NH Diane Compagna, age 15, Murdered 12 July 1973, Candia, NH

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The 1973 unsolved homicide of Diane Compagna.

Diane Compagna, age 15
Year of Death or Disappearance: 1973
City/Town: Candia
Status: Unsolved Homicide
Summary:
On July 12, 1973 two fifteen-year-old girls from Merrimack, NH, Diane Compagna and Anne Psaradelis, went missing. They had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12th. It was first thought that they had run away, but two months went by without any word from either girl. Their badly decomposed bodies were discovered on September 29, 1973 in the woods off of New Boston Road in Candia, NH. The area is within a short distance of Route 101 which is the road leading from Merrimack to Hampton Beach. The manner of death was undetermined because of the condition of the bodies but it is believed that the girls were strangled to death.

LINK:
Diane Compagna | Cold Case Unit | NH Department of Justice

 

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Sep 29 2025

New Hampshire girls found dead 52 years ago were last seen hitchhiking toward Merrimack

Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.

www.wmur.com

SEABROOK, N.H. —
Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.

NH Cold Case Unit
Diane Compagna (left) and Anne Psaradelis (right)

• Last seen alive: July 12, 1973
• Bodies found: Sept. 29, 1973
• City/town: Candia
• Case status: Unsolved homicide

Diane Compagna and Anne Psaradelis had been seen at Hampton Beach and were last seen hitchhiking in the direction of Merrimack late in the afternoon of July 12, 1973.''

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Sep 29 2025

New Hampshire girls found dead 52 years ago were last seen hitchhiking toward Merrimack

Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.

www.wmur.com

SEABROOK, N.H. —
Two 15-year-old girls from Merrimack were last seen hitchhiking in the summer of 1973 before their bodies were found months later. Decades later, the case remains unsolved.''

NH Cold Case Unit
Diane Compagna (left) and Anne Psaradelis (right)
Last seen alive: July 12, 1973
Bodies found: Sept. 29, 1973
City/town: Candia...

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