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Here is a news article I just found with some more info:
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Seeking Next Of Kin
Authorities ID Woman Who Committed Suicide
By GARY E. LINDSLEY, Staff Writer
Saturday May 15, 2004
FRANCONIA NEW HAMPSHIRE
Authorities have identified a 57-year-old Northborough, Mass., woman found dead along with a 34-year-old Portland, Ore., man off the Cascade Trail in Franconia Notch State Park, May 1.
The woman, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and New Hampshire State Police, is said to be Madeline Gutkowski.
Gutkowski was found dead with Festass Dalecourt, also known as Stephen Chadsey, in a wooded area of the Cascade Trail.
Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin has said the couple committed suicide, and it was not a case of a murder-suicide.
They were found about 300 feet off the trail near the Basin by a hiker walking in the woods. Gutkowski and Dalecourt's bodies had been out in the woods awhile before being found, Strelzin has said.
Authorities have not revealed how they know the couple committed suicide, though they have said the deaths were not caused by guns.
Now, authorities are asking for the public's help in locating any of Gutkowski's relatives.
People with any information as to the name or location of Gutkowski's next-of-kin, they are asked to contact Sgt. Charles West of the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit at (603) 271-2663.
Gutkowski was born in Illinois in September 1946, according to a press release from Attorney General Peter Heed's office. She also was known as Dalaina T. Garren.
She was last known to have been living in Northborough, Mass.
Along with the bodies, police also found a car with out-of-state plates, believed to belong to the couple, in a parking area near the Basin.
Along with the homicide division of the Attorney General's Office, Sgt. Charles West from State Police Troop F has been involved in the investigation as has Lincoln Police Chief Ted Smith.
Strelzin and West could not be reached for comment Friday.
nothing from the LE. : (
that was part of my list of questions....
Gutkowski was found dead with Festass Dalecourt, also known as Stephen Chadsey, in a wooded area of the Cascade Trail.
I totally agree."Festass Dalecourt" seems like a completely made up name to me...
Perhaps something written in the note that was left for his family suggests it was more than a friendship?Does anyone know why they think they were boyfriend and girlfriend?
I have always wondered if this was something like a suicide pact made over the internet, and they really don't have a connection- other than they died together.
Weird case. You'd think since LE has her name and it's not a common name they'd find her family quickly. " The victim was found in the Franconia Forest in Lincoln, New Hampshire on May 1, 2004.
She was found with her boyfriend. Although it is believed they both planned their deaths, it could not be determined if their wounds were self-inflicted. There was an Oregon Drivers License with a Portland, OR address and the name Dalaina Terra Garren in her possession. There was also a passport listing Illinois as her birthplace. Fingerprints matched the name of Madeline Gutkowski. Her vehicle was found nearby with a note addressed to the boyfriend's family. His family has claimed his body but her family has not been found." Let's find her loved ones. We have lots to go on.:banghead: