Did She Hitchhike in Her Murderer’s Car? The Case of Leslie Spellman
Only a day after Leslie Spellman started her travels to an Ashram Community in Maine, she was found dead at the Acadia National Park. 45 years have since gone, and her murder is still unsolved. Did a serial killer cause her death?
4 min readSep 30, 2022
One Last Goodbye
Leslie Spellman was 27 years old on June 18, 1977. She was a yoga instructer living in Hingham, Massachusetts, but just started a journey with her sister Amie.
The two hitchhiked from their hometown to Barre, Vermont, where they separated. While Leslie planned on visiting an Ashram community in Bar Harbor, Maine, her sister wanted to travel to New York to meet some friends.
They bid a fond farewell to each other, and it would be the last time that Amie Vaughan would see her sister.
Only a Day Later Murdered
During her hitchhiking journey towards Maine, Leslie wasn’t alone at all. With her was her beloved dog Taylor, her last companion before she found death.
The morning after Leslie said goodbye to her sister, a vacationer stumbled upon a dead body at the…
