A woman is found strangled to death in her apartment In the quiet city of Laconia, New Hampshire, the life of 26-year-old Lisa Wright was tragically cut short in December 1991. A female resident of 661 Union Avenue, her absence was first noted when she failed to show up for work following the evening of December 6, 1991, the last time she was seen alive after being dropped off at her apartment. Concern grew as days passed with no word from her.
On December 10, her landlord, prompted by a call from Lisa's concerned mother, requested the acting building manager to check on her. It was then that her body was discovered within the confines of her own home. The cause of her death was determined to be strangulation.
The investigation into her homicide led to a significant development in January of the following year. A man by the name of Alan Pete was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Lisa's death. The community and her grieving family looked towards the upcoming trial, hoping for justice and closure. However, the path to resolution took an unexpected turn.
In a surprising turn of events, the case against Alan Pete crumbled before it could reach a jury. In March 1993, just a few months before the scheduled trial, the murder charge against him was dropped. The prosecution's case was critically weakened when a key witness recanted their earlier statements made to the police. This development left the investigation in a state of uncertainty. Since the dismissal of the charges against Pete, no other individuals have been formally charged in the death of Lisa Wright, and her case remains an unsolved homicide, a lingering shadow in the small New Hampshire city.
