A missing VT woman's body is found 10 years later In the summer of 1977, a young Caucasian woman named Marsha Hall Lamonda, age 25, vanished from Burlington, Vermont. She was last seen on June 30, 1977, and was officially reported missing by her father on July 6 of that year. For a decade, her disappearance remained a painful mystery for her family, a void filled with unanswered questions and fading hope.
The painful uncertainty came to a grim end on August 25, 1987, when a person walking along Bean Road in the town of Charlotte
discovered human remains. The discovery in the wooded area led to a wider search, uncovering more of a scattered skeleton. Through dental records, the remains were positively identified as those of Marsha Lamonda. The official cause of death was ruled a homicide, transforming a long-term missing person case into a murder investigation.
Despite the significant breakthrough of finding her, the case of who was responsible for Marsha's death grew cold. Investigators learned that at the time of her disappearance, she was separated from her husband and was a mother to a young son. It was also reported that she was "hanging out with a bad crowd." Despite these leads, no suspects have ever been publicly named, and no arrests have been made in connection with her murder.
The investigation into Marsha Hall Lamonda's death remains open, one of Vermont's lingering unsolved homicides. Periodically, law enforcement officials have renewed calls for public assistance, hoping that the passage of time might encourage someone with information to come forward. To this day, the identity of her killer and the specific circumstances surrounding her death remain an unsolved chapter in Vermont's history.
