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Russell Bean

Case from Marlow, NH dated Mar 01, 1988

Victim Details

Russell Bean

February 5, 2023

Male

White / Caucasian

Marlow

NH

1988-03-01

1978-06-15

1988-03-01

26

Russell

Bean

07/07/2026


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A part-time police chief is implicated in a disappearance and death
In the quiet town of Marlow, New Hampshire, the disappearance of 26-year-old Caucasian male Russell Bean in 1978 left a void filled with questions. For a decade, his fate remained a mystery, a silent wound in the small community. The chilling answer to his whereabouts would not begin to surface until March 1988, not through a breakthrough in police work, but from the whispered words of a dying man. This deathbed confession would unravel a dark tale of secrets buried, quite literally, in the town ...
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  • New Hampshire cold case: Who killed Russell Bean? - WMUR
  • Russell Bean | New Hampshire Department of Justice
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    Has anyone else been looking into the timeline of Robert Chambers’ tenure as Marlow’s Police Chi... ...Read More
    08/23/2023
    I've been following the Russell Bean case for a while, and I've always been perplexed by the lack of... ...Read More
    08/04/2023
    Does anyone else find it extremely disturbing that Robert Chambers was never charged despite his own... ...Read More
    05/23/2023
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