Plucked From The Highway: The Murder of Pamela Webb

The 32-year-old was abducted after getting a flat tyre, and the murderer has never been caught.

Verity Partington
7 min readJun 29, 2022

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Pamela Webb, murdered in 1989 (Image: New Hampshire DoJ)

It was Independence Day weekend in 1989, and 32-year-old Pamela Webb had celebrated early with a family party in her native Maine so she could spend the rest of the holiday with her boyfriend.

The two were dating long-distance after meeting as co-workers in Augusta, and the three-hour trip from Maine to his home in Mason, New Hampshire was one Pamela had driven numerous times before.

However, she would never make it to her destination — and the mystery of exactly what happened to her is one investigators have still not got to the bottom of. With more than 30 years gone by, can police ever solve the murder of Pamela Webb?

A typical trip goes very wrong

Pamela lived in a mobile home that she had recently purchased, but she was setting off to New Hampshire from her sister’s house on Saturday July 1st 1989 following a festive family gathering.

After kissing her young nieces and nephews goodnight and tucking them in, Pamela left around 9:00 PM and hit the road. Records show she purchased a turnpike ticket in Augusta at 9:52 PM, and the route to Mason should…

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Verity Partington

A writer and author of crime thrillers living in the UK. Partial to books, stationery, papercrafts and walking. You can find her books on Amazon here: https://a