On Saturday, October 11, 1986 at 3:25 a.m., the Portsmouth Fire Department responded to a fire at 314 Islington Street, Portsmouth, NH. Linda Plummer, age 39, died on March 30, 1987 at Massachusetts General Hospital as a result of burns received in the fire. Terry Giles, age 24, and Joseph Poulin, age 29, also died as a result of the fire. This fire was determined to be arson.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

On Saturday, October 11, 1986 Joseph Poulin, age 29, and Terry Giles, age 24, died as a result of a fire at their home at 314 Islington Street in Portsmouth, NH. The fire was discovered on the morning of October 11th at about 3:25 a.m. A third person, Linda Plummer, age 39, died on March 30, 1987 at Massachusetts General Hospital as a result of burns received in the fire. This fire was determined to have been an arson fire.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

The body of Eva Morse, age 27, was discovered in West Unity, NH, on April 25, 1986. Morse was last seen on the morning of July 10, 1985 hitchhiking on Route 12 in North Charlestown, NH. The medical examiner determined that Morse had been stabbed to death.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

Bernice Courtemanche, age 17, was last seen at approximately 3:30 p.m. on May 30, 1984 in Claremont, NH. She was reported missing the following day. Her skeletal remains were found nearly two years later, on April 19, 1986 just off Cat Hole Hill Road in Newport, NH. She had been stabbed to death.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

John Crawford, age 45, was found dead on the morning of October 25, 1985 in his apartment at 12 Winter Street, Laconia, NH. An autopsy determined that his death was homicide. John died as a result of blunt impact injury to the head.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

The decomposed body of Douglas Morgan, age 36, of Sharon, MA, was found in the woods near Route 101 in Greenland, NH, on October 20, 1985. Douglas was last seen at the beginning of July 1985. An autopsy concluded that Douglas had been beaten and stabbed to death. He, along with four other men, had been charged with conspiring to sell $2 million in stolen bonds and he was supposed to be a witness in a federal trial in Boston, MA.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

On September 16, 1984, the decomposed remains of Brian Watson, 23, were found along the southbound side of I-93 near the Manchester/Londonderry town line. Watson was from South Boston, MA and had been missing since July 28, 1984. The medical examiner concluded that Watson had been shot to death.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

Ellen Ruth Fried, age 26, was last seen talking on a payphone outside of a convenience store in Claremont on July 22, 1984. Her skeletal remains were found in a wooded area next to the Sugar River in the Kelleyville area of Newport, NH on September 19, 1985. The autopsy revealed the cause of death to be undetermined because of the skeletal remains that were found. However, the circumstance of her disappearance and the findings at the scene were consistent with Ellen having been sexually assaulted before her death. The case has been treated as a homicide.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on December 10, 1982 a vehicle was discovered at the bottom of an embankment on Route 175 in Thornton, NH. The vehicle, a 1982 Saab 900, was engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived. When the fire was extinguished, the police discovered the badly burned bodies of Janet Dow, age 40, and her son, Stephen Dow, age 18, in the vehicle. Janet and Stephen lived a short distance away from where the burning car was discovered. In 1982, the deaths were ruled a result of a fatal motor vehicle accident. The case was reopened in 1993 based on new evidence. The subsequent investigation indicates that the deaths of Janet and Stephen may have been the result of foul play.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on December 10, 1982 a vehicle was discovered at the bottom of an embankment on Route 175 in Thornton, NH. The vehicle, a 1982 Saab 900, was engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived. When the fire was extinguished, the police discovered the badly burned bodies of Stephen Dow, age 18, and his mother, Janet Dow, age 40, in the vehicle. Stephen and Janet lived a short distance away from where the burning car was discovered. In 1982, the deaths were ruled a result of a fatal motor vehicle accident. The case was reopened in 1993 based on new evidence. The subsequent investigation indicates that the deaths of Stephen and Janet may have been the result of foul play.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.