Holly Kristen Piirainen (January 19, 1983 – August 5, 1993) was a 10-year-old American murder victim from Grafton, Massachusetts.
She and her brother had been visiting their grandparents in Sturbridge, Massachusetts when Holly was murdered.Piirainen and her brother had gone to a neighbor's house to see puppies.
Her brother had returned to the cottage where the grandparents lived, but Piirainen did not.
One of Piirainen's shoes was found by the side of a road.Searching for Piirainen took two months.
On October 23, 1993, Piirainen's remains were found by hunters in Brimfield, Massachusetts.
The killer still has not been found.Since Piirainen's death, the Holly Piirainen Scholarship Fund was established in her memory by her family.