Nancy Smith was 47 when she was found dead in a car on a dirt road in the village of East Dixfield on November 3, 2004. A resident of Rumford, she’d been in a long-term relationship with Melvin Rocky Bishop, 57; the couple had separated about three weeks earlier but had continued to meet weekly. That Wednesday night they planned to swim at the University of Maine at Farmington and then go out for drinks.

A Dixfield reserve officer on routine patrol discovered their car just after midnight on Valley Road, running with its lights on. Nancy was found in the driver’s seat, partially out of the vehicle with the door ajar; Bishop was inside the car and the weapon was recovered there. The Maine State Medical Examiner’s Office determined Nancy had been shot once and that Bishop then turned the gun on himself. The Maine State Police investigated and classified the deaths as resulting from domestic violence, noting evidence that Nancy was in the process of ending the long-term relationship.

If anyone knew Nancy or Rocky, or has information about their last meetings before November 3, investigators would welcome hearing from you.