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Fatality — Mount Washington, Nov 15, 2001

·Mount Washington·Glen Boulder Trail

52-year-old psychologist from Sherbrooke, Quebec

Louise Chaput, 52, an experienced solo hiker, set out for a short hike on November 15, 2001 and did not return. Her body was found on November 22, 2001 in the woods roughly 200 feet off the Glen Boulder Trail in Pinkham's Grant, southeast of Mount Washington. The autopsy confirmed she died of multiple stab and incised wounds. Her death was ruled a homicide and remains an open cold case; the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit issued a renewed public appeal for information in December 2025.

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