. Make sure you subscribe to my Patreon and leave a review wherever you find your podcasts! https://www.patreon.com/stickybeak

While Connecticut banned corporal punishment in public schools in 1989, it's alive and well at Milford Christian Academy. Under Pastor Jim Loomer and headmistress Susan Martin – who has her own personalized paddle – the school sought to impose paideia, or nurture from strike or sting, on its students to keep them in line, just like when Mark Vincent paddled Doreen on the day she disappeared. Get the latest update on Mark's gun charge and learn another secret about Susan that binds her to Doreen's father. Content warning – this episode contains descriptions of the physical abuse of children.

Learn more about not only Susan Martin's culture of fear and cruelty at Milford Christian Academy, but also the shocking secrets of what makes the woman herself tick. Hear how parents and teachers felt powerless to stand up in the face of Susan's methods – especially with Pastor Jim Loomer in her corner. Learn a bit about what Mark Vincent has been up to all these years, and how Milford Christian escapees bear the scars of the church they left behind. Discover the first of many disturbing skeletons in Milford Christian's closet. Trigger warning: this episode features graphic depictions of child abuse and references to suicide.

Dividing Milford Christian children from their parents was only the first part of Susan Martin's plan. Next came a personality that ruled with fear, didn't take no for an answer, was not afraid to lie to your face with a sweet smile. Come deep into the dark culture of Berean Academy and Church, a place where Jim Loomer felt free to not only allow, but foster, a man like Mark Vincent in his lair. Learn about a culture that - on top of the Wallingford Police Department, the Meriden Wallingford Record Journal, and Teen Challenge - has held up Justice for Doreen Vincent for decades.

Continue your journey into the dark heart of Susan Martin, Pastor James Loomer's right hand woman. Learn how, as Milford Christian Academy's headmaster and head disciplinarian, Susan used spying, emotional humiliation, and the power of Matthew 18:15 – a Bible verse meant to help Christians lead their brothers away from sin – to weaponize children against each other.

Mark Vincent isn't the only friend of Pastor James Loomer's who's got a questionable past. Get to know Milford Christian Academy's headmaster and head disciplinarian, Mrs. Susan Martin. Listen to audio from students who survived Berean on how Mrs. Martin cultivated and perpetuated her power over the children with the fear of hell.

Learn the history of Milford Christian Church, formerly known as Berean Assembly of God, its Pastor, James Loomer, and their connections to Mark Vincent. Explore the academics offered by Milford Christian Academy, or Berean Academy, as offered by Pastor Loomer and his team of teachers, including his right-hand woman Susan Martin, according to the Principle Approach. Hear the voices of former Berean students and begin to understand how their present might echo Doreen Vincent's past, in a reflection of what Dateline's Josh Mankiewicz calls The Ripple Effect of Murder.

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar and Joe Aguiar for an update session on the status of Mark Vincent's gun charge, including news from his last hearing and what we can expect from the next, information on his attorney Michael Boynton, news on how Mark's wife Kathy feels about recent events, and some good old-fashioned letters from Brad Vincent to his brother. Plus some spoilers for upcoming new episodes, dropping soon.

Follow Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she details Mark Vincent's February 16, 2022 arrest at Milford Christian Church, the events surrounding it, and its potential implications for Doreen Vincent's case.

In her quest to find justice for Doreen Jane Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar has talked to and interviewed experts in all fields related to this case. When it comes to True Crime, Josh Mankiewicz of Dateline NBC is one of the best known voices. Jessica and Mank discuss the case and the possibility of being featured on Dateline should Mark Vincent for be arrested for murder.

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar on a brand new season of Sticky Beak, as she uncovers more stories of Mark Vincent's criminal past and explores his life at Teen Challenge's campuses in New Haven, Connecticut and Johnson, Vermont, as well as his history with Pastor Rick Welch, all leading up to his recent arrest on gun charges in Milford, Connecticut, on February 16, 2022.

Police Officers went to Milford Christian Church on Feb. 16th, 2022, to investigate a "suspicious incident." They found that Mark Vincent, who was recently asked to leave Teen Challenge Vermont, was in possession of a stolen firearm. Mark was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm and one count of stealing a firearm, and his bail was set at $250,000.

