A man's body is found on Brewer Road in Kensington, NH The unsolved murder of Joseph Furando, a 39-year-old businessman from Guilford, Connecticut, remains one of New Hampshire's cold cases. Furando had been on a business trip to New Hampshire in May 1979. He was last seen in Newton, Massachusetts, on May 16, 1979, and had planned to stay at a Holiday Inn in Portsmouth that night. However, Furando never made it to his reservation.
The next day, on May 17, his body was discovered on Brewer Road in Kensington, New Hampshire, approximately 20 feet off Route 150.
Furando had been shot, and his murder shocked the small community of Kensington. Despite initial investigations, no arrests were made, and his case quickly went cold. Authorities have speculated about possible motives, but no clear suspects have emerged. The lack of witnesses and physical evidence has made it difficult for investigators to piece together what happened in Furando's final hours.
Over 40 years later, the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit still lists Joseph Furando's case as unsolved, and the investigation remains open in hopes that new evidence or tips could one day provide answers. The state's cold case unit continues to seek information from the public, hoping someone might come forward with critical details that could finally lead to justice.
