Wayland Town Crier 7/5/11: Last Wayland murder remains unsolved. It has been 26 years since the abduction and killing of 9-year-old Sarah Pryor, Wayland's last homicide before the weekend slaying of Lauren Astley. Sarah vanished from her Concord Road neighborhood in 1985. The Daily News reported that she was last seen walking north along Rte. 126 in Wayland, near the Lincoln town line. According to Daily News reports, search efforts were unsuccessful and the case went cold until 1995, when a man discovered a skull fragment while walking his dog through a wooded area in Wayland. The remains were exactly three miles from where Sarah was last seen. Three years later, investigators announced that DNA from the fragment matched Sarah's. In January 1998, she was laid to rest on the same day she would have turned 22. The case remains unsolved, despite a dubious confession and multiple suspects, including convicted Texas killer John Whirty.