Rachael Elizabeth Garden was 15 when she was last seen the evening of March 22, 1980, in Newton, New Hampshire. She stopped at Rowe’s Corner Market about 9:00 p.m., bought cigarettes and gum, then walked toward a friend’s house on North Main Street to spend the night but never arrived. She was wearing a two-tone blue ski parka, jeans, a plaid shirt with silver threads, brown lace-up shoes, and carried a dark blue tote bag with the word Things on it.

Witnesses said she was seen speaking with three local men near the market; those men, described as having troubled pasts, became persons of interest. One reportedly later confessed to killing her, prompting a search off Route 108 that turned up no evidence. Rachael’s retainer and other belongings remained at home, and her family says she would not have left her horse behind.

Searches over the years, including sonar scans and dives in nearby ponds, have not produced answers.