When an adventurous Canadian woman visits New Hampshire's White Mountains for a solo hiking retreat, she's ambushed by a killer. Investigators seek the public's help to solve an apparently random homicide in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

I'm your host Leah, crime analyst by day, and true crime storyteller by night.

As always, I'm a co-host, Scott.

A quick heads up. This episode contains brief mention of sexual assault.

We won't go into any graphic detail, but still, please listen with care.

Louise Shepu was last seen alive on November 15, 2001. She was 52 years old at the time and lived in the medium-sized city of Sherbrook, Quebec. Louise was an intelligent, outgoing woman, a professional psychologist who specialized in marriage counseling, and a mom to two daughters, the oldest of whom was a young adult at 19, and the youngest of whom was

10 years old. Louise was also athletic, adventurous, and independent, and loved the outdoors.

In particular, she loved to hike. That fall, Louise and some friends had planned a hiking

trip to New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, and she'd really been looking forward to it.

However, their plans ended up falling through. Her friends decided that they weren't quite up to

hiking in the harsh November conditions that the area is known for. Louise, however, was, as usual,

up for it, with or without company. Rather than missing out on a much-needed break, she decided to

take a solo hiking trip instead.

Although she would have enjoyed her friend's company, she didn't mind going it alone either.

She'd hiked solo many times before.

Although the White Mountains were in another country, they were only a two-hour drive from where Louise lived.

She'd visited the area before and loved the scenery. The area was

full of hiking opportunities with trails ranging the spectrum of difficulty from easy strolls to

more challenging climbs. Louise had booked a stay for herself at the Appalachian Mountain Club

Joe Dodge Lodge, an establishment at the base of Mount Washington, which is the tallest

mountain in New England and one of Mount Washington, which is the tallest mountain in New

England and one of the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi. The lodge is surrounded with

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