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A woman dies as a result of arson
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 11, 1986, a fire erupted at a residence located at 314 Islington Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The blaze, which was reported at approximately 3:25 a.m., was later determined to have been deliberately set, turning a tragic event into a complex homicide investigation. Two residents, 24-year-old Terry Giles and 29-year-old Joseph Poulin, perished in the fire that day. A third individual, a 39-year-old Caucasian female named Linda Plummer, was a ...Read More
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 11, 1986, a fire erupted at a residence located at 314 Islington Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The blaze, which was reported at approximately 3:25 a.m., was later determined to have been deliberately set, turning a tragic event into a complex homicide investigation. Two residents, 24-year-old Terry Giles and 29-year-old Joseph Poulin, perished in the fire that day. A third individual, a 39-year-old Caucasian female named Linda Plummer, was a ...Read More
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Linda Plummer
December 18, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Portsmouth
NH
1987-03-30
39
Linda
Plummer
11/05/2025
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Forum Posts (3)
I was reading about the tragic arson case on Islington Street, and I couldn't stop thinking about Li... ...Read More
09/03/2024
09/03/2024
Hi everyone,
I've been looking into the tragic fire at 314 Islington Street and find myself reall... ...Read More
08/01/2023
I've been looking into the tragic fire at 314 Islington Street and find myself reall... ...Read More
08/01/2023
I’ve been reading up on the arson case from Portsmouth in ‘86 and just feel so deeply for the fa... ...Read More
06/08/2023
06/08/2023
