The Teen Girl Who Disappeared From A Sleepover And Was Never Seen Again

In 1980, Laureen Ann Rahn was a 14-year-old woman dwelling together with her mom in a 3rd ground condo at 239 Merrimack St. in Manchester, New Hampshire. She was described by the individuals near her as a contented and outgoing, she additionally made As at Parkside Junior Excessive. Nonetheless, Laureen’s aunt had considerations a few new group of associates she met that had launched her to alcohol and hashish.

On April 26, 1980 Laureen’s mom went out of city to look at her boyfriend, knowledgeable tennis participant, play in a tennis event. Laureen requested to remain residence as she was on spring break from college. Laureen’s mom agreed however had just a few relations cease by their condo all through the day to test on her. That evening on the Rahn’s condo, Laureen had a female and male pal over and the trio drank a 6-pack of beer and a bottle of wine. Laureen’s feminine pal was her age and the male pal was a 21-year-old. The feminine pal says she grew to become inebriated and doesn’t bear in mind a lot of the evening.

At 12:30am, Laureen and her male visitor heard voices coming from the hallway and assumed Laureen’s mom and her boyfriend have been arriving residence. The male pal exited by means of the condo’s backdoor and heard Laureen lock the door behind him.

At 1:15am, Laureen’s mom and her boyfriend returned to the condo. They seen that every one three flooring of the condo constructing have been darkish as a result of all the lightbulbs within the hallways had been unscrewed. Additionally they discovered the entrance door unlocked and the again door was open. At first, Laureen seemed to be asleep in mattress however her mom realized it was Laureen’s feminine pal, not Laureen. The pal stated that they’d each gone to sleep within the mattress however Laureen had gotten up and brought a pillow and blanket to the sofa to sleep there.

There was nobody on the sofa.

Laureen wasn’t within the condo in any respect. Her purse, cash and model new sneakers have been close to the entrance door. Nothing was lacking and there have been no indicators of battle aside from the darkened hallways and opened doorways.

When Laureen’s mom reported her lacking, police assumed Laureen was a runaway.

Theories

• Police now imagine foul play is concerned and Laureen isn’t a runaway.
• Tony Fowler, who labored on the case as a a Manchester detective lieutenant has said his belief is that Laureen left the condo to shortly meet somebody (which is why she didn’t placed on sneakers, lock the door, or take her purse) and that particular person as an alternative kidnapped her.
• Six weeks after Laureen disappeared one other lady, Denise Daneault, disappeared two blocks away.
• Police imagine that suspected serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen could also be concerned on this case as he lived two doorways down from Denault and two blocks from Rahn. Rasmussen died in 2010.
• The male pal who was with Laureen the evening she disappeared was never considered a suspect. He died by suicide in 1985.
• On October 1, 1980, Laureen’s mom realized she’d been charged for 3 telephone calls constituted of motels in southern California, one to a teen sexual assault hotline. A doctor who was working the hotline has stated he “might” have talked to Rahn and even invited her into his residence as his spouse usually did with runaways. This was by no means confirmed. A toddler pornography ring was additionally linked to one of many inns the place a name originated from. Laureen’s mom believes that these calls have been made by Laureen.
• Laureen’s mom additionally acquired creepy telephone calls on her private line in the course of the evening from a silent caller.
• A number of of Laureen’s family and friends declare to have seen her by likelihood in public or acquired mysterious telephone calls from somebody who is likely to be Laureen. That is fairly widespread for lacking individuals instances, nonetheless, and is normally not linked to the case.

Sadly except somebody comes ahead, it appears unlikely that we are going to ever know what occurred to Laureen Rahn.