Thank you
Our brother and son, Curtis Pishon, disappeared July 5, 2000 from a manufacturing facility in Seabrook, New Hampshire. After eight years of no visible progress on the case our family decided to take action on our own. In 2008 we started the Find Curt campaign. We began with a website and a massive media drive including postcard mailings and signs posted throughout the Seacoast area. We informed the Seabrook police of our intentions and cooperated with them on interviews to newspapers and Channel 9 news.
During the first several months we received many tips from the website and phone line. The police reported to us their sources were receiving tips too. As time went on a clear picture of what happened to Curt formed. Many tips consistently reported that he was indeed murdered in the early morning of July 5 th 2000. Thanks to the brave individuals who contacted us we now know not only that he was murdered but how, where, why and by whom. Much of the information confirmed what the police said they already knew.
It is confusing to us why his case is not listed as a homicide.
Curtis’ remains, such as they may be given the gruesome nature of the crime, have not been returned to us, though we suspect where they are. This knowledge has given us a strange comfort – we no longer catch a glimpse of a face in a passing car and wonder if it might be him, hear a voice in a crowd and look to see him - any small lingering doubts about his fate are gone. He is free from the physical and emotional pain multiple sclerosis ravaged upon him. We are free too, knowing his fate with certainty. Now we can visit the memorial placed in the Veteran’s cemetery and proceed through the natural process of grieving.
My brother has been dead for nine years this July 5 th. My family wishes to thank everyone who risked themselves to provide us this much information. Perhaps someday your knowledge and a Law Enforcement community that chooses to actively pursue justice will finally resolve the case via the criminal justice and court system. In the meantime we realize Curtis’ killer will never be free. He and those who helped him may walk among the Seacoast community but such a grotesque act of violence will not pass without consequences. You will live everyday knowing what you did, look into the eyes of your children as they realize what you did; know that everyone around you knows what you did. You cannot hide from your conscience or God forever.
And while we have found a kind of closure after this ordeal, our thoughts and prayers continue to be sent to those others whose loved ones are still missing. May you find answers to all your questions and peace in your hearts.
-Crystle Pishon
If you know any information regarding the location of his remains please click here to report via anonymous email or call
1-866-97-FINDCURT
There is a $6000 reward for information that leads directly to the discovery and return of his remains.
Please browse this website to see the related articles and information available about his case and how you can help..
Curt's story
The following is a summary of Curt's case taken from the North American Missing Persons website:
"On July 4th 2000 Curtis a retired police officer arrived at his job as a security guard at Venture Corporation around 9:30 p.m. and parked his car in the parking lot--about eight feet from the guard shack. He chatted briefly with the guard he was relieving--who later told police that Curtis did not appear depressed or upset. Around midnight, Curtis' supervisor checked on him and reported no problems. Then at 2 a.m. Curtis called the Fire Department to report that his car was on fire. The car was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived just a few minutes later. Firefighters told police that Curtis was remarkably calm despite what was happening to his car. The last entry in his guard log was at 2 a.m., when he reported the fire. A few plant workers taking a break saw him at approximately 3:15 a.m. The first person to notice that he was missing was a worker who arrived at the plant at 3:45 a.m. About the same time, a night-shift foreman reported seeing two vehicles racing out of the driveway, but he was unable to give a description of the cars to police. When Curtis' relief arrived the next morning Curtis was nowhere to be found.
If Curtis deliberately disappeared, his family and police are left with the mystery of where he went. There has been no activity on his bank accounts or credit cards. His family does not believe Curtis killed himself. His sister believes that her brother would have wanted his body found and would have left a note if he committed suicide. Moreover, Hampton Police found his pistol in his hotel room still wrapped in the bag that it was in when he bought it from his father."
