3 Decades Old Cold Cases That Perplex Me
By : Shane Lambert Original time of writing : August 30th, 2021 While working on this website, I have generally gravitated toward cases that are forty years old or less believing that they are the ones that are still most likely to be solved. However, from time to time I have not been able to help but look at older and colder cases. These are three old and cold cases that stand out in my memory. Paula Jean Welden Missing for Nearly 80 Years Something happened to Paula Jean Welden on December 1st, 1946 that, at the time of writing, has not yet been traced. The then 18-year old student at Bennington College in Vermont left her home after telling her roommate, a young woman named Elizabeth Johnson, that she was going to hike a trail known as The Long Trail. Many others besides Elizabeth would see Welden that day but no one has seen her since December 1st, 1946. At the original time of writing, the 75th anniversary of her disappearance was on the horizon. As of January 2025, she has now b...