Episode 37 | Elijah Lewis, Merrimack, New Hampshire & Unsolved Cases Of The Granite State

Elijah Lewis was five years old when he went missing from his mother's house in Merrimack, New Hampshire in October 2021.
 

In October of 2021, a five year old boy was reported missing in Merrimack, New Hampshire after he hadn't been seen for over a month. Any missing child is an emergency. Or should be. Except his mother, whose custody he had been in for just over a year, wasn't who reported him missing.
 

Why was Elijah Lewis even living with his mother at the time? And why did she want him gone? This is a difficult story about violence against a child. I have a lot of questions.
 
 I share information about other unsolved New Hampshire cases:

 Megan Jimenez, age 2 ½ years
 Murdered June 15, 1989, Merrimack NH
 Unsolved homicide

Anne Psaradelis and Diane Compagna, age 15 years old
 Missing: July 12, 1973 leaving Hampton Beach for home in Merrimack, NH
 Found: September 29, 1973 in the woods off of New Boston Road in Candia, NH
 Unsolved double homicide

Maura Murray
 Missing: February 9, 2004, North Haverhill, NH
 Maura has not been found

 Davyn Hanson, age 15
 Missing: Oct 14, 2022, Portsmouth, NH
 Davyn has not been found
 
 Harmony Montgomery, 5 when she went missing
 Missing: Oct 1, 2019, Manchester, NH
 Missing, presumed dead
 

Tammy Belanger, age 8
 Missing: November 13, 1984, Exeter, NH
 Tammy has not been found

Paul Herlihy, age 50
 Found: August 27, 2003, Milford, NH
 Unsolved homicide
 
 Roberta “Bobbie” Miller and dog, Scout
 Found: November 1, 2010, Gilford, NH
 Unsolved homicide

Domingo Valdes
 Found: June 14, 1974, Pelham, NH
 Unsolved homicide
 
 Stella Bolton and James J. Moore
 Found: February 16, 1991, Portsmouth, NH
 Unsolved double homicide
 
 New Hampshire Cold Case Tip Form
 https://business.nh.gov/ColdCaseTips/Tip.aspx
 If you need to report information that is of an emergency nature, please contact the New Hampshire State Police toll free at (800) 525-5555 or call your local police/sheriff department.
 
 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
 https://www.missingkids.org

Sources below.

 Thank you for listening. I wish you a calm and peaceful holiday season. See you in January.

 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
 https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/impact

NH DOJ: Elijah Lewis

https://www.doj.nh.gov/news/2021/20211015-elijah-lewis-missing-child.htm

NY Post: Elijah Lewis died of violence, neglect

https://nypost.com/2021/11/23/new-hampshire-boy-elijah-lewis-died-from-violence-neglect

WMUR Channel 9, Manchester, NH: Elijah Lewis’ mother arraigned

https://www.wmur.com/article/watch-live-mother-of-missing-5-year-old-boy-another-man-to-be-arraigned/38013585

NBC Boston: Elijah Lewis autopsy

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/autopsy-results-reveal-nh-boy-died-of-violence-neglect-fentanyl-intoxication/2572997/

Fall River Reporter
 https://fallriverreporter.com/man-sentenced-to-prison-in-death-of-girlfriends-5-year-old-son-found-in-massachusetts-woods/

WCVB Channel 5, Boston: Elijah Lewis case: The cell phone that broke the case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3GltGcyzAs

Boston Globe: Elijah Lewis’s Mother wanted him gone
 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/15/metro/i-want-him-gone-elijah-lewiss-mother-messaged-friend-just-months-before-his-mysterious-death/

Boston Globe: Autopsy findings

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/22/metro/five-year-old-nh-boy-found-dead-abington-oct-had-fentanyl-his-system-died-violence-neglect-autopsy-finds/?p1=Article_Inline_Related_Link

NBC News Boston: Neighbors speak about Elijah Lewis discovery

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/elijah-lewis-search-reaction-as-body-found-in-abington-ma/2533501/#:~:text=%22He%20was%20found%20covered%20with,death%20are%20still%20a%20mystery

WMUR Channel 9, Manchester, NH Dauphinais Hearings

https://www.wmur.com/article/video-danielle-dauphinais-hearing-new-hampshire-22/41778904

https://www.wmur.com/article/danielle-dauphinais-hearing-new-hampshire-102622/41776332

Indepthnh.org: Boyfriend in Elijah Lewis case pleads guilty

https://indepthnh.org/2022/09/29/moms-boyfriend-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-in-murder-of-elijah-lewis-age-5/#:~:text=Elijah%20spent%20the%20first%20four,with%20his%20father%2C%20Timothy%20Lewis.

Patriot Ledger: Joseph Stapf cops a plea in Elijah’s murder

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2022/09/29/mothers-boyfriend-pleads-guilty-death-5-year-old-elijah-lewis-abington/8128326001/

CBS News Boston: Missing Boy Elijah Lewis

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/missing-boy-elijah-lewis-new-hampshire-danielle-dauphinais-joseph-stapf/

MassLive: Mother of Elijah Lewis pleads not guilty to charges as search continues for missing New Hampshire boy

https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2021/10/mother-of-elijah-lewis-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-as-search-continues-for-missing-new-hampshire-boy.html

Town & Country magazine, Sex Trafficker’s house in NH

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a33234027/ghislaine-maxwell-new-hampshire-house-photos