Concord Teen Janis Taylor, Missing 56 Years; Case Deemed Suspicious

CONCORD, NH — It has been 56 years since a Concord teenager up and vanished.

Janis Louise Taylor, 15, disappeared on Jan. 8, 1968. At the time, she was around 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighed 110 pounds, and had long brown hair. She had brown hair, brown eyes, and a scar behind her left ear. Taylor wore a gold and white suit, black stockings and shoes, and a blue coat when she was last seen outside of Concord High School, waiting for a ride. She was also carrying a white purse.

Taylor would be 71 today.

About two years ago, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and Concord police began to present information about her case.

Taylor was first listed on the national database of missing children back in 2019.

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“The Cold Case Unit’s investigation into the whereabouts of Janis Taylor remains open and ongoing,” Michael Garrity, the public information officer for the attorney general’s office, said. “Her disappearance is considered suspicious. While we cannot share additional information about the case to preserve the integrity of the investigation, our investigators continue to seek new leads from the public.”

Taylor lived at several addresses in Concord during the six months or so before she disappeared, including 176 N. State St., 89 School St., and the Alosa Trailer Park on Manchester Street. She was a sophomore at Concord High School when she vanished.

Before moving to Concord, she attended Manchester Central High School and grew up in Warner. Taylor had eight siblings and was associated with employees at Rumford Press.

In March 2022, investigators requested anyone who worked for Rumford Press to contact them. Rumford Press was located on Ferry Street in the Concord Center building.

Several online commenters noted several young girls disappeared from New Hampshire during a period of months and years at the time Taylor disappeared.

The Charley Project noted in a post updated last year that when she went missing, she was living with a sister-in-law and her son. The sister-in-law’s boyfriend was supposed to pick her up from school but did not and was late returning to the family’s manufactured home. Taylor, the post said, had noticed bruises on the body of the sister-in-law’s child, who she babysat. The child died later and the death was ruled a homicide, the report stated.

Garrity said police throughout New England and the United States have been assisting with the investigation. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were also involved with the case.

Anyone with any information about Taylor’s disappearance was asked to provide an anonymous tip to the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100 or submit a tip to the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit at doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case/tip-form.htm.

“Cold case investigations are some of the most challenging for law enforcement agencies,” he said. “Public assistance can make the difference in furthering these cases. If you have any information, please report it.”

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