At 7:20 pm on the evening of Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Lizzi Marriott’s phone buzzed next to her. It was Kat from work, checking in on the plans they’d made earlier that day. Kat invited Lizzi over to her place, the studio apartment she shared with her boyfriend Seth, to watch a movie.
“Hopping in the shower. Be out in 20 minutes. Just in case you’re out early,” Kat sent.
At 8:21 p.m. Lizzi texted back, “Okie dokie, just got out of class!”
Lizzi didn’t have a ton of friends in New Hampshire. She moved there from Westborough, Massachusetts to her great-uncle and aunt’s house in Chester to save money on room and board while she was in school at the University of New Hampshire. She had a part-time job at Target in Greenland, New Hampshire, and that’s where she met Kat.
Lizzi told her Aunt Becki and Uncle Tony she was heading to a friend’s house that night and would be home no later than midnight, or maybe a little after. It’s a 35 minute drive from the UNH campus to Dover. Lizzi stepped into Kat and Seth’s apartment building just before 9 p.m. that night.
On Wednesday morning, Becki and Tony noticed their niece wasn’t home. Maybe it got late, and Lizzi crashed at her friend’s place. But on Thursday morning, there was still no sign of Lizzi. No one has seen Lizzi since that night, October 9, 2012. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know what happened to her… Or who is responsible.
This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and violence. Please listen with discretion. If you need help, healing, or resources, call the National Sexual Assault hotline at 800.656.HOPE for safe, confidential support.
Episode Source Material
- Police focus on seacoast in search for UNH student by Lynne Tuohy, Boston Globe, 13 Oct 2012
- N.H. man faces murder charge by Dan Adams Derek J. Anderson, Boston Globe 14 Oct 2012
- Search for lost student is suspended in N.H. by Matt Byrne, Boston Globe, 15 Oct 2012
- Suspect held in student’s killing by Holly Ramer Bridget Murphy, North Adams Transcript 16 Oct 2012
- Woman faces charges in UNH student’s murder case by Craig S. Semon, Boston Globe, 25 Dec 2012
- Scream heard night student was killed, The Boston Globe, 30 May 2014
- Murder suspect’s cellmate testifies by Lynne Tuohy, Boston Globe, 03 Jun 2014
- Woman: Murder victim was to be beau’s sex offering by Lynne Tuohy, Ledger-Enquirer, 04 Jun 2014
- Former girlfriend says defendant killed student by Lynne Tuohy, Boston Globe, 04 Jun 2014
- Jury gets vivid tale of slaying of student by Lynne Tuohy, The Boston Globe, 05 Jun 2014
- Mazzaglia lawyers challenge witness by Claire McNeill, The Boston Globe, 06 Jun 2014
- Witness in N.H. murder trial endures 10 days on stand, The Boston Globe, 21 Jun 2014
- Mazzaglia convicted of murdering UNH Student by Claire McNeill, The Boston Globe, 28 Jun 2014
- Man convicted of murder ends bid to skip sentencing by Lynne Tuohy, The Boston Globe, 13 Aug 2014
- Slain teen’s parents describe grief, pain, loss by Claire McNeill, The Boston Globe, 15 Aug 2014
- Woman in sex offering, death case released from prison by Kathy McCormack, 16 Jul 2016
- Murder victim Lizzi Marriott’s sexual privacy case hits Supreme Court by Holly Ramer, Seacoast Online, 21 Sep 2016
- Witness in Marriott case says she heard ‘bloodcurdling scream’ by Elizabeth Dinan, 30 May 2014
- The Lizzi Marriott Intrepid Explorer Fund
- State of New Hampshire Supreme Court, Brief for Defendant, 11 Jan 2016