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New Hampshire Renews Ground Search in 1978 Cathy Millican Murder

Officials released previously unseen photos to seek new leads, with other details withheld to protect the investigation.

Overview

  • Cold case investigators and Fish and Game personnel are searching the Esther Currier Wildlife Management Area in New London for physical evidence.
  • The attorney general’s office said the operation poses no danger to the public and did not specify what investigators are looking for.
  • Attorney General John Formella released two previously unseen photographs of Catherine “Cathy” Millican to generate tips.
  • Millican, 27, was last seen on October 24, 1978, after saying she would go birdwatching; her brown Volkswagen Rabbit was seen at the wetlands, and she was found the next night with multiple stab wounds.
  • There have been no arrests, and authorities urged anyone with information to call the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit at 603-271-2663.