Over 30 years have gone by without answers for the violent death of David Pickett on a quiet New England beach.

When an investigation by police failed to get justice, David's sister decided to seek justice on her own terms, even if the suspect was her own blood.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of David Pickett on

Dark Down East. February 4th, 1993 was a cold, cold morning in Newcastle, New Hampshire.

The temperature wouldn't break freezing all day, but for New Englanders who know how to

dress for the occasion, there are few rituals more precious

than a beach walk in the winter.

It's calm and quiet.

Everything takes on muted tones of gray and dark slate and white.

Footsteps leave the distinct chain-like impressions of L.L. Bean boot tread in the sand.

That morning was different though.

Around 6.15 a.m. as the briny Atlantic waters gently washed over the rocks and sand of Newcastle Beach, What should have been a peaceful stroll for two residents and their dog was interrupted by something that didn't belong.

According to reporting by Robert Cook for Foster's Daily Democrat,

laying there in the sand was the body of a man

caked in snow and blood.

He was wearing beige clothing and a reflective jacket,

but he didn't have any shoes on.

Rather, a pair of boots were placed neatly beside his body.

Part-time Newcastle police officer Dan Barrett was among the first of dozens of police officers to arrive at the scene. He found the man to have a wound

to his neck, so severe that the man's head was nearly severed from his body. The next day,

when the chief medical examiner released his findings, the identity of the victim was also announced to the shock of the tiny island community.

The man found dead on Newcastle Beach was 59-year-old David Pickett.

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