The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit is putting out a renewed appeal for public assistance in the unsolved 2001 homicide of Louise Chaput.

On Nov. 22, 2001, Chaput, 52, of Sherbrooke, Québec, was found dead off the Glen Boulder Trail in Pinkham’s Grant according to a release from the Attorney General's Office.

She had traveled to New Hampshire for a short hiking trip and was last seen on the afternoon of Nov. 15, 2001, near the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Joe Dodge Lodge.

An autopsy determined that she died of stab wounds, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Ms. Chaput’s vehicle, a silver Ford Focus, was located two days earlier at the Direttissima Trailhead, but several of her personal belongings, including a dark blue Kanuk sleeping bag, a blue backpack with a Canadian insignia, and her

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