Crime

‘Suspicious’ deaths in New Hampshire being investigated as murder-suicide, police say

Autopsy results revealed a man possibly shot a woman in their residence before turning the gun on himself, officials said.

By Emily Spatz

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Autopsies on two adults who were discovered dead in their home this past weekend showed they died from gunshot wounds in a possible murder-suicide, officials said. 

Jennifer L. Barrett, 47, and Charles W. Molinari, 41, were found dead in their New Hampshire home on Saturday afternoon, according to a statement by Attorney General John M. Formella and Salem Police Chief Joel Dolan. 

Autopsies on the bodies, which were completed Monday, showed that Barrett died of a gunshot wound to the head. Molinari died of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound, the statement said.

The chief medical examiner ruled Barrett’s manner of death as homicide and Molinari’s manner of death as suicide.

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“Although the investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident remains active and ongoing, based on evidence gathered to date authorities are investigating this as a possible murder-suicide in which Mr. Molinari fatally shot Ms. Barrett before taking his own life,” Formella’s office said in a statement. 

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