On May 7, 1988, 26-year-old Barry Pulkkinen was found injured and abandoned on the side of a road in the woods of Indian Purchase, just outside Millinocket, Maine. He was transported to a nearby hospital and later to Maine Medical Center, where he died of his injuries on May 12, 1988. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide and the Maine State Police opened an investigation.

Few specifics about the nature of his injuries or the events that led to him being left on the road have been made public, and the case eventually went cold. No suspects have been publicly named and no arrests have been announced. The family and the community still lack answers about who was responsible for Pulkkinen’s death.

If anyone has information about Barry Pulkkinen, the location where he was found, or events in Millinocket in May 1988, please come forward to help resolve this case.