On June 30, 1975, the body of 27-year-old Melodie Stankiewicz of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was found floating in Captain’s Pond in Salem, New Hampshire. An examination showed she had been stabbed 23 times in the chest and abdomen. No arrests were made in the immediate investigation, and the case grew cold over the following decades.

In September 2008 prosecutors reopened the investigation and reviewed her case alongside two other unsolved murders after a former prosecutor noted striking similarities. That review identified a person of interest, Leonard Paradiso (known as Lenny Paradiso), a convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who had been active in the area during that period. Investigators were unable to develop enough evidence to charge Paradiso, and no new charges were filed.

Melodie’s murder remains unsolved and the identity of her killer is unknown. Does anyone have information about Melodie’s last days or movements in New England in 1975?