Clueless in New England - Michael C. Dooling

Clueless in New England relates the stories of three young women – last seen hitchhiking – who disappeared.  Two of these disappearances are the coldest cases in their respective states.  In 1952, Connie Smith left a Lakeville, Connecticut summer camp and was seen trying to catch a ride to the village center…and then she was gone.  A nationwide search resulted in hundreds of leads but not one clue. Paula Welden of Stamford, Connecticut, a student at Bennington College, disappeared after hitching a ride to Long Trail and sparked the largest search in Vermont’s history.  She was never found.   And Katherine Hull was visiting Lebanon Springs, New York, went for a walk and was also seen hitchhiking.  Seven years passed before hunters came face-to-face with her skull off a lonely road outside Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  What happened to these three young women? In Clueless in New England, the author merges meticulous historical research with modern technological resources and good old-fashi