Cold Case New England

Sheila Holmes was found near the railroad tracks at Forest Avenue in Dover, New Hampshire in April of 1990. She was determined to be the victim of a homicide. Though a confession was made in Sheila's case, the purported killer recanted. Nobody has ever been charged for her murder.

Sheila Holmes It was a very typical Friday afternoon. Cindy was tending to one of her children and waiting for the school bus to drop off another when the police department called and asked her to come to the station. When the bus fi...

The skeletonized remains of a woman were located in the chimney of a Dorchester apartment complex in the fall of 2005. The woman, now known as Dorchester Jane Doe, has never been identified.

Case Notes - Dorchester Jane Doe This article is an edition of the Cold Case New England Case Notes series. Case Notes are shorter posts than our featured cases– a case is no less important simply because there is less known information.

Emily Chase was murdered in her Bowdoinham, Maine home in February of 1978. She had just celebrated her 90th birthday. Emily's case remains unsolved.

Emily Chase Emily had just celebrated her birthday the month before she died. She had lived a long and fulfilling 90 years.

On this day in 1991, a fire was reported at Rock Hill Avenue in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Stella Bolton and James "JJ" Moore were found among the debris. It was determined that they had been murdered prior to the blaze being set and their cases remain unsolved.

Stella Bolton and James "JJ" Moore Stella Bolton, 68, and James “JJ” Moore, 73, were longtime friends and roommates. They lived in what is now known as Osprey Landing in Portsmouth, NH for many years. Originally from Trinidad, Stella had made a pleasant...