Murder of Chantal Saurial

On May 15, 1988, the remains of  16-year-old Chantal Saurial were found by a fisherman near Cannan and Averill, Vermont. Just a mile south of the Canadian Border from her home country. Chantal was a Jane Doe for 8 years. It wasn't listed how she had died, but it was a violent end

She had disappeared from Montreal, Quebec, Canada in May of 1987. She was staying at the Maison Notre Dame Detention Center. During a group outing, she slipped away from them and wasn't seen again. Her life was not easy as she was homeless was working as a prostitute and was into drugs and alcohol. Her friend who was also homeless at the same time said that Chantal was scared of living on the streets. She may have been moving drugs for a motorcycle gang in Montreal. 

SOURCES: 

Vermont State Police

Burlington Free Press April 13, 1997

Valley News April 13, 1997

Burlington Free Press August 10, 1997

WANTED: Rex C. Reichert

Rex C. Reichert is wanted for the alleged sexual abuse of two boys (10 and 14)  over a 2-year period at his apartment in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. He was caring for the boys as a relative was getting medical treatment, and the boys visited him on weekends and camping trips.  

On September 28, 1990 Rex was charged with criminal intent to commit a crime of involuntary deviat sexual intercourse, criminal solicitation with the intent of promoting or facilitating the commissions of the crime of involuntary sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of a minor, and endangering the welfare of children by the Collegeville Police Department, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest. On March 31, 1992, a federal arrest warrant was obtained for Reichert after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rex as connections with Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Canada, and Europe. 

Rex is a white male born On September 16, 1945 in Ohio. He's 5'10 and 150lbs. He has grey hair and grey eyes. He is known to wear his hair in a ponytail and wear wire rimmed glasses.He has formerly been employed as a technician in a recording studio. He also has operated an amusement arcade and invented a board game that was sold commercially. He is skilled with electronics, specifically musical equipment. 

SOURCES:

FBI

Murder of Wilma Scribner

On November 2, 1977, 43-year-old Wilma Scribner was reported missing by her husband. She went missing with their dark green, wood-paneled 1968 Ford LTD Squire station wagon with a roof rack and Ver mont license plates C-8037.

On March 21, 1979, her body would be found in Otter Creek in the Town of Weybridge, Vermont. It was found that she had been strangled to death. In October the Ford would be found in the same creek up from where her body was found. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Burlington Free Press March 23, 1979

Rutland Daily Herald October 3, 1979

Murder of Elwyn Randy White

On August 21 2001 40-year-old Elwyn White's roommate reported him missing after some time of no one seeing him. It was unknown what had happened to him until May of 2002. A turkey hunter near the Berlin Pond Rd in Northfield, Vermont followed a strong smell which lead to a shallow grave that was disturbed by wildlife. It wasn't released on how he died. 

Elwyn was familiar with law enforcement and allegedly had a drug problem. It's unknown if this had anything to do with his murder. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

Rutland Herald May 15, 2002

Times Argus May 22, 2002

Murder of Louis "Doris" Maxfield

On Jan. 3, 1977, 46-year-old Louis Maxfield was found dead in her home in Thetford, Vermont by a family member. It was initially believed that her death was natural as she did suffer from seizures. However, it was found she had been strangled to death.

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

Burlington Free Press December 19, 1994

Murder of John McGrath

 On the morning of October 10, 1974 55-year-old, John McGrath went to the Green Mountain Lunch on 22 Main St. in Winooski, Vermont. He managed the restaurant and was alone at the store that morning. People in the neighboring building stated they heard one gunshot around 7:30 a.m. A George Ladabouche went to the restaurant to investigate the sound. John was found lying next to the pool table in a puddle of blood. He had been shot. It's not stated whether or not the place had been robbed. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Burlington Free Press October 12, 1974

Murder of Lloyd "Pat" Fitzgerald

 

On October 2, 1972, 27-year-old Lloyd"Pat" Fitzgerald was last seen alive in Burlington, Vermont. At the time Pat was an Electrician and was employed by the City of Burlington Electric and Light Department. He was last seen after doing a wiring job on Van Patten Parkway. He left the home after 9 p.m. His Vega Station wagon was found the next day parked west of North Avenue in the Lakewood Estates area. There was no sign of him.

On March 4, 1973, his body would be found in a remote area of a cornfield near the Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington. He was found 104 ft from the Winooski River frozen beneath the body. He had been dragged to the area he was found by his feet. He had been shot to death.

SOURCES:
Vermont State Police
The Burlington Free Press March 6, 1973

Murder of David M. Milizia

On the night of September 4, 1976, 19-year-old David Milizia was last seen alive. The next day two hunters discovered David's body covered by leaves in the woods in Milton, Vermont. He had died due to a shotgun blast to the back. Evidence showed that there was possibly more than one person involved in his death.

