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Murder on I-95: What Happened to Pamela Webb?

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She had done this drive many times before…

On July 1st, 1989, 32-year-old Pamela Webb left her home after 4th of July family gathering in Withrop, Maine to set out on a road trip she was very familiar with. She packed up her favorite things, including her trusty pup, Thumper, a beagle/basset hound mix, and hit the road in her 1981 blue Chevy Pickup towards Mason, New Hampshire to see her boyfriend for the long weekend. Her family had no idea that night that Pamela would never make it to her destination.  

Later that night Pamela’s blue Chevy was found on the side of the highway near Biddeford with a flat tire and signs of a struggle nearby, but Pamela was nowhere to be found. 

Almost two and a half weeks later, her body was found in the woods of New Hampshire three hours away from where her truck was stranded, and the medical examiner declared her cause of death “unspecified violent homicide.” 

To this day, Maine State Police are still trying to fill in the pieces of a still fuzzy timeline that will answer the question: What happened to Pamela Webb?

Press play now to hear Pamela’s story, the angles that police have investigated, and the theories internet sleuths have discovered while trying to come up with answers to this cold case mystery.

 Special thanks to Pamela’s niece, Angela, for sharing her personal stories.

Listen to Jane Boroski’s survival story (mentioned in this episode) in her own words and more about her journey as a survivor on this special Murder, She Told interview.

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Pamela Webb’s truck during the initial investigation

Sources For This Episode

Submit a tip to NH Cold Case Unit

Bangor Daily News Written by AP

Police Find Blood in Woman’s Truck, July 4th 1989

Search for Pamela Webb Broadens, July 6th 1989

Truck Driver Arrested For Abduction... July 20th, 1989

Missing Winthrop Woman’s Body Found, July 21st 1989

Trucker’s Arrest Prompts Check... Killings, July 21st, 1989

Mourners Pack Church For Funeral, July 26th 1989

NY Trucker Ruled Out in Homicide Case, August 4th, 1989

Trooper’s Lie Compromised Murder Probe, February 10th, 1992

Family Denied Access to Records, Sept 8th, 1996

Ex-Trooper Found Not Liable, May 14th, 1999

Additional Sources

Special thanks to Eric Collins of The Armchair Detective

Court Blocks Lawsuit Over Turnpike Slaying

Connecticut River Valley Killer Wikipedia

NH Unsolved Blog

Long Haul Territory Killer Blog

Maura Murray Blog

Photos

WMTW

Episode Credits

Production, Writing, research, audio, and editing by Kristen Seavey

Murder, She Told was created by Kristen Seavey

This episode was also co-produced by AKA Studio Productions