Sarah Hunter was only 15 minutes late for work when her coworker called police to report her missing.

But despite his swift action, Sarah's case would go cold and stay that way for years.

Decades later, an individual known to the case from the earliest days of the investigation

became a prime suspect and advanced DNA testing even led to an

arrest. Yet Sarah's murder still awaits a conclusion to this day almost 40 years later. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Sarah Hunter

on Dark Down East. It was 8 p.m. on Thursday night September 18th, 1986 and 32 32-year-old Sarah Hunter was just leaving her boyfriend's house in Manchester, Vermont.

According to reporting by Joyce Bassett for the Times Union,

Sarah had been studying for a new ladies professional golf league certification

and was on her way home that night to review some material for the upcoming test.

As the head golf pro at Manchester Country Club, Sarah was passionate about

golf and liked staying sharp on her skills and knowledge of the game that became

her livelihood. On top of the test, the next day was going to be busy for Sarah,

with early morning lessons to teach, plus she was playing in a tournament that afternoon.

But before heading back to the house where she rented a room in Manchester Village that night,

Sarah stopped by Leo's Motors off Route 7A to grab a six-pack of Coorslight beer.

She cashed out by 830 and left the store.

Around 815 the next morning, Sarah's fellow golf pro Todd McIntosh was growing uneasy. In the history of Sarah's employment at the club,

she was a dependable, punctual employee. Now she was 15 minutes late to her first lesson, and she hadn't so much as called to give a heads up

Todd had a gut feeling that something was seriously wrong and it only took that 15 minute window for Todd to pick up the phone and call Manchester Police.

However, he was told they had to wait 24 to 48 hours before any kind of investigation would

be done.

Meanwhile, not far away down Route 7A in Manchester,

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