Legislation would add staffers to state’s cold case unit

Concord Monitor 

January 30, 2019

The bipartisan legislation has the full support of the Attorney General’s Office, which says the positions are necessary to make a serious dent in New Hampshire’s unsolved murder cases.

“Our victims deserve justice,” MacDonald told lawmakers Tuesday. “Our 128 families deserve answers. And there is no statute of limitations for the crime of murder.”

For the families, the extra manpower offers the chance for something more: closure. Many seeking updates on their cases have endured twists and turns.

Janet Gloddy Young last saw her sister in November 1971. Kathy Gloddy, 13, was found in Franklin, Young told the committee. She had been raped, run over and killed.

Through the years, Young kept after the investigation even when her faith in state and local police dimmed. She told her story in 2009 to push to get the cold case unit opened in the first place, and then kept an open mind as she waited for new leads that didn’t come.

Ten years later, Young said a more robust investigative team could make the difference.
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“Her case has never been solved, but I know in my heart that it still can be,” she told the committee.

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