Nashua's Unsolved Murders

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There are four Nashua cases on the state Attorney General’s cold case list:

• Dorothy Bois, 1973

Dorothy Ann Bois was reported missing to the Nashua Police Department in the early morning hours of October 4, 1973. At that time, Dorothy was 22 years old, 4’10”, and weighed approximately 100 lbs. She was living at 100 Kinsley Street, first floor, with her husband Kenneth Bois when she was last seen. At that time, Dorothy had brown hair and hazel eyes.

Since she was reported missing, friends and family have not had any contact with Dorothy. In March 2009, the Nashua Police Department re-opened and continued the investigation into Dorothy’s disappearance, and that investigation led the Nashua Police Department to obtain search warrants for two properties in Nashua, NH. Those properties are 247 Main Dunstable Road and 19 Woodbury Drive. The Nashua Police Department has recently completed the searches of those properties.

• Madlyn Crouse, 1976

Madlyn Crouse, age 74, was found strangled to death in her apartment on Main Street in Nashua, NH. She died either late at night on February 27 or early on February 28, 1976.

• Kathleen Randall, 1972

Kathleen Randall, age 18, a freshman from Boston University, was reported missing on September 19, 1972. She had been missing from her dorm since September 13, 1972. Her nude and decomposing body was found at Yudicki Farm on Route 111-A in Nashua on October 1, 1972. The manner of death was ruled undetermined by the medical examiner because of decomposition, but the circumstances surrounding her death indicate that foul play was involved. The case has been treated as a homicide.

• John Wiegmann, 2009

John R. Wiegmann was found strangled to death inside his motel room in Nashua, NH on Sunday May 3, 2009. John, age 59, had been staying at the Motel 6 on Progress Avenue for several days prior to his murder. He was last seen getting into a green minivan at the motel around 7:30-8:00 pm on Saturday May 2, 2009. This van is described as having a 3-4 inch diameter sunspot on the passenger’s side front fender in front of the mirror. Earlier that evening, he visited several local restaurants and bars, and was seen wearing a green t-shirt, jeans, a brown windbreaker-type jacket, and his cane. John had spent some time living in Utah, Las Vegas, California and Arizona, but had recently returned to the Nashua area to be near his family.