Michael Craig Cochran, 24, was found dead in the charred remains of a Dedham, Maine, cabin after a fire believed to have occurred on February 18, 1981; his remains were discovered on February 24, 1981. Initially treated as an accidental smoke inhalation death, the case was later reclassified as a homicide, but by then Cochran’s body had been cremated, limiting what investigators could learn.

The six-day gap between the fire and discovery, and the delayed ruling, complicated evidence collection and the investigation. More than four decades later the Maine State Police list the case as unsolved; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Has anyone in the area from that time heard or known anything about the fire, the cabin, or Michael Cochran that could help the investigation?