Peter Van Sant

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The people here in Grafton County, New Hampshire are surrounded by beauty.

But they're haunted by the possibility one of their own has gotten away with murder.

Kelly Sutherland still cannot accept the fact her high school sweetheart Stephen Dow is dead.

He was a typical teenage boy with a passion for cars and sports.

If you believe the official report, Stephen was driving with his mother, Janet, when their car rolled into a ditch and caught fire on this New Hampshire road.

They were both incinerated.

Wally Medeiros was Stephen's father and Janet's ex husband.

Although they had divorced, Wally still has fond memories of his marriage to Janet.

Janet always had a special bond with her only child, Steven.

And so did his father.

About a year after Wally and Janet were divorced, Janet remarried a state trooper named Dick Dow, who adopted Steven.

Dow was a respected police officer.

Janet was a mail carrier who was friendly with everyone.

They all seemed happy.

Then, in the dark morning hours of December 10th, 1982, one of Dow's neighbors saw a fire on the side of the road.

John Sperling, a retired fire chief at the time, was the first to find the Dow's car.

Janet, aged 40, and 18-year-old Steven were burned beyond recognition, just 500 feet from their own home.

Could you see the Dow house from the accident scene?

But Dow never came.