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1974 Marlborough Mystery Woman Named Nancy Gale Erickson

Investigators are asking for public help to piece together why a 21-year-old nursing graduate’s body lay unidentified for more than fifty years.

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The body of a woman found in 1974 has now been identified as a missing 21-year-old, New Hampshire officials said.

Overview

  • Forensic tests by New Hampshire State Police, NamUs, Bode Technology and the University of North Texas Health Science Center linked the 1974 remains to DNA from Erickson’s siblings.
  • Erickson, born in Bay Shore, New York, earned a nursing degree and lived in Tampa before relocating to Brattleboro in 1973.
  • Her body was found on April 16, 1974, off Route 124 in Marlborough, and authorities still have not determined the cause or manner of her death.
  • Her family filed the first official missing-person report in 2021, prompting renewed DNA analysis that led to her identification this week.
  • Detective Sgt. Kelly LaPointe has set up a tip line for anyone with information about Erickson’s life or circumstances surrounding her death.