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...

In March of 1996, the remains of a newborn baby were found in Lake Mohegan Park in Fairfield, CT. Police named him Baby Victor. His case remains unsolved.

Baby Victor **Trigger warning: this article contains descriptions of the mutilation of an infant child as well as religious ritual practices involving human remains and animals. Please take care when reading.

Exclusive interview with mother of man who disappeared in Portland nearly 20 years ago Myrna Gonzalez believes her son, Miguel Oliveras, was lured to Maine from Massachusetts in September 2006 and was "set up."

The FBI's Southern Maine Gang Task Force has officially increased the reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Miguel Oliveras or his remains to $25,000.00.

Reward Increased to $25,000 for Information Leading to the Location of Miguel Oliveras | Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Southern Maine Gang Task Force and the Portland Police Department are investigating the suspicious disappearance of Miguel Oliveras and are renewing the call for the public’s assistance in locating him or his remains.

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.

The body of Lloyd "Pat" Fitzgerald was located in Burlington, Vermont on March 4, 1973. He had been missing since early October of 1972. His case remains unsolved.

Lloyd "Pat" Fitzgerald Lloyd “Pat” Fitzgerald, a husband, and father to three small children, was last seen on October 2, 1972. The 27-year-old was well known and liked in the Burlington community where he had spent most of his young life. He ...

Cold Case New England is starting a new series of articles that are shorter in length than our featured posts. Over the past few years, we have compiled the stories of many cases that deserve to be covered that may not have the amount of information available that most cases on our website do.

These cases are still important to us, so we are releasing shorter articles periodically in a series that we call Case Notes.

Our first article can be found below.

Dean Webster was murdered in Rochester, Vermont in 2001. His homicide remains unsolved.

Case Notes - Dean Webster 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.

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...

Sonia Blanco and Evelyn Cruz were both found deceased in Worcester, MA on February 4, 1993 just two miles from each other. Both cases have been deemed homicides and remain unsolved.

Sonia Blanco and Evelyn Cruz The morning of February 4, 1993 was a harrowing one in the Commonwealth’s second largest city. Police officers were dispatched to a residence at 27 Dix Street in Worcester, Massachusetts at 6:24 a.m., where they observed...