Laura Kempton and Tammy Little: The Portsmouth Beauty School Murders

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

1981 - Portsmouth, NH In September of 1981, the city of Portsmouth was rocked with the vicious murder of 23-year-old model and beauty school student, Laura Kempton. Laura had been home alone in her apartment when the killer broke in and took her life. One year later, in October of 1982, Portsmouth police found themselves in a nightmare déjà vu: another young model, 20-year-old Tammy Little, was found murdered and assaulted at her apartment. Just like Laura, Tammy was taking classes at Portsmouth’s beauty school. Both cases were eerily similar, but investigators were hesitant to link them too soon. Decades passed without resolution in both cases, which had been inextricably linked in death… until a hot July day in 2023, when the NH Attorney General and Portsmouth PD held a press conference with a major update. This is the story of Laura Kempton and Tammy Little. Support Murder, She Told here. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram and Facebook and TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:34.6	On Monday, September 28, 1981, the sun rose over a clear, crisp,
1:40.6	fall day in Port Smith, New Hampshire. The coastal city of about 25,000
1:45.7	sits at the mouth of the Piscatico River, where it meets the Atlantic.
1:50.0	It's a tourist town, swelling in number every summer. Visitors come to enjoy the quaint
1:55.6	shops and restaurants that line its streets. Personally, I adore Port Smith.
2:01.6	Major employers, the Port Smith Naval Yard, and Peas International Trade Port,
2:06.7	also bring a fair amount of traffic on any given day. By sunrise, the city was already
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