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On Maitland's seventeenth birthday in October 2003, she decided she wanted to move away from her parents' farm.<ref name=id/> Her mother, Kellie, stated there were no serious stresses at home, but that Maitland wanted to be more independent and to live closer to a group of friends who resided {{convert|15|mi}} away and attended a different high school.<ref name=id/> Maitland enrolled at her friends' high school but her living arrangements were unstable, as she moved in and out of several friends' homes.<ref name=id/> By the end of February 2004, Maitland dropped out of high school and moved in with her childhood friend, Jillian Stout, in [[Sheldon, Vermont]], approximately {{convert|20|mi}} west of Montgomery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/26/authorities-hopeful-new-leads-might-crack-10-year-old-disappearance-brianna.html|work=Fox News|title=A decade later, Vermont police hope new leads solve disappearance of Brianna Maitland|last=Corbin|first=Cristina|date=26 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011084827/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/26/authorities-hopeful-new-leads-might-crack-10-year-old-disappearance-brianna.html|archive-date=2017-10-11|access-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> To complete her education, Maitland enrolled in a [[General Educational Development|GED]] program.<ref name=id/>
Three weeks prior to her disappearance, Maitland was physically attacked at a party by a female former friend, Keallie Lacross.<ref name=crawl2>{{cite podcast|host=Pilleri, Tim; Reenstierna, Lance; Canter, Chloé|title=Brianna's Dad|work=Crawlspace|publisher=[[AudioBoom]]|date=21 February 2017|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/5632005-bri-ep2-brianna-s-dad|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223160529/https://audioboom.com/posts/5632005-bri-ep2-brianna-s-dad|url-status=dead}}</ref> The motive for the attack was unclear,<ref>{{cite web|title=Brianna Alexandra Maitland profile|url=http://charleyproject.org/case/brianna-alexandria-maitland|website=The Charley Project|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> though Maitland's father, Bruce, later stated he believed it stemmed from jealousy over Maitland's interaction with a male peer at the party.<ref name=crawl2/> One of her friends at the party claimed that Maitland, despite her martial arts training, refused to fight with Lacross, who subsequently hit her in the face several times while Maitland was seated in a truck.<ref name=crawl5>{{cite podcast|host=Pilleri, Tim; Reenstierna, Lance; Canter, Chloé|title=Brianna's Friend Katie|work=Crawlspace|publisher=[[AudioBoom]]|date=26 May 2017|url=https://audioboom.com/posts/5987521-crawlspace-brianna-maitland-ep5-bri-s-friend-katie|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102810/https://audioboom.com/posts/5987521-crawlspace-brianna-maitland-ep5-bri-s-friend-katie|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The altercation resulted in Maitland
==Disappearance==
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