Cold Cases in Massachusetts
ColdCaseIndex documents 11 cold cases in Massachusetts, spanning 1892–2023. 7 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Ana Walshe
Ana Walshe's dismembered remains were found in the trash after she disappeared from her Cohasset, Massachusetts home. Her husband Brian Walshe was arrested and charged with murder. Investigators found her remains in mult
Molly Bish
Sixteen-year-old Molly Bish disappeared from her lifeguard post at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts. Only her swimsuit, sandals, and a shoe were found. Her skeletal remains were discovered three years later in the wo
Deanna Cremin
Seventeen-year-old Deanna Cremin was found strangled in an alleyway in Somerville, Massachusetts. She had last been seen leaving a birthday party. Despite investigation, her killer was never identified. Her case remains
Holly Piirainen
Ten-year-old Holly Piirainen disappeared while visiting grandparents in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Her skeleton was found in a wooded area in 1993. A shoe of hers was found near where a man named Robert Sousa lived. Sous
Kathleen Holland
Boston College student Kathleen Holland was found murdered in her Boston apartment in April 1990. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Suffolk County cold case files.
Margaret Kilcoyne
Thirty-five-year-old Margaret Kilcoyne was found murdered in Waltham, Massachusetts in October 1983. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Middlesex County cold case files.
Judy Chartier
Seventeen-year-old Judy Chartier disappeared after leaving a party in Chelmsford, Massachusetts in June 1982. Neither she nor the car she was driving has ever been found. Her case remains an open missing persons investig
Jane Britton
Harvard graduate student Jane Britton was found bludgeoned to death in her Cambridge apartment. Red ochre was sprinkled on her body. The case went unsolved for 50 years until DNA evidence in 2018 identified biology profe
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne drowned when a car driven by Senator Ted Kennedy went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy survived and waited nine hours before reporting the accident. He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene.
Boston Strangler Victims
Thirteen women were strangled in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. Albert DeSalvo confessed to all 13 murders but was never tried for them. DNA evidence collected in 2013 linked DeSalvo to the last victim, Mary Sull
Andrew & Abby Borden
Andrew Borden and his wife Abby were found hacked to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. Their daughter Lizzie was acquitted of the murders. The case became one of the most famous unsolved murders in American