On the morning of August 16, 1974, 39-year-old Ellen Wilkinson and her husband Maurice, 48, were found shot to death inside their home on Old Route 16 in Center Ossipee, New Hampshire. The couple’s child discovered the scene; the family’s four children were in the house at the time and were physically unharmed. There were no signs of forced entry, a detail that suggested the victims may have known their killer.

Maurice was found seated in a living room chair and was later determined to have been shot once with a 9mm weapon. Ellen was discovered upstairs in bed and had been shot multiple times. Investigators at the time could not establish a clear motive and no suspects were apprehended, and the case eventually went cold.

The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit now handles the investigation and is asking anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in Center Ossipee in 1974 have information about the Wilkinsons or their contacts around August 16?