A man withdraws money from the bank; later found stabbed to death On a late summer afternoon, the day before he was found, 25-year-old Michael Kierstead, a Caucasian male from Greenville, New Hampshire, was last seen alive on September 4, 1986. He had just left the Indian Head Bank in the neighboring town of Wilton around 4:00 p.m. after withdrawing some money. Witnesses saw him get into a blue sedan on Main Street, a vehicle already occupied by two other men.
This would be the final sighting of Kierstead.
The following day, September 5, 1986, a grim discovery was made in a sandpit off North River Road in Milford. Michael Kierstead's body was found; he had been fatally stabbed. The case was immediately classified as a homicide, launching an investigation into the circumstances that led the young man to his violent end in such a secluded location.
Despite the initial investigation, the case has remained unsolved for decades and is now considered a cold case. A witness was able to provide a description of the man who was driving the blue sedan. He was described as a white male, approximately 18 to 20 years old, with a clean-cut appearance and short, dark hair. There has been no description provided for the second man in the vehicle. To date, no arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Michael Kierstead, and the identities of the two men last seen with him remain a mystery. The New Hampshire Department of Justice continues to list the case as an unsolved homicide, holding out hope that new information might one day bring a resolution to the long-standing mystery.
