Iris Brown was last seen leaving her apartment in Burlington on March 15, 1976, with a male acquaintance. The acquaintance arrived at Brown's apartment that day and told her he had just received a telegram from her boyfriend saying that he was being released early from prison and wanted the acquaintance to drive her to Connecticut to meet the boyfriend. The acquaintance offered conflicting stories about where he and Brown supposedly parted ways. The acquaintance confessed to the killing Brown in April 2008. The acquaintance who initially claimed to have driven Brown to Springfield, Massachusetts, now maintains he never left Vermont, and may not have driven much beyond Barre, the last place he was seen the night Brown disappeared.