When a Massachusetts schoolteacher fails to return home from a weekend camping trip with a friend, his wife reports him missing. Investigators discover that the friend in question—the principal of a private religious school—is hiding a shocking past in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this podcast:

Missing Person: Christopher Bird (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

Tampa Man is Now Suspect in Cold Case (Tony Marrero / Tampa Bay Times)

Massachusetts Teacher Last Seen in Windham 39 Years Ago (Jessica Kisluk / WMUR9 News)

Man Charged with Sexual Assault Could Be Linked to Missing Man, Documents Say (Andy Hershberger / WMUR9 News)

Lakeland Man Indicted in 1999 NH Cold Case (John Chambliss / Lakeland Ledger)

New Hampshire Authorities Say Tampa Man is Suspect in Camping Murder Cold Case (Tony Marrero / Tampa Bay Times)

Roommate To Be Quizzed in Area Murder (Dave Heeren / Fort Lauderdale News)

Man Pleads No Contest in Stabbing (Fort Lauderdale News)

Extradition Hearing Set in Plantation Death (Joe Crankshaw / The Miami Herald)

Murder Suspect is Returning (Florida Today)

Plantation Man Sentenced (Fort Lauderdale News)

Suspect in 1984 Cold Case Camping Murder Fights Extradition to NH for Rape of Adult Man (Todd Feathers / New Hampshire Union Leader)

Lawyer Says Rape Suspect Will Fight Extradition (John Chambliss / The Ledger)

Cold Case Suspect in Manchester Court for Unrelated Sexual Assault (Mark Hayward / New Hampshire Union Leader)

Rape Charges Dropped Against Lakeland Cold-Case Murder Suspect (John Chambliss / The Lakeland Ledger)

The Strange Disappearance of Christopher Bird, Last Seen on a Camping Trip to the White Mountains in 1984 (Emily Sweeney / The Boston Globe)

Statistics: The Criminal Justice System (RAINN)

If you know anything about the disappearance of Christopher Bird, please fill out this tip form the New Hampshire Department of Justice has established for his case.

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