Bernice Courtemanche was 17 when she was last seen on May 30, 1984, in Claremont, New Hampshire, around 3:30 p.m. She reportedly was hitchhiking to her boyfriend’s home in Newport. A high school student and part-time nurse’s aide, she was described as kind and hardworking; her disappearance was reported the next day.

On April 19, 1986, a fisherman found skeletal remains near Cat Hole Hill Road in Newport. Forensic examination determined Bernice had been stabbed multiple times in the chest, her throat had been slit, and she suffered blunt force trauma to the head. The attack has been described as violent and premeditated. No arrests or suspects have been identified.

Authorities have noted possible links between Bernice’s murder and a series of unsolved killings of women in the Connecticut River Valley during the 1970s and 1980s, but no connection has been confirmed. Does anyone have information about Bernice, her last movements on May 30, 1984, or knowledge of similar cases in that area?