GLENBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Since Monday night, family and friends of 15-year old Nichole Cable have laid flowers, stuffed animals and other tokens in her memory outside her home in Glenburn. The site has become a tribute and healing place for those who knew Nichole.

Some of the messages on the board at the memorial were written before state police had found Nichole's remains on Monday night - saying, "Nichole, if you see this, please come home," while others have visited the site after Monday.

Tim Munson, who lives next door, has been keeping candles lit at the memorial site. He says this is the biggest tragedy in the town of Glenburn in the last 35 years he's lived there. He told me it's affected even his 4-year old daughter. He says every time a special report would come on the TV news, she would ask him if Nichole had come home yet.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The state states there is reason to believe Nichole Cable died last Sunday soon after she disappeared. Her body was found eight days later. For more than a week critical evidence was faced with the elements that included rain and sun. The evidence response team will be faced with even more hurdles as they gather evidence and find out what happened that night.

Former forensic scientist Alicia Wilcox said, "There are quite a few challenges for the investigators at the crime scene and later the examiners at the crime lab with those types of scenes. An individual's body that lay exposed with the weather and that type of environment is not a friend of forensic science."

According to Wilcox, the rain could have diluted evidence, washed away footprints, and possible erase fiber or trace elements.

Town of Orrington turned 225 years old on Thursday, March 21, 2013. To celebrate the special occasion, Orrington will resurrect Old Home Week from July 13 through July 21, 2013.

Old Home Week’s mission is to celebrate Orrington’s rich past, vibrant present and bright future with former residents, friends and neighbors. It will showcase the best of Orrington: their 225 year history, distinct villages, beautiful natural resources, excellent schools, numerous businesses, churches and organizations and the friendly people.