It was February 3rd, 1964. The icy wintery snow of New England had taken over Manchester, New Hampshire.

Before long, the story of Rina Paquette would take over the city as well.

That morning, the body of the 52-year-old mother of five had been found by her son and his uncle.

Since that day her family and the community have been haunted by her mysterious

death.

Since February 1964, rumors have swirled across New England about the death of Reno-pecette.

Despite the infamy of the case, which was brought to a growing global audience in the October 24th 1990 episode of

Unsolved Mysteries, it has been almost 60 years, and still the truth remains unknown.

But Rina Paquette's story actually begins with two other deaths,

18-year-old Sandra Valade and 14 year old Pamela Mason. All three were murdered between the

winters of 1960 and 1964 in Manchester, New Hampshire. To this day, only one of these killings has been officially solved. Even

then, whether or not the one man accused of these crimes ever truly faced justice, is up to debate even now. These are the complex cases of

Sandra Valade, Pamela Mason, and Rina Peckett. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is Dark Down East. The city we now call Manchester, New Hampshire, is located on the ancestral land of the Penacook people.

It has become the largest city in Northern New England, a region including Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Manchester has long been a town focused on manufacturing as its biggest source of commerce.

According to local lore, the city was founded in 1751 and built solely for that purpose.

Originally named Dairy Field, the area was renamed Manchester during the Industrial

Revolution, and since then it has adhered to its manufacturing roots,

becoming a significant producer of cotton, wool, and locomotives,

effectively echoing its namesake back in England.

But despite its fidelity to its largest source of employment,

for Manchester, the 1960s were a manufacturing downswing.

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