Unsolved Cases Featuring Missing / Murdered Hikers

Last Seen Alive

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

From sunrise hikes to foraging sessions, the unsolved cases included in this episode feature stories of victims who ventured into nature and never made it home. Each of these little-known cases are in critical need of tips from the public, so join us as we recount the final hikes of five separate victims in this special multi-case episode of Last Seen Alive.

Stories in this episode include:

· The 1986 murder of Jane Pritchard, a botany student who was killed with a shotgun blast while studying botanical specimens in Delaware’s Blackbird State Forest.

If you know anything about the death of Jane Pritchard, please contact the New Castle County Police’s Cold Case Homicide Squad at: 302-395-2781. Or, if you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-847-3333, or submit a tip via their website, which is: Delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.

· The 2006 double-homicide of Mary and Susanna Stodden, a mother / daughter pair who were fatally shot while hiking together on Washington’s rugged Pinnacle Lake Trail.

If you know anything about the deaths of Mary and Susanna Stodden, please contact the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office at 425-388-3393.

· The 2022 disappearance of Niqi Cavanaugh-De Calderon, a professional ballerina and avid forager who vanished during a walk in woods near Oregon’s Mt. Hood.

If you know anything about the disappearance or whereabouts of Niqi Cavanaugh-De Calderon, please contact the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office at (503) 785-5000.

· The 2023 murder of Dr Honoree Fleming, an accomplished academic who was fatally shot while hiking her favorite trail in Vermont’s picturesque lake region.

If you have any information on the murder of Dr Honoree Fleming, please contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101. Or, if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can use the Vermont State Police’s online tip form, which can be found at: vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	From sunrise hikes to afternoon foraging sessions, the unsolved cases included in this episode
0:05.6	feature stories of victims who ventured into nature and never made it home.
0:10.4	Each of these little-known cases is in critical need of tips from the public, so join us as we
0:15.1	recount the final hikes of five separate victims in this special multi-case episode of Last
0:20.8	Seen Alive. Stories in this special multi-case episode of Last Seen Alive.
0:22.4	Stories in this episode include the 1986 murder of Jane Pritchard, a botany student who was
0:28.6	killed with a shotgun blast while studying botanical specimens in Delaware's Blackbird State Forest.
0:35.0	The 2006 double homicide of Mary and Susanna Stodden, a mother-daughter pair who were
0:40.9	fatally shot while hiking together on Washington's rugged Pinnacle Lake Trail. The 2022
0:46.6	disappearance of Nikki Kavanaugh-de-Caldron, a professional ballerina and avid forager who vanished
0:52.6	during a walk in woods near Oregon's Mount Hood.
0:56.1	And the 2023 murder of Dr. Honorie Fleming, an accomplished academic who was fatally shot
1:01.7	while hiking her favorite trail in Vermont's picturesque lake region.
1:05.6	Music Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive.
1:25.1	I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day, and true crime
1:28.6	storyteller by night. And as always, I'm your co-host, Scott. This is our second multi-case episode
1:35.7	of the year. As a reminder, there will be four total, with one airing in each quarter of
1:40.7	2024. We'll still be putting out our regular single case episodes every other Monday.
1:45.9	Nothing has changed in that regard. These multi-case episodes are something extra and will allow us to
1:52.1	cover up to a dozen more little-known cases over the course of the year. Each of the stories in these episodes
1:57.8	will be a little shorter than the cases we cover in our regular episodes, and that's simply because there isn't as much information out there on these cases.
2:06.1	These are cases that are, by and large, relatively unknown outside the localities in which they
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