Missing New Hampshire Hikers Found Shot To Death In Woods Near Trail

A married couple who went lacking early this week throughout a hike close to their New Hampshire dwelling had been discovered lifeless with a number of gunshot wounds close to a path.

Stephen Reid, 67, and his spouse, Djeswende (Wendy) Reid, 66, left their dwelling in Harmony Monday afternoon for a hike collectively, and had been reported lacking by a member of the family Wednesday after they didn't return.

Their our bodies had been found Thursday night in a “wooded space in shut proximity” to a mountain climbing path, in line with an announcement from the New Hampshire Lawyer Normal’s Workplace.

The reason for dying was murder. Each Reids suffered “a number of gunshot wounds,” mentioned the assertion. Police don't have any suspect or a motive within the killings.

“It is a tragedy, and it’s one thing that got here out of nowhere,” Harmony Police Chief Bradley Osgood mentioned at a press convention after the couple’s our bodies had been found. “We’re doing our due diligence, investing all of our sources, working with our state and native companions, to convey this case to a profitable decision.”

The couple didn't personal weapons and had no identified historical past of violence, in line with police. They commonly walked on the paths within the space of their house the place they had been discovered lifeless, authorities mentioned.

The Harmony Police Division is asking for anybody within the public with data or who might have noticed the couple to contact them.

“Anybody who noticed the Reids that Monday afternoon, anybody strolling on these trails, anybody who has any data associated to their disappearance or deaths are requested to contact the Harmony Police Division,” Senior Assistant Lawyer Normal Geoffrey Ward mentioned at a press convention Friday.

Authorities additionally urged space residents “to be vigilant.” Any suspicious conduct or exercise encountered “ought to be reported to the Harmony Police Division,” mentioned the legal professional normal’s assertion.

“We have now no particular data that may lead us to imagine that the general public generally is at any danger,” Ward mentioned. “That being mentioned, be vigilant. Take your regular every day precautions. The Harmony police will proceed to be vigilant with patrols.”

Homicides in Harmony are extremely uncommon. There was just one murder reported in Harmony in 2020 — and a whole of eight killings from 2016 to 2020, in line with statistics from the Harmony Police Division.

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