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.
Sources
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/impact
NH DOJ: Elijah Lewis
NY Post: Elijah Lewis died of violence, neglect
WMUR Channel 9, Manchester, NH: Elijah Lewis’ mother arraigned
NBC Boston: Elijah Lewis autopsy
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
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
NBC News Boston: Neighbors speak about Elijah Lewis discovery
WMUR Channel 9, Manchester, NH Dauphinais Hearings
Indepthnh.org: Boyfriend in Elijah Lewis case pleads guilty
Patriot Ledger: Joseph Stapf cops a plea in Elijah’s murder
CBS News Boston: Missing Boy Elijah Lewis
MassLive: Mother of Elijah Lewis pleads not guilty to charges as search continues for missing New Hampshire boy
CBS News: Alexey Brayman charged with using Merrimack, New Hampshire home in Russian smuggling ring https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/alexey-brayman-merrimack-new-hampshire-home-russian-smuggling-ring-arrests/
Town & Country magazine, Sex Trafficker’s house in NH