For more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon's relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon's family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon's time in Danbury, New York, Bridgeport, Wallingford, and Ohio. Gain insight into how Sharon's background shaped both her marriage to Mark Hunter Vincent and her reaction to her stepdaughter's 1988 disappearance. This is the final episode of a special three part series, beginning with Episode 10, All the Rockies. Episodes 11 and 12, Good and Faithful Servant and From Hawleyville to Whirlwind. This is also the end of Season 2, for more content, including Joe rants, evidence and pictures, and a chance to sit in on a live Q&A with Jess and Joe, please become a Patron with a pledge of $5 or more at www.patreon.com/stickybeak.

For more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon's relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon's family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon's time in Danbury, New York, Bridgeport, Wallingford, and Ohio. Gain insight into how Sharon's background shaped both her marriage to Mark Hunter Vincent and her reaction to her stepdaughter's 1988 disappearance. This is a special three part series, beginning with Episode 10, All the Rockies, and continuing through Episodes 11 and 12, Good and Faithful Servant and From Hawleyville to Whirlwind, will be released on February 14. To get all three immediately, please become a Patron with a pledge of $5 or more at www.patreon.com/stickybeak.

For more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon's relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon's family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon's time in Danbury, New York, Bridgeport, Wallingford, and Ohio. Gain insight into how Sharon's background shaped both her marriage to Mark Hunter Vincent and her reaction to her stepdaughter's 1988 disappearance. This will be a special three part series, beginning with Episode 10, All the Rockies. Episodes 11 and 12, Good and Faithful Servant and From Hawleyville to Whirlwind, will be released, respectively, in one and two weeks, on February 7 and February 14. To get all three immediately, please become a Patron with a pledge of $5 or more at www.patreon.com/stickybeak.

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen's father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark's family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three available on November 24 and December 1. To listen to all three immediately, please become a Patreon at Sticky Beak is creating True crime podcast | Patreon

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen's father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark's family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three available on November 24 and December 1. To listen to all three immediately, please become a Patreon at Sticky Beak is creating True crime podcast | Patreon.

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen's father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark's family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three available on November 24 and December 1. To listen to all three immediately, please become a Patreon at Sticky Beak is creating True crime podcast | Patreon.

In trying to understand why the Wallingford Police Department is ignoring the history and signs of sexual abuse in missing girl and homicide victim Doreen Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar dives deep into the evidence of what Doreen experienced in her short life, speaking to Doreen's aunts Debbie Pereira and Carol Murad, her uncle Joe Murad, her grandmother Jane Murad, and her cousin Mary Knapp - all the while trying to focus on Doreen the girl, not just the victim.

In trying to understand why the Wallingford Police Department is ignoring the history and signs of sexual abuse in missing girl and homicide victim Doreen Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar dives deep into the evidence of what Doreen experienced in her short life, speaking to Doreen's aunts Debbie Pereira and Carol Murad, her uncle Joe Murad, her grandmother Jane Murad, and her cousin Mary Knapp - all the while trying to focus on Doreen the girl, not just the victim.

Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she attempts to build a truce with the Wallingford Police Department, examining the impact of the department's recent change in leadership on the investigation as well as its apparent unwillingness to examine the relevance of sexual abuse to Doreen's case.

Follow Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she examines the possibilities of finding Doreen Vincent at a number of locations across Connecticut, including 1316 Whirlwind Hill and Huntington State Park. Joining her for the conversation are no-body expert Tad DiBiase and long-lost Huntington ranger Paul O'Connell, who saw Mark's 1977 Chevy pickup in the park in the summer following Doreen's disappearance.

We may think we know what happened to Doreen Vincent, but as in so many other cold cases involving so-called endangered runaways - like Alissa Turney and Aundria Bowman - we can't know the truth unless and until the person responsible for her disappearance speaks. Listen as Jessica Fritz Aguiar unpacks the mystery of what really happened that night in June 1988 in Wallingford, Connecticut with the help of a private investigator hired by Doreen's family, psychic Vanessa, and nationally renowned “no-body” expert and prosecutor Tad DiBiase.

