Maryland 1971 cold case solved — arrest shocks community

Maryland 1971 cold case solved — arrest shocks community

The beer glass was still cold when Ethan Kline disappeared in the resort town of Deep Creek, Maryland, a place with a population of just over three thousand. The summer night of 1971 arrived with a thick fog blanketing the lake's surface, swallowing the lights from the cabins along the shore. Sometime after midnight, the owner of The Silver Dock bar saw five young men leave the establishment—Ethan in the middle, wearing a dark blue plaid shirt, laughing and waving off a minor argument with his friends.

They stepped out of the bar's lights and walked along the wooden path leading down to the abandoned dock. A woman walking her dog heard sounds of arguing, then a short scream echoing from the direction of the lake. What happened in the minutes that followed would haunt Deep Creek for thirty-five years.

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