A woman is found stabbed and strangled in her home Sharon Dockham, a 26-year-old woman, was found dead inside her apartment at the Sunset Arms complex in Rochester, New Hampshire, on June 1, 1993. Responding officers discovered her after a quiet morning in the building gave way to the grim realization that something was wrong behind her door. Neighbors and the building manager recalled no obvious disturbance before police arrived, underscoring how suddenly the violence had entered an otherwise ordinary day.
An autopsy determined that Sharon had been strangled and stabbed, a combination that suggested an intensely personal attack carried out within the confines of her home. The details left investigators with few immediate answers but a clear conclusion: her death was a homicide. From the outset, state and local authorities treated the case as a priority, tracing her final known movements and re-interviewing people who might have crossed paths with her in the hours before she was found.
Despite the early push and periodic reviews over the years, the case remains unsolved. Investigators have not announced any arrests, nor have they publicly named suspects, and the New Hampshire Department of Justice continues to list Sharon's killing as an open cold case, urging anyone with information to come forward. Time has passed, but the official appeal for tips endures as the central thread in a decades-long effort to identify whoever was responsible and to deliver answers to her family.