On June 15, 1988, Doreen Jane Vincent disappeared from the Connecticut farmhouse her career criminal father had rented the week before. At twelve, she had already lived 1,000 lifetimes. When her mother discovered her missing three days later, Mark Vincent told the cops she'd run away. Sounds simple, right? But that's just the beginning of a long, twisted story – that maybe, in the end, holds answers and redemption. Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she dives deep into a thirty-three year old cold case, calling out long dead witnesses, a Christian addiction group, the Wallingford PD, and Doreen's family itself. Because Jessica's like any good Sticky Beak – a pushy broad who doesn't take no for an answer.

Get ready for an all new season of Sticky Beak, as Jessica Fritz Aguiar continues her quest to get justice for Doreen Vincent, who has been missing since 1988, and whose case has recently been changed to a homicide. Doreen's father, Mark Vincent, is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his daughter, who was just 12 years old when he claimed they had a fight and she ran away... never to be seen again. The walls are closing in, and experts are lining up to solve this case.

On this episode of the Chatroom, Connor's guest is Jessica Fritz Aguiar, host of the #CMGPodcast Sticky Beak. Jess talks to Connor about working as a researcher on Faded Out, her job as a lawyer, being a mom of 4 kids, and what inspired her about Doreen Vincent's case to dedicate the past two years to trying to solve this 32 year old cold case.

Learn more about Jessica Fritz Aguiar's fight in the Freedom of Information Commission to get the Wallingford Police Department to release its records on Doreen Vincent's case. Listen as Jessica works through cold cases from around the state of Connecticut, including Suzanne Jovin, Barbara Hamburg, Leah Ulbrich, Janice Pockett, Debra Spickler, Lisa Joy White, Rhonda Johnson, and Billy Smolinski in an attempt to figure out what gives a case its solvability factor. Hear the status of Doreen's case with the State's Attorney's Office and whether a prospective law enforcement action is indeed on the horizon.

RECAP: Follow Jessica Fritz Aguiar through the history of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act and her fight for records on Doreen Vincent’s cold case against the Wallingford Police Department. Learn about cold case units around Connecticut and hear what interest they might have in solving Doreen’s.

Jessica Fritz Aguiar examines Doreen Vincent's many signs of sexual abuse and the history of it as suffered by her aunts, Debbie and Carol, with the help of licensed clinical social worker Karen Calcaterra.

Jessica Fritz Aguiar is joined by her executive producer Joe Aguiar, to answer listener questions about the Doreen Vincent Case. From the concrete laid at 1316 Whirlwind Hill Rd in 1988, to the FOIA hearing this past February, Joe and Jess answer questions and get into more detail about Mark Vincent, his brother Brad, the Wallingford Police Department, the search for Doreen and so much more.

When it comes to Doreen Vincent, it's always been women's work. Since she became a cold case, billed as a runaway in 1988, and for a while it seemed like only the women in her life were there to pick up the pieces. They were there to pick up the pieces for Mark, too.

The Wallingford Police gave Jessica some information about a 2003 plan for Mark to meet with detectives to offer information on Doreen's disappearance, but the State's Attorney wouldn't offer full immunity. What did the WPD miss, what happened at 1316 Whirlwind Hill Rd, what was going on with Doreen's "underwear model career" and more silly little stones that will blow this case wide open!

Sharon Vincent took a walk after Doreen was gone, to think and try out the neighborhood raspberries. Some might think she’s a victim; others a villain. Only Raspberry Season will tell.

Doreen was gone, and people were looking for her. Maybe not always the right people. But others would be there to watch them to challenge them and to call out for answers. And maybe a little justice, just like the Lady in White.

When you listen to a story, you want to trust the narrator. Well, you're not going to find that here. Come listen to the retelling of the night Doreen went missing. Make sure you take notes.

Continue the journey that began with my work as lead investigator on Sarah Dimeo’s Faded Out, Season 2, looking into disappearance of Doreen Jane Vincent. Doreen was twelve where she disappeared from her father’s rented farmhouse in Wallingford, Connecticut, in June of 1988. You can’t understand what happened to her without knowing who she was, and where she came from. Come get to know a little girl.