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The Girls of New England: Missing and Murdered

UPDATE on Judith Chartier case: In 2021, Hans Hug of Exeter, NH (owner of Sonar Search & Recovery) and Bruce Stebbins of Billerica, MA (familiar with the Chartier case and owner of a remotely operated vehicle) found Chartier's vehicle in the Concord River not far from where she disappeared. Police divers were then able to recover her remains nearby.  So many girls with strawberry-blond hair missing in New England. I think I'll expand the years into the 1990s and add girls like Joleene Shaunteal Boulerisse, [Joleene Boulerisse] age 18, missing from Swanzey NH in 1994. Possible runaway? Maybe not.  These girls (ages 14 to 17) went missing between 1979 and 1991 and are still missing. Selinda Winegar, Rachael Garden, Laureen Rahn,  Shirley McBride, Catherine Malcolmson, Kimberly Moreau, Melanie Melanson, Jennifer Fay, Heidi Wilbur. [Elizabeth Lamotte was found deceased in TN in 1985]   These girls (ages 14-17) are the victims of unsolved homicides between th...

Leon Henry Shaw and Victoria Michelle Cravitz

There are likely other victims of this couple out there. May they all be identified and may the living ones find peace. Fugitive Oregon couple found in Mississippi after 18 years Gillian Flaccus      July 26, 2018 This 1988 photo provided by the FBI shows Leon Shaw. Shaw and his common-law wife, Victoria Cravitz, who eluded arrest on multiple charges of child rape and sodomy in Oregon for nearly 20 years, were finally discovered in Mississippi when Shaw died and Cravitz used one of his aliases to make funeral arrangements, a law enforcement official said Thursday, July 26, 2018. (FBI via AP). This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Victoria Cravitz.  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A couple who eluded arrest on multiple charges of child rape and sodomy in Oregon for nearly  20 years was discovered in Mississippi when the man died and his common-law wife used one of his aliases to make funeral arrangements, a law enforcement official said Thursday. An undertaker in Mi...

Edwin Thompson

We came across these articles about Edwin P Thompson, formerly of Canaan CT, who went missing out of Pittsfield MA. We couldn't find him listed on missing persons sites so reached out to relatives to see about getting him registered with NamUs. (see below for update) The family ran into some barriers with providing the information NamUs needed to list Edwin so turned it back over to us.  Task one:  find out what police department took the original missing person report on him.  July 28, 2018:  I left Pittsfield Det. Kim Bertelli a message explaining the case. I also sent a message about the situation to the Pittsfield PD's Facebook page. August 11, 2018:   Called and left another voicemail for Det. Bertelli. Received a call back from Det. Bertelli who referred me to her Captain- Patrick Barry. Left a voicemail for Captain Barry, Detective Bureau Commander. September 1, 2018:  Nothing from Captain Barry. October 4, 2018:...

Media

2016 News: Fox 25: New England's Unsolved (Nov 2016) Crime Watch Daily show (May 2016)  Episode 1 2015 News: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children video   Nov 2015 State of NH Press Conference   Boston Globe's 30 year anniversary story (with video)   2014 News:  None 2013 News: CNN June 14, 2013 Cold-case murders of 4 females brought back to life by new images, DNA tests   The Union Leader June 14, 2013 Police turn to technology in latest attempt to solve grisly murders Concord Monitor June 14, 2013 Investigators release new facial images of unidentified bodies in Allenstown cold case WMUR June 14, 2013 (article and video)   New images released in Allenstown cold case Daily Mail (UK) June 14, 2013 Do you know this family? Police use 3D models to reconstruct faces of a woman and three young girls found stuffed into barrels in New Hampshire woods 30 years ago FOX News June 16, ...