Episode 85: A Missing Mom, Sandra Crispo Hanson, Mass with her daughter, Laina McMahon

What do Auntie Em, Dropkick Murphys, Mr. Ballen, and HoJos have in common? We roll into Quincy for a look and a story. 

A Missing Mom Mystery. Sandra Crispo vanished from her Hanson, Massachusetts home on August 7, 2019. She left her beloved dog, Clarance, behind without food or water and her back door unlocked with lights and air conditioning running. She was living her best life in her new home and spending quality hours with her young grandsons. 

Six years later, her case remains unsolved despite evidence suggesting foul play, including blood found throughout her house and witness reports of an argument the night she disappeared.

• Sandra had recently moved to Hanson from Quincy, downsizing to a small house after her father passed away

• Her father left behind a substantial estate including reported gold bars, creating significant family tension• Sandra was last seen on surveillance at Cumberland Farms buying cigarettes after her son-in-law helped her drop her car at a mechanic

• Neighbors reported hearing an argument involving two men at Sandra's home the night she disappeared• Blood from Sandra and an unidentified male family associate was found in the home six weeks after her disappearance

• Sandra was 54 years old when she vanished and had found new purpose in being a grandmother to her daughter's children

• Despite grand jury testimony and ongoing investigation, no arrests have been made in the case

Information is needed in Sandra Crispo's disappearance, contact Hanson Police Department at 781-293-4625 or Massachusetts State Police Detectives at 508-894-2600.

Boston 25 New England's Unsolved with Laina McMahon

ePISODE PHOTOS: Missing photos for Sandra, Her hanson home, Sandra with her children and her grandchildren, Sandra when she was a younger mom,

Sources

Updating

Sandra Crispo, Charley Project https://charleyproject.org/case/sandra-e-crispo

Boston 25 news - New information about SAndra Crispo

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-sandra-crispos-disappearance/POUEPW3CHFBBFIPFV74SRIHTEE

Stephen Dabrowski, sr, obituary, Quincy, Mass

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/stephen-dabrowski-obituary?id=1636295

Boston Globe https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/10/03/sandra-crispo-vigil

Hanson Express

https://whitmanhansonexpress.com/a-vigil-for-sandra-crispo/#:~:text=A%20family%20member%20dropped%20her,daughter%20Laina%20McMahon%20wrote%20Selectmen.

47 Spofford Ave, Hanson https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/47-Spofford-Ave-Hanson-MA-02341/184280135_zpid/?mmlb=g,5

Houghs Neck, Quincy

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Discover Quincy

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http://www.houghsneck.org/home.html

Quincy Quarry Museum

http://www.quincyquarrymuseum.org/where-is-quincy-granite.html

USS Salem

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Kilroy was here. 

https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/kilroy-was-here.htm#:~:text=%22Kilroy%20Was%20Here%22%20grew%20to,KilroyWasHere

Dropkick murphys, Quincy, Mass

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Boston Irish, Beachcomber, Quincy, Mass

https://www.bostonirish.com/news/2015/rip-quincy%E2%80%99s-beachcomber-end-era-popular-venue-exits-local-music-scene

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2024/08/17/the-beachcomber-club-ma-wollaston-nightclub-louis-armstrong-dropkick-murphys/74634679007

Howard Johnson's

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/62951#slide=gs-291392

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Nashua Telegraph

https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/local-news/2020/06/13/part-ii-remembering-two-iconic-nashua-eateries-both-named-howard-johnsons/

The First Dunkin Donuts

https://news.dunkindonuts.com/blog/blog_custom-20180718

Fifty plus advocate - Wizard of Oz cast had Massachusetts connections

https://www.fiftyplusadvocate.com/2024/08/13/many-wizard-of-oz-cast-members-had-massachusetts-connections