NH NH - Eddy Segall, 28, Nashua, 15 June 1977

[wheeler]

I took a bushwhack in the vicinity where I think the borrowed Oldsmobile was found. I understand it was not very far from a vehicle that currently resides there today (second photo). I’ve visited this place multiple times before. The area immediately adjacent to the abandoned vehicle is currently being logged. I walked the shoreline of both Dunklee and Parker ponds. Nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[wheeler]

The white vehicle I posted yesterday appears to be 1965-1968 Ford Galaxie 500 XL. It’s unclear when it was ditched in the woods, yet let’s assume mid sixties to early/mid 70s. That’s ten or so years of car ditching opportunity. The 69 Oldsmobile borrowed by Eddy was ditched in July 1977. So if someone were to ditch a vehicle in that area they’d need to have some knowledge of the geography, favorable weather conditions, and precise knowledge of the off-the-beaten-path location of the final destination. Most of the trails in that area (present day) are compact soil and peat gravel. If you have an especially wet season you would conceivably get stuck very easily. It looks like prime times for dry trails were 1963-1969, 1971, 1975, and a small sliver of 1977 based on drought conditions in NH. Neither an Oldsmobile nor Galaxie are off-road vehicles. They’re low to the ground and heavy (a Galaxie is 3500-3700lbs). Most of the terrain is downhill, yet the initial sections and between miles 1 and 2, you’d have to climb. Another observation (from current day) is that people do visit this area. I found a red solo cup and empty bottle of wine in the vicinity of the Galaxie. Perhaps this may have been a well known spot in 60s and 70s too among those who partake in libations in the woods.

 

[Warwick1991]

At one point LE thought that Eddy was buried in the vicinity of the Oldsmobile, but they didn't find anything at the time. Perhaps ground penetrating radar (GPR) might help. She could be buried elsewhere, of course. There was said to be a suspect at one point, but not enough evidence for an arrest.

 

[wheeler]

I recently stumbled upon this podcast that also covers another missing person across the border in Massachusetts, a month prior. Deborah Ann Quimby disappeared in May 1977 in Townsend. She was 13 at the time. Townsend is 10 miles from Hollis. There’s some interesting theories about the relationships among a cluster of cases in this podcast. I haven’t listened to it yet.

Women Like Judy

Listen to Women Like Judy on Spotify. Beginning in 1973, a series of brutal murders shocked neighboring Massachusetts communities. Could these horrific tragedies all be related?

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The unsolved homicide case that seems to have the most public awareness in this area is Kathleen Randall at Yudicky Farm in 1972. Yudicky is just 5 miles from Hollis.

BU student found dead in Nashua 50 years ago; no arrests ever made in case

No one has ever been arrested after a Boston University freshman was found dead in Nashua in 1972.

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[Kaleyilene01]

The white vehicle I posted yesterday appears to be 1965-1968 Ford Galaxie 500 XL. It’s unclear when it was ditched in the woods, yet let’s assume mid sixties to early/mid 70s. That’s ten or so years of car ditching opportunity. The 69 Oldsmobile borrowed by Eddy was ditched in July 1977. So if someone were to ditch a vehicle in that area they’d need to have some knowledge of the geography, favorable weather conditions, and precise knowledge of the off-the-beaten-path location of the final destination. Most of the trails in that area (present day) are compact soil and peat gravel. If you have an especially wet season you would conceivably get stuck very easily. It looks like prime times for dry trails were 1963-1969, 1971, 1975, and a small sliver of 1977 based on drought conditions in NH. Neither an Oldsmobile nor Galaxie are off-road vehicles. They’re low to the ground and heavy (a Galaxie is 3500-3700lbs). Most of the terrain is downhill, yet the initial sections and between miles 1 and 2, you’d have to climb. Another observation (from current day) is that people do visit this area. I found a red solo cup and empty bottle of wine in the vicinity of the Galaxie. Perhaps this may have been a well known spot in 60s and 70s too among those who partake in libations in the woods.

Unrelated but does the ford galaxie have a license plate still? NamUs #MP2057 and NamUs #MP2058 went missing in 1971 in a white 1967 ford galxie out of kentucky en route to a truck stop.

 

[wheeler]

Unrelated but does the ford galaxie have a license plate still? NamUs #MP2057 and NamUs #MP2058 went missing in 1971 in a white 1967 ford galxie out of kentucky en route to a truck stop.

No plates, however, I was able to definitively confirm it’s a 1965 model recently.

 

[summergirl1]

I think she was probably buried or disposed of elsewhere. Although a wooded area, it seems a little too obvious to bury her right near her car. If her remains were there, I think they would have been found by now.

 

[wheeler]

The ditching of Eddy’s borrowed 69 Oldsmobile is eerily similar to the ditching of a 69 Camaro in the 1973 Judith Vieweg homicide in Townsend (photo #2). Also eerily similar are the locations—obscure, adjacent to ponds, and teenage drinking spots. 43 days prior to Eddy’s disappearance there was another unsolved missing person case across the state border in Townsend, Massachusetts—Deborah Ann Quimby. Some true crime enthusiasts feel the Vieweg and Quimby cases are linked. I feel the Eddy case resonates as well. 1977 coincided with release of the popular movie Smokey and the Bandit. Off-roading on these gravel and dirt roads for almost 2 miles while impractical wasn’t impossible. It would have been a thrill seek. But would hypothetical abductor(s) risk off-roading with human remains or Eddy held captive? Or how about driving around town in a missing/stolen vehicle between mid June and early July? During daylight or under the cover of night? Then there’s simply the timing factor of not accidentally bumping into others partying at the destination. How did the abductor(s) leave the scene of the ditched Oldsmobile (in another vehicle)? Whatever the circumstance ditching vehicles in these obscure teenage watering holes sends a message to others who may also have visited them. “Don’t say a word” and “I’m out there.” Downright chilling.

 

[cheshire84]

The ditching of Eddy’s borrowed 69 Oldsmobile is eerily similar to the ditching of a 69 Camaro in the 1973 Judith Vieweg homicide in Townsend (photo #2). Also eerily similar are the locations—obscure, adjacent to ponds, and teenage drinking spots. 43 days prior to Eddy’s disappearance there was another unsolved missing person case across the state border in Townsend, Massachusetts—Deborah Ann Quimby. Some true crime enthusiasts feel the Vieweg and Quimby cases are linked. I feel the Eddy case resonates as well. 1977 coincided with release of the popular movie Smokey and the Bandit. Off-roading on these gravel and dirt roads for almost 2 miles while impractical wasn’t impossible. It would have been a thrill seek. But would hypothetical abductor(s) risk off-roading with human remains or Eddy held captive? Or how about driving around town in a missing/stolen vehicle between mid June and early July? During daylight or under the cover of night? Then there’s simply the timing factor of not accidentally bumping into others partying at the destination. How did the abductor(s) leave the scene of the ditched Oldsmobile (in another vehicle)? Whatever the circumstance ditching vehicles in these obscure teenage watering holes sends a message to others who may also have visited them. “Don’t say a word” and “I’m out there.” Downright chilling.

100% agree-i just randomly discovered the Judith Viewig case-there are also about 4 unsolved stabbings in that time frame around the Mass area. But Hollis is about 10 miles away and her car was found abandoned as well.