When Shari-Linn Roth left her apartment in North Conway, New Hampshire, for a short afternoon

hike to one of her favorite spots in the White Mountain National Forest, what should have been a peaceful retreat turned into a fateful

encounter with a still unknown predator.

Several theories have been floated since that August afternoon in 1977, but none have proven to be the truth about what happened more than four decades ago.

When I heard my friend and fellow investigative journalist Delia Diambro was covering a New England

case on her podcast, Park Predators this week, it got me thinking about other stories

set in the state and national parks of this region.

So on both shows, you'll hear about two unrelated New Hampshire cases, one with a resolution,

and one this one still waiting for answers.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Shari Lynn Roth on Dark Down East.

It was Sunday afternoon,

It was Sunday afternoon,

August 21st, 1977, and 22-year-old Shari Lynn Roth had just

left the apartment she shared with two roommates in North Conway, New Hampshire,

setting off for a short solo hike in the White Mountain

National Forest.

According to Greg Melville's reporting for the New Hampshire Union leader,

Shari had only lived in the Mount Washington Valley area for about nine months,

but she immersed herself in everything the region had to offer, the hiking, skiing, biking, canoeing,

and other outdoor activities, while also doing what she could to strengthen

the community she was part of. Shari had a heart for service and had dedicated her young adult life to helping others.

She grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School and then

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