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Cold Cases Database

This database consists of unsolved homicides collected from family submissions, law enforcement submissions, and public records. This database is not part of our advocacy and awareness platform but a separate database for information purposes only. 

Please note: This database is not updated regularly due to cost and manpower. A bug occurred during a recent update and reset many of the dates to January 1, 1970.

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136 cases found.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: May 15, 1974
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Walter Lyman
Age 76
Gender Male
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Knife/Stabbing
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Manchester Road
Rockingham County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

Walter E. Lyman, Jr., age 76, was found beaten and stabbed to death in his home on Old Manchester Road in Raymond, NH on Tuesday May 15, 1974. Walter was the former police chief in the Town of Raymond, NH.

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

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: August 25, 1973
VICTIM DETAILS
Name James Teta
Age 15
Gender Male
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Ligature/Strangulation
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Route 119
woods
Cheshire County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

James Teta, age 15, was reported missing from his home at 167 Suffolk Avenue, Revere, MA, on August 23, 1973. His body was found in the woods off of Route 119 in Rindge, NH, on Saturday, August 25, 1973. An autopsy revealed that he had been raped and strangled.

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

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: July 12, 1973
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Anne Psaradelis
Age 15
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Undetermined
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location New Boston Road
woods a short distance of Route 101
Rockingham County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

On July 12, 1973 two fifteen-year-old girls from Merrimack, NH, Anne Psaradelis and Diane Compagna went missing. They had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12th. It was first thought that they had run away, but two months went by without any word from either girl. Their badly decomposed bodies were discovered on September 29, 1973 in the woods off of New Boston Road in Candia, NH. The area is within a short distance of Route 101, which is the road leading from Merrimack to Hampton Beach. The manner of death was undetermined because of the condition of the bodies but it is believed that the girls were strangled 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.

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: July 12, 1973
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Diane Compagna
Age 15
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Undetermined
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location New Boston Road
woods a short distance of Route 101
Rockingham County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

On July 12, 1973 two fifteen-year-old girls from Merrimack, NH, Diane Compagna and Anne Psaradelis, went missing. They had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12th. It was first thought that they had run away, but two months went by without any word from either girl. Their badly decomposed bodies were discovered on September 29, 1973 in the woods off of New Boston Road in Candia, NH. The area is within a short distance of Route 101 which is the road leading from Merrimack to Hampton Beach. The manner of death was undetermined because of the condition of the bodies but it is believed that the girls were strangled 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.

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 1, 1972
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Kathleen Randall
Age 18
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Undetermined
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Route 111-A
Yudicki Farm
Hillsborough County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

Kathleen Randall, age 18, a freshman from Boston University, was reported missing on September 19, 1972. She had been missing from her dorm since September 13, 1972. Her body was found at Yudicki Farm on Route 111-A in Nashua on October 1, 1972. All indication from the scene suggest that she had been deceased for some time. The manner of death was ruled undetermined by the medical examiner because of decomposition, but the circumstances surrounding her death indicate that foul play was involved. 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.

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: June 4, 1972
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Arlene Clevesy
Age 48
Gender Female
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Albert Francis Moore Jr.
Offense Murder
Cause Blunt Force
Location Deceased
CASE DETAILS
Status Solved
Incident Location Newton/South Hampton town line
wooded area near Hume Brook
Rockingham County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

Update - January 2022: Investigators at the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office have determined that Albert Francis Moore Jr. was responsible for killing Arlene Clevesy.

Moore, 88, died in 2019 from prostate cancer.

Arlene Clevesy was found dead in a wooded area near Hume Brook (Newton/South Hampton town line) on June 4, 1972. The medical examiner ruled her death as homicide by traumatic asphyxia including drowning. The Cold Case Unit was unaware of this case until 2015, and a review and reinvestigation of the file has commenced.

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

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 31, 1971
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Daniel O'Connell
Age 28
Gender Male
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Route 106
wooded area
Merrimack County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire

Daniel O'Connell, age 28, of Lowell, MA, was found dead in a wooded area off of Route 106 in Loudon, NH on October 31, 1971. An autopsy revealed that Daniel died as a result of shotgun wounds. He also suffered blunt force injuries to his head and face, which contributed to his death.

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

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 1, 1970
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Roberta Miller
Age 54
Gender Female
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Country Club Road
Belknap County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire
On November 1, 2010, Roberta Miller, age 54, was found dead in her home on Country Club Road. Miller had been living alone at the residence, and died from gunshot wounds. Her dog "Scout" was also found shot to death at the scene. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit at (603) 271-2663.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 1, 1970
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Louise Chaput
Age 52
Gender Female
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Knife/Stabbing
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Glen Ellis Falls parking lot
Pinkham Notch
Gorham, New Hampshire, 03581
Coos County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire
Louise Chaput, age 52, was last seen on November 15, 2001. She was reported missing on November 20, 2001 by family when she failed to return from a scheduled hiking trip in Pinkham Notch. Her body was found on November 22, 2001 in the vicinity of the Glen Ellis Falls parking lot at Pinkham Notch. An autopsy ruled that her death was a homicide as a result of multiple stab wounds.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 1, 1970
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Roberta Miller
Age 54
Gender Female
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Country Club Road
Belknap County
L.E.A New Hampshire Department of Justice Cold Case Unit, Concord, New Hampshire
On November 1, 2010, Roberta Miller, age 54, was found dead in her home on Country Club Road. Miller had been living alone at the residence, and died from gunshot wounds. Her dog "Scout" was also found shot to death at the scene.