A woman is found stabbed to death in her home In the quiet town of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the life of Stacey Burns, a 41-year-old Caucasian mother of five and a school nurse, was brutally cut short on Mother's Day, May 10, 2009. Her 15-year-old son made the traumatic discovery, finding her stabbed to death in her bedroom at their home on North Main Street. The night she was killed, two of her children and several of their friends were asleep in the house.
The investigation into her homicide has been extensive, involving thousands
of hours of work and numerous interviews, yet no arrests have ever been made, and the case remains an unsolved homicide. Over the years, law enforcement officials, including the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit, have periodically issued renewed calls for public assistance, hoping that a crucial tip might finally lead to a breakthrough. The family of Stacey Burns has also joined in these pleas, expressing their ongoing pain and hope for justice.
While no one has been officially charged, the investigation has publicly scrutinized two individuals. One is her ex-husband, Ed Burns, from whom she had a contentious divorce. Friends and court documents described him as controlling and abusive, and he had reportedly once said, "Death Before Divorce." The two were scheduled to appear in court regarding child support issues the day after her murder. Ed Burns maintained he was at a party in Boston on the night of the murder and reportedly had video evidence to support his alibi.
Another person of interest was Jim Vittum, a man Stacey Burns had been seeing. Vittum admitted to confronting Stacey the day before her death about her seeing another man. He voluntarily spoke with investigators on the day her body was found and reportedly did not perform well on a polygraph test. Vittum, however, has publicly denied any involvement in her murder and has pointed suspicion toward her ex-husband. Despite these points of interest, the case has grown cold, leaving a family without answers and a community still mourning the loss of a beloved mother and friend.