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Times Argus September 7, 1976

The Burlington Free Press October 10, 1976

Murder of Catherine and George Peacock

 

76-year-old George and 73-year-old Catherine Peacock lived in Danby, Vermont. On September 17, 1989, George did not show up to work and no one had seen the couple for a few days. Someone would go and check on the couple that day and find their bodies inside. 

In the home, their bodies were found. Catherine's body was found in an unfurnished bedroom upstairs and George was found at the bottom of the stairs. The two had been stabbed by the same double-edged knife more than an inch wide. Robbery may have been motive by  The house was secured and there was no evidence of a forced entry was discovered. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Battleboro Reformber September 21, 1989

Rutland Daily Herald October 3, 1989

The Bennington Banner October 3, 1989

The Battkeboro Reformer Ocotber 4, 1989

Murder of Angela Belisle

On Jan. 3, 1981, 35-year-old Angela Belisle's body was found in her driveway at 62 Brooks Ave. in Burlington, Vermont. Someone walking by the home saw her body underneath the frozen snow. It was initially believed she had gotten out of her car and slipped in the snow and hit her head, possibly freezing to death. But that was proven false as they uncovered the snow on her and found that she had been shot to death. 

Evidence shows that her killer waited for her hiding beside the garage. The person would move to their position and shoot Angela in the head. It seemed that the crime was perpetrated by someone who knew Angela or at least knew her schedule it was planned. Nothing was stolen and there was no contact between the killer and victim. If the gun was found the bullet would match.

Angela is a mother of three and a teacher. She and her ex had recently divorced. That night she met her ex at the parking lot of UVM and dropped off the children to spend the night at their Dads. She would then go to the grocery store and then home. 

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

My Champlain Valley

May 15, 1935 Middlebury, Vermont Does

 

Reconstruction of Jane Doe and the Younger John Doe

On May 15, 1935, a woman named Grace Dague and her daughter Inez Perry Masterson were looking for flowers in the forest in East Middlebury, Vermont. Off of a remote road leading to the Brookins/Blackmer hunting came the two stumbled upon the skeletal remains of three murder victims.

The bodies were of a woman 34 to 45-years-old and two children one being 13 to 15-years old the other 9 to 11-years-old. At the time it couldn't be determined the genders of the children. and it's still unknown. Later DNA suggested the older child and woman were mother and child making it possible that she was mother to the two children.

Each had been shot in the head likely with a Colt Automatic which fired .38 caliber bullets. It's likely the three were sleeping when they were killed. As they seemed to have been in pajamas as pearl buttons used on them were found with the bodies and feathers from a pillow (likely from being used to shoot through to muffle the sound).

It's believed they had been there up to 1932 as one of the legs of one of the victims was covered by a tree root and a hunter, Edward Munso, stated he was hunting in the area and smelled a terrible odor in November of 1932, but didn't investigate it. The family may not have been local and may have been from anywhere.

The bodies were found with green and buff-colored canvas awning with pullies attached. It is believed to have been used to help drop off the bodies where they were found. It was described as 20 feet big and was the type used on Yatches or porches at the time. The awning was believed to have been manufactured and sold outside of Vermont.

They tried to have Orthodontists from all over to look at the teeth of the Doe's to see if they could recognize them. Jane Doe and the older John Doe had dental work done on their teeth. This did not lead to an identification.

Jane Doe was a white female between 34 to 45-years-old. She was around 5'2" and weigh undetermined. She likely had dark hair. She also had molted teeth and a number of fillings.

Doe 1 is white between 13 and 15-years-old. He was around 4'11" at the time.  The Doe had Tooth-straightening devices on teeth, described as gold bands, or brackets encircling the teeth in the upper jaw. They were done in a ribbon arch appliance.

Doe 2 was white between 9 and 11-years-old. He was around 4'4" at the time.

Does 1 and 2 are believed and often talked about as if they are male, but their gender is still undetermined.

SOURCES:
Doe Network (Jane Doe)
Doe Network( JohnDoe 1)
Doe Network (John Doe 2)
NamUs (Jane Doe)
NamUs (Doe 1)
NamUs (Doe 2)
Rutland Daily Herald May 21, 1935
The Burlington Free Press May 22, 1935 (part 1)
The Burlington Free Press May 22, 1935 (part 2)
Salt Lake Telegram May 25, 1935
Rutland Daily Herald May 29, 1935
Rutland Daily Herald June 6, 1935

The Connecticut River Valley Killer's Suspected Victims

The Composite Sketch of the Possible Serial Killer

From 1978 to 1986 there were several women violently murdered along the New Hampshire and Vermont border in the Connecticut River Valley near Route 91. There are at least 6 connected murders that are believed to have been done by the same person. It's been noted that there are similar M.O.'s, often used dumpsites, and wound patterns that linked the murders. He seemed to include the attempted murder of a pregnant woman. All the victims were stabbed to death and their throats were slit. It's believed that the women listed here are possible victims of the same killer.

