NH Anne Psaradelis, 15, Murdered 12 July 1973, Candia, NH

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Anne Psaradelis
Year of Death or Disappearance: 1973
City/Town: Candia
Status: Unsolved Homicide

On July 12, 1973 two fifteen-year-old girls from Merrimack, NH, Anne Psaradelis and Diane Compagna went missing. They had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12th. It was first thought that they had run away, but two months went by without any word from either girl. Their badly decomposed bodies were discovered on September 29, 1973 in the woods off of New Boston Road in Candia, NH. The area is within a short distance of Route 101, which is the road leading from Merrimack to Hampton Beach. The manner of death was undetermined because of the condition of the bodies but it is believed that the girls were strangled to death.

LINK:
Anne Psaradelis | Cold Case Unit | NH Department of Justice

 

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50 Years Unsolved: Diane Companga and Anne Psaradelis — Dark Downeast Maine True Crime Podcast

New Hampshire girls found dead 49 years ago were last seen hitchhiking towards Merrimack

 

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9's Unsolved: Diane Compagna and Anne Psaradelis

Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking 45 years ago before their bodies were found months later, and the case remains unsolved.

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Sep 29 2025

New Hampshire girls found dead 52 years ago were last seen hitchhiking toward Merrimack

Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.

www.wmur.com

SEABROOK, N.H. —
Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.''

NH Cold Case Unit
Diane Compagna (left) and Anne Psaradelis (right)
Last seen alive: July 12, 1973
Bodies found: Sept. 29, 1973
City/town: Candia
Case status: Unsolved homicide
Diane Compagna and Anne Psaradelis had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12, 1973.''

'During what initially was a missing-person investigation, police at the time learned that one of the girls told some people that she had been sexually assaulted on July 4, 1973, eight days before she disappeared.'

NH Post in thread 'Diane Compagna, age 15, Murdered 12 July 1973, Candia, NH'

Sep 18, 2023

50 Years Unsolved: Diane Companga and Anne Psaradelis — Dark Downeast Maine True Crime Podcast

New Hampshire girls found dead 49 years ago were last seen hitchhiking towards Merrimack

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