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A night clerk at the Fireside Motel is found shot to death
On the night of August 30, 1980, Henry Travers Jr., a 73-year-old male from Derry, New Hampshire, was working his shift as the night clerk at the Fireside Motel on Route 28 in Salem. The motel, which is now the site of a Home Depot, became the scene of a tragedy that would remain a mystery for decades to come. During his shift, Mr. Travers was fatally shot, his life taken in a sudden act of violence.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Henry Travers pointed to a homicide, yet the p ...Read More
On the night of August 30, 1980, Henry Travers Jr., a 73-year-old male from Derry, New Hampshire, was working his shift as the night clerk at the Fireside Motel on Route 28 in Salem. The motel, which is now the site of a Home Depot, became the scene of a tragedy that would remain a mystery for decades to come. During his shift, Mr. Travers was fatally shot, his life taken in a sudden act of violence.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Henry Travers pointed to a homicide, yet the p ...Read More
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Henry Travers
December 12, 2022
Male
Salem
NH
1980-08-30
73
Henry
Travers
11/05/2025
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I've been following cold cases in New Hampshire for a while, and Henry Travers' murder at the Firesi... ...Read More
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