Cathy Millican

On October 24, 1978, 26-year-old Cathrine, "Cathy" Millican was taking photographs of birds at the Chandler Brook Wetland Preserve in New London, New Hampshire. She was found where she was last seen and had been stabbed over 20 times. 

Mary Elizabeth Critchley

On July 25, 1981, a friend of 37-year-old Mary Elizabeth Critchley was dropped off near exit 13 of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham,  Massachusetts. She was planning to hitchhike to Waterbury Vermont where she lived. On August 9, 1981, her body was found in the woods off of Unity Stage Rd. in Unity New Hampshire. It's unknown how she had died. She is currently seen as a possible victim of the Connecticut River Valley Killer though.

At the time Mary was attending classes at the University of Vermont. 

Bernice Courtemanche

On May 30, 1984, around 3:30 p.m. Bernice Courtemanche was last seen in Claremont, New Hampshire trying to hitchhike to Newport to see her boyfriend. She was reported missing and two years later on April 19, 1986, her skeletal remains were found just off Cat Hole Hill Road in Newport, New Hampshire. She had knife wounds to her neck and a head injury.

 At the time of her disappearance, Bernice was a high school student and part-time nurse's aide.

Ellen Fried 

On July 22, 1984, just after midnight 26-year-old, Ellen Ruth Fried was last seen talking on the payphone outside a convenience store in Claremont, New Hampshire. On September 19, 1985, her body was found in a wooded area next to the Sugar River in the Kellyville area of Newport, New Hampshire. The cause of death is undetermined, but the findings at the scene indicated she was sexually assaulted before her death. 

At the time of her death, she was a nurse at the Valley Regional Hospital.

Eva Morse

On July 10, 1985, 27-year old Eva Morse was hitchhiking on Route 12 in Charleston New Hampshire. Her body was found in West Unity, New Hampshire. It was determined she had stab wounds to the neck. Her body was found 500 feet from where Mary's was found.

Lynda Moore 

On April 15, 1986, around 3 p.m. a family member of 36-year-old Lynda Moore found her body inside her home in Westminster, Vermont. She was the only one home at her time of death. She was the only one of the possible victims to have died inside her home and not abandoned. 

Barbara Agnew 

On Jan. 6, 1987, 39-year-old Barbara Agnew went missing. Her vehicle was found in the northbound rest area in White River Junction. Her body was later found on March 28, 1987, in Hartland Vermont. Her body had been abandoned in a wooded area.  Barbara was a nurse at the time of her death. 

In 1988 Jane Boroski was seven months pregnant and was attacked outside of a closed convenience store. She was stabbed many times and was able to drive to a friend's home for help. She and the baby survived and she described him to the police and create a composite sketch. It's possible that she was a surviving victim of the Connecticut River Valley Killer.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Mysteries
Wikipedia
New Hampshire Department of Justice (Cathy)
New Hampshire Department of Justice (Mary)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Bernice)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Ellen)

New Hampshire Department of Justice (Eva)
Vermont State Police (Lynda)
Serial Killer Podcast

Murder of Norman Lee Mercier

On March 24, 1977 31-year-old Norman Lee Mercier was working at the Adult Book Store that was located on Barre-Montpelier Rd. in Berlin, Vermont. He had been working and around 4:45 p.m. a commotion was heard from a neighboring store in the Twin City Shopping Plaza.

Around 5:40 a friend who worked at another store in the Plaza stopped by the store and found Norman lying behind the front door. He was still alive and attempting to talk. He was brought to the hospital but unfortunately died around 10 p.m.

The store seemed to look like it was ransacked. There was a table overturned and things were strewn across the floor. Blood was found at both the rear and front of the store. No one in the claimed to have heard the gunshot. It is unsure if robbery was motive as only $16 of almost $1,000 was stolen. There was evidence that the suspect spent a lot of time in the store.


SOURCES:
Vermont State Police
Burlington Free Press 1 (Newspapers.com)
Burlington Free Press 2 (Newspapers.com)

Murder of Mary Morales

36-year-old Mary Morales was last seen leaving her job in Springfield Massachusetts at noon on March 3. 1999. She was never seen alive again. The next day her nude body was found by a motorist. She was found dumped by a guardrail along the northbound lane of Interstate 91 in Vernon, Vermont. Which was 4 1/2 miles away from the Massachusetts State line and 10 miles north of where she lived in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Her cause of death is unstated.

She and her husband were split at the time and she was living with her boyfriend at the time. It could be that she was killed in retaliation towards her husband though. He was involved with drugs at the time.

