A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan who seemingly vanished without a trace has been found dead in her car just days after moving to Maine.

Autumn Danielle Cleveland of Virginia was first reported missing on Saturday. Two days later, she was found dead in her blue 2018 Mazda CX5 in Dayton, a small town in Maine about 25 miles southwest of Portland.

According to social media posts, the young woman had been staying in a rental home in Maine and when she checked out on Saturday morning, she had contacted her father, mother and sister, as per the Portland Press Herald. 

The State Police Major Crime Unit South are investigating her death but said the public is not in danger, as per a news release.

A spokesperson would not comment on whether her death is suspicious. Officials said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and manner of death.

She was later found deceased on Monday inside her car

On Monday around 3:30 pm, someone had called 911 reporting a dead woman inside a parked car near Goodwins Mills Road in Dayton. 

The person inside the vehicle matched Cleveland’s description, according to state police.

Her family said she was last seen driving a blue 2018 Mazda CX5 with Washington state plates around southern Maine, as per the news outlet.

Autumn’s devastated parents described her as ‘shy, soft-spoken’ and ‘anxious’ and having a few close friends. 

Renee Cleveland, Autumn’s mom told the Portland Press Herald her daughter was ‘very selective about who she let into her life’.

Autumn’s family said she ‘loved Taylor Swift, cats and every type of sweet treat, especially chocolate’

Pictured: Autumn’s selfie she took presumably in the same car in which she was found dead

‘When she picked you, when she loved you, family or otherwise, there wasn’t any other love like hers,’ Renee said. ‘Her love languages were different than most. She showed you in tiny ways.’

Her family said Autumn ‘loved Taylor Swift, cats and every type of sweet treat, especially chocolate’.

Autumn’s sister Brooke Cleveland called her sister ‘very selfless’.  

‘It wouldn’t matter if she was having the worst day ever, if somebody else was having a slightly bad day she would make sure to be there for them.’

The pair enjoyed spending time hiking together and would always end the day by getting ice cream.

Autumn’s sister Brooke Cleveland called her sister ‘very selfless’ 

Cleveland was found on Monday after state troopers were alerted to a woman dead in a parked car on Goodwins Mills Road (pictured) in Dayton, Maine, approximately 25 miles from Portland 

Brooke said if my sister ‘ever shared any of (her sweets) with you, you knew you that you were in her good graces’.

Autumn’s father, Michael Cleveland, said that the pair had gone on a cross-country road trip before she went to Virginia and then to Maine.  

‘Anybody that met her fell in love with her,’ Michael Cleveland said. ‘I know dads say that about all of their daughters, but it truly is true.’

Her mother said her daughter enjoyed traveling and seeing the world, a goal she wanted for herself before she settled down one day.

She was planning to return home around the holidays to spend her birthday – November 14 – with her family before going wedding dress shopping with her sister who was getting married.

Autumn’s mother said her daughter enjoyed traveling and seeing the world, a goal she wanted for herself before she settled down one day

Autumn was planning to return home around the holidays to spend her birthday

A GoFundMe was created by a family friend to help Cleveland’s family in their time of despair.

The money will go towards ‘travel between Virginia and Maine, travel accommodations, funeral and memorial expenses, living expenses during time off of work, food, and animal boarding and care,’ Christy Clements, the organizer wrote.

‘As the family navigates through this difficult time, your generosity will help to ease the burden of expenses and allow them to grieve without worry,’ she said.

As of Saturday, nearly $1,900 was raised toward their goal of $20,000.

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Originally Published: September 7, 2024 at 3:05 p.m.

Republican Kelly Ayotte wasn’t on the debate stage Friday, but New Hampshire’s Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls mentioned her by name at least a dozen times.

Though six Republicans are seeking the GOP nomination in Tuesday’s primary, Ayotte has led in polls and fundraising, making her the target of the three Democrats who appeared in a debate a New England College. Former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington and restaurant owner Jon Kiper mentioned her name at least a dozen times, either touting their ability to beat her in the general election or warning that she would be bad for the state.

“Kelly Ayotte was the only senator in New England who voted against universal background checks after 20 children were gunned down at Sandy Hook,” Warmington said in explaining her support for gun safety measures including universal background checks and waiting periods for gun buyers and a ban on military-style weapons in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Georgia.

Craig said she also would support such legislation and described efforts she undertook as mayor, including implementing a gun violence prevention strategy and an app that allows teachers to summon help quickly in an emergency.

“We have to be thinking about both fronts, moving forward with legislation and what can we do to prevent this and protect families in our state,” she said. “There is nothing more important.”

Kiper, however, emphasized that gun violence is rare in New Hampshire and said he would focus his efforts on ensuring dangerous, mentally ill people didn’t have access to guns and protecting those at risk of domestic violence. He also parted ways with the other two candidates in refusing to take the state’s traditional pledge against a general sales or income tax. He said both need to be on the table to pay for schools and noted that he both collects a rooms and meals tax at his restaurant and pays a type of income tax, the business enterprise tax.

“Frankly it is a slap in the face to every restaurant owner in this state to say there’s no sales or income tax,” he said. “Those things exist, they provide income for the state, and the state could not function without them.”

The candidates largely agreed on most policy issues, though Craig and Warmington criticized each others’ backgrounds during a discussion of the state’s opioid crisis. Warmington once was a lobbyist for Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, but she says it was before the true dangers of the drug and the company’s deceitful marketing were fully known.

“To cherry pick my work is completely misleading,” said Warmington, who suggested that Craig has profited from the opioid crisis because her husband is a lawyer whose firm defended drug traffickers.

“My opponent is bringing my husband into this election because she can’t stand by her full record,” Craig responded. “I stand my by record, and I know the challenges that our local communities are facing when it comes to opioids.”

Kiper, who has lagged behind Craig and Warmington, later insisted that he is the only candidate who can appeal to younger, independent voters.

“The reality is that it’s going to be very hard for Cinde and Joyce to beat Kelly Ayotte for reasons that really are not their fault, but the people that are going to decide this election are going to hear ‘lobbied for Purdue Pharma,’ and they’re going to vote for Kelly. They’re going to see videos of homeless people in Manchester, and they’re going to vote for Kelly Ayotte,” he said. “What I can offer you is that I do not have decades of political baggage.”