UNSOLVED HOMICIDE: LOUISE CHAPUT

When an adventurous Canadian woman visits New Hampshire’s White Mountains for a solo hiking retreat, she’s ambushed by a killer. Investigators seek the public’s help to solve an apparently random homicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Unsolved Homicide: Louise Chaput (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Hiker Still Missing on Mount Washington (Associated Press)

Hikers Don’t Want to be Nervous, but They Are (Stephanie Hanes / Concord Monitor)

Trail Where Slaying Occurred Still Busy (Associated Press)

Hiker’s Slaying Baffles Police (Stephen Frothingham / The Ottawa Citizen)

Police Request Public Help on Hiker Slaying (Stephen Frothingham / Associated Press)

Police Hope for Break in Cold Case (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun

NH Investigators Ask Hikers In White Mountains To Look For Clues In Cold Case (CBS News)

Twenty Years Later, Chaput Murder is Still Unsolved (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun)

Investigators Ask for Public’s Help with Cold Case (WMUR-TV News)

Police Hope for Break in Cold Case (Barbara Tetreault / Berlin Daily Sun)

White Mountains Mystery: The Killing of Louise Chaput (WMUR-TV News)

Image of Missing Backpack Release in Push for Tips in 2001 Killing of Hiker in White Mountains (Jordan Tavares / WMUR9 News)

Unsolved Homicide: Shari Roth (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Red VW Operator Sought (Associated Press)

‘Evil Stepped Into My Life’: Lone Known Survivor of Suspected Serial Killer Shares Story (Catherine Underwood / WMUR9 News)

View Timeline for Connecticut River Valley Killings in 1970s, 1980s (WMUR9 News)

Homicide of 26-Year-Old Woman Last Seen in Claremont Remains Unsolved After 41 Years (Natalie Benoit / WMUR9 News)

Cold Case is Hot Topic in Newport (John Lippman / Valley News)

Officials Remain Quiet Regarding Cold Case Homicides (Eagle Times)

Cold Case Unit Appeals for Information in Louise Chaput Homicide Case (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Man Accused of Killing Married Hikers in Devil’s Den State Park Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charges (CBS News)

Vermont State Police Probe Potential Connection Between McGann and Previous Homicide Case (Payton Dhooge / ABC7 News)

Wisconsin Investigators Revisit 2020 Devil’s Lake Homicide After Arkansas Arrest (Reagan Wynn, Doug Warner / KNWA News)

Mount Washington’s Fatalities (New Hampshire Magazine)

Appalachian Mountain Club Joe Dodge Lodge

Lost Pond Trail (alltrails.com)

White Mountain National Forest: Hiking (US Forest Service)

If you know anything about the death of Louise Chaput, please contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s Cold Case Unit at 603-223-3856 or fill out their online tip form HERE.

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