New Hampshire
‘Come forward’: After body of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ found in N.H. pond, $2,500 reward offered
‘Come forward’: After body of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ found in N.H. pond, $2,500 reward offered
A $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to what happened to “Baby Jane Doe,” an infant girl whose body was found in a pond at a New Hampshire park on Thursday, police said.
Authorities are still treating this case as a suspicious death investigation, Manchester Police Chief Peter Marr told reporters on Wednesday.
“We still need the public’s help. This case needs those in our community who have information to come forward,” Marr said.
Investigators believe the baby girl was placed in the water in the area of Pine Island Park sometime between Tuesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 27 before her body was found around 4 p.m. on March 27, Marr said.
“At that time we received a report of an object floating in the water later identified as the body of newborn female,” Marr said.
An autopsy was conducted the next day, and additional tests are ongoing, but Marr said he could not release further details on Wednesday.
The police chief said any input from the public is vital to the case.
“We are looking for information from anybody who may have seen somebody discarding an object into the water between March 25 and March 27,” Marr said. “If anybody has photographs or videos taken at Pine Island Park and Pine Island pond during that time, we ask that you send those to us.”
“We are also still requesting information about anyone who was pregnant during that time frame but who is no longer pregnant and does not have a newborn baby with them,” Marr said.
So far, Marr said police have received around 50 tips through department’s tip line and CrimeLine. He urged the public to share and repost the infant’s story on social media with the hope of solving the case.
“The more we share it and the more we get it out there, the better outcome we’ll have,” Marr said.
Anyone with information for investigators is urged to contact Manchester Police at 603-716-7236. Tips and related information can also be provided anonymously via the Manchester CrimeLine at 603-624-4040. Tips and related photos can also be uploaded anonymously at www.manchestercrimeline.org.
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New Hampshire
5-year-old injured in New Year’s day Manchester, New Hampshire apartment building fire dies
The child who was injured during a New Year’s Day apartment building fire in Manchester, New Hampshire has died, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal announced on Saturday.
The 5-year-old girl had been found unresponsive in a fourth-floor bedroom by firefighters. She was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition and passed on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has performed an autopsy to determine her cause of death.
The fire began just 30 minutes after midnight on Union Street. The flames raged on the third and fourth floors before spreading to the roof. One man was killed in the fire. He was identified as 70-year-old Thomas J. Casey, and his cause of death was determined to be smoke inhalation, according to the medical examiner.
One woman was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition. Five other people received serious injuries and were hospitalized. All the victims have since been discharged, according to the fire marshal.
Residents could be seen waiting in windows and on balconies for firefighters to rescue them.
“I kicked into high gear. I got my family rallied up. My son, my daughter, my wife. And I tried to find a way to get down safely off of one of the railings by trying to slide down one of the poles. But that didn’t work out,” said resident Jonathan Barrett.
Fire investigators believe the fire is not suspicious and started in a third-floor bedroom. The building did not have a sprinkler system but did have an operational fire alarm, the fire marshal said.
Around 10 families were displaced by the fire and are receiving help from the Red Cross. Around 50 people lived in the building.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire services respond to 7-car crash
SPRINGFIELD, N.H. (ABC22/FOX44) – After an icy morning on Interstate 89 that saw multiple cars in a crash in Springfield, New Hampshire, responders say that they are thankful that only one person sustained injuries.
According to Springfield Fire Rescue, they originally were called at 7:40 a.m. on Friday for a reported two-car crash between Exits 12A and 13 – but arrived to find 7 vehicles involved, including 6 off the road.
According to authorities, all of the occupants of the cars were able to get themselves out and only one needed to be taken to the hospital. Their injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.
“Springfield Fire Rescue would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to slow down and move over when emergency vehicles are in the roadway. The area where this incident occurred was very icy and we witnessed several other vehicles almost lose control when they entered the scene at too great a speed.”
Responders from New London, Enfield, and Springfield, as well as NH State Police, helped respond to the incident and clear the vehicles from the road, as well as to treat the ice to make the road safe.
New Hampshire
Man killed in NH snowmobile crash
An Alton man is dead after a snowmobile crash in New Hampshire’s North Country Thursday afternoon.
The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game says 63-year-old Bradford Jones was attempting to negotiate a left hand turn on Corridor Trail 5 in Colebrook when he lost control of his snowmobile, struck multiple trees off the side of the trail and was thrown from the vehicle shortly before 3:30 p.m.
Jones was riding with another snowmobiler, who was in the lead at the time of the crash, according to the agency. Once the other man realized Jones was no longer behind him, he turned around and traveled back where he found Jones significantly injured, lying off the trail beside his damaged snowmobile.
The man immediately rendered aid to Jones and called 911 for assistance, NH Fish and Game said. The Colebrook Fire Department used their rescue tracked all terrain vehicle and a specialized off road machine to transport first responders across about a mile of trail to the crash scene.
Once there, a conservation officer and 45th Parallel EMS staