Our sister’s name is Kathy Lynn Gloddy, she was beaten, raped, run over and murdered in Franklin, New Hampshire on November 21, 1971 at the age of 13.

Imagine for the moment that Kathy is no longer our sister, she is your sister, your daughter, your granddaughter, your friend or your neighbor‘s child. You have six children and you do the best to raise them as Catholics, Kathy is your youngest child, a tomb boy. You watch her grow, playing tag, hide and seek, basketball and baseball. Then her first dance, dress and hair done, she looks so uncomfortable and you want to laugh but you tell her that she is beautiful, your little girl is growing up. Then one day she goes to the neighborhood store and never comes back. You know that something is wrong and you call the police, your neighbors, her friends, your friends. you drive around, walk the paths and you pray like you never prayed before. Then the police come to your house and they tell you that they found her, she was beaten, raped and run over, she is dead. Your world as you knew it comes to an end!

As the years pass you try to keep the faith, that someone will come forward, no day goes by that you don’t think of her, miss her and wonder who, why? Her brother, Richard dies during open heart surgery, father dies of cancer and then her mother commits suicide, no longer having the will to live without her, leaving the rest of her family, her friends and neighbors still looking for the answers.

In 1983 the Franklin Police Department reopens Kathy’s case, all the emotions come flowing back, you relive the overwhelming sadness, the horror, the fear, the hate and the faltering trust but no matter how much you pray, nothing comes of it.

Now it’s 2004, the Franklin Police Department again reopens Kathy’s case and you feel things are different. The people are different, science is better and there is a hope that is stronger than ever before. There is more work done on her case than ever before and there is a woman working on her case. You can talk to her even about the trust issues and she hears you. You look into her eyes and you can tell that she wants what you want, the truth to come out no matter what it is.  Now you wait and you hold on tight, you feel like this is your last hope for the truth, that someone will come forward with information no matter how small they may think it is.

Now, remember, Kathy Lynn Gloddy is your daughter, your sister, your granddaughter, your friend or your neighbor’s child. On November 21, 2008 she will be gone for thirty-seven years but there are days when you feel like it was yesterday. You know that there are people out there that know what happened, do you think they are afraid or have trust issues? Do you think that they just don’t care about this little girl that meant so much to you and will take the truth to the grave with them? Can you feel it? Now, feel it for thirty-seven years!

The family feels there are people out there who knows what happened on that fatal night. Hasn’t it been long enough? We are asking you to come forward so that we are allowed to have some peace and an end to this unsolved murder. We really want to know what happened to our sister, please help us!

Sincerely, The Family

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Recently, Representative Peyton Hinkle proposed legislation to create a Cold Case Unit in the State of NH, and contacted our family asking that we participate in the hearings on the bill.  The following is the text of testimony given by one of Kathy's sisters at the hearing held on March 3, 2009:

 

Today we come together as one voice on behalf of our deceased sister Kathy Lynn Gloddy. On November 21st, 1971, she was brutally raped and murdered. To this day, her case has remained unsolved.

In 1983, Kathy’s case was opened again. A Franklin Police Officer told us that evidence had been taken to the Grand Jury. Soon, we were also informed that there wasn’t enough evidence to bring someone to court and that we wouldn’t want to try someone because if they got off, they couldn’t be tried for murder twice…double jeopardy. Lieutenant Stephanie Clough told us that there is no record of it ever going to the Grand Jury.

In 2004 the Franklin Police reactivated Kathy’s case. A Lieutenant  with the Franklin Police told us that the first order of business was to first organize the case, making the comment "what didn’t get misplaced.We have reason to believe that there was more than one person present at the time of Kathy’s death. We also have reason to believe that there was a cover up and corruption involved. Lieutenant Clough was one of the officers to go to Massachusetts to retrieve Kathy’s autopsy report, which was done by Dr. George Katsas who has since passed away. Dr. Katsas’s wife told Lieutenant Clough that all of his records were at Boston University where he worked as a criminal pathologist. However, officers could never find anything on Kathy. The local Massachusetts officers were asked to look for her records but even today, there has been nothing found.

In July of 2006, Kathy’s remains were exhumed in hopes of using newer technology to find DNA. We were told that some DNA was found but not enough to bring in a suspect. Detective Scott Gilbert of the Major Crime Unit division of the Concord State Police made the comment "this case is much bigger than you can ever imagine!" During this period of time, there was a man currently living in Florida named Edward Dukette who confessed to killing Kathy. Later he recanted his confession putting us back to square one. In 2006 our family met with the Task Force at the Franklin Police Department. It was indicated to us that if the search for Kathy’s killers was to ever slow down, they would let us know. But later the search had indeed slowed down and we were never told. It’s a constant feeling of disappointment and hurt for those of us left behind to be Kathy’s voice and finally give her and us the peace we deserve. The Lieutenant  recently got in touch with the Task Force to find out if there was any new information, and was told that there wasn’t. We asked if Task Force was working on Kathy’s case, we've been told that they were not and that it was up to the Franklin Police Department. The Franklin Police have told us that they are working on it when they have the time.

We, as a family know, that Kathy’s case isn’t the only one that has been left unsolved. New Hampshire needs a Cold Case Task Force to enable not just those that have been murdered to finally have peace but also those of us who have been left behind to pick up the pieces. If New Hampshire had a task force, those members could dedicate their time on cold cases, which in turn would alleviate the stress on our current law enforcement who are overworked and understaffed, unable to put fourth the time needed to help grant peace to the deceased, hope for their family’s and finally bring justice to all involved.

 

 

 

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