SOURCES:

Vermont State Police 

Burlington Free Press 1 (Newspapers.com)

Burlington Free Press 2 (Newspapers.com

Burlington Free Press 3 (Newspapers.com)
Mass Live

Disappearance of Linda St. Germaine

12-year-old Linda St. Germaine was living with her mother and brother in a motel in Schuyler Falls, New York. A fire had gutted their home. On Feb. 13, 1973, Linda told her brother she was running away to Burlington, Vermont by crossing the ice on Lake Champlain.

Her footprints were found leading from the motel unit to a thin area of ice new Valcour island. The footprints stopped there and it's believed that Linda fell through the ice and drowned. Her body was not found.

Linda is a white female and 12-year-old at the time. She was 5'1" and 100 lbs at the time. She had brown eyes and blue eyes. She has a birthmark from the center of her chin down her neck. She was wearing a green and blue hooded parka, brown corduroy pants, and brown suede shoes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Murder of Donald Norcia

On February 23, 1981, around 8:30 p.m. a residential structure on Elliot St. in Brattleboro, Vermont was on fire. Inside was the body of 39-year-old Donald Norcia in his home. He did not die in the fire though, but before the fire was even started as he had no evidence of smoke inhalation in his lungs. An autopsy showed he had been beaten to death. He died from a skull fracture inflicted with a blunt instrument. The fire was set to probably cover the crime.

Donald was the owner of Pinball Wizard and formerly owned IGA in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Donald had a questionable reputation. He ran with a crowd that liked to beat people up. The month prior to his death he was charged and pleaded innocent on a charge of assault of a woman. He allegedly had hit her with the butt of a pistol. In December he was allegedly involved with a fistfight at a club that ended up getting someone's jaw broken.

It's unknown if the motive for his murder was related to his questionable history or not.

SOURCES:
Vermont State Police 
The Burlington Free Press 1 (Newspapers.com)
The Burlington Free Press 2 (Newspapers.com)

Murder of Thomas and Elizabeth Whittemore

On August 24, 1968 32 year old Thomas Whittemore and his wife 30 year old Elizabeth Whittemore were last seen in their filling station. It was found that two days worth of receipts and a bag of money were missing from the station. The couple were from Rutland City.

On September 4. 1968 a couple taking walk in the woods found the Whittmore's car Fire Hill Rd., in Pittsford Vt. The road they were found on was considered abandoned. Mr. Whittemore was in the passenger seat and Mrs. Whittemore was found slumped against the right side of the vehicle. It was determined that the two died from multiple gunshot wounds to the back of the head. The gun used was a .22 caliber revolver and was never recovered.

It could be possible the couple were abducted from the filling station and robbery was a motive. As the two days of receipts and money were never found. Money in Mr. Whittemore's wallet and Mrs. Whittemore's purse was untouched. Another theory is that the motive was murder, but made it look like robbery of the filling station.

According to the older news reports two New Jersey women were the last to see the couple at the filling station. It is unknown to me if these two women were found.



SOURCES:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15731045/thomas_and_elizabeth_whittmore/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908554/thomas_and_elizabeth_whittemore/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908545/thomas_and_elizabeth_whittemore/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908536/thomas_and_elizabeth_whittemore/
http://vsp.vermont.gov/unsolved/homicide/whittemore
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15908526/thomas_and_elizabeth_whittemore/

Murder of Doris E. Baker

Doris E Baker was a mother of two and wife of Leo Baker. She owned Floor Covering Store, Inc. with her husband in Barre, Vermont. On Wednesday February 19, 1958 at 4:40 John A. Corrigan, a customer, came into the Baker's store in order to pick up his linoleum order. He at first saw nobody, but then spotted 45 year old Doris E. Baker lying sprawled behind the counter. 

She had been beaten with a hammer and then her throat was sliced and other parts of her were also cut. It could had also been a sexual assault. It was believed that it was either done by a sexual deviant and or a robbery gone wrong.

$50 was stolen from the store which would be equal to $425.06 in today's money. But her purse which had $150 in it was left untouched at the scene. Later there was a bloodstained $10 bill found and it could be possible that it was part of the money that was stolen.

There have been many suspects involved with this case. One suspect was Parran Youngblood a deaf/mute man who was seen in Barre that day. He was later shot and killed in Georgia in 1958 for supposedly kidnapping a 7 year old child. There was no solid evidence that it was him. There were other suspects also, but none were found to be prosecuted with the murder of Mrs. Baker.

In a result of Doris's death many of the resident in Barre became paranoid and scared. Several stores commented that they had sold out or almost sold out on chain latch door locks and other kinds of door locks. Many residents even were scared to even let political door to door campaign members enter their house thinking that ot may be the murderer.


SOURCES:
http://vsp.vermont.gov/unsolved/homicide/baker
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13955798/doris_baker_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13956232/doris_baker_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13956198/doris_baker_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13956122/doris_baker_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13956198/doris_baker_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13955974/doris_baker_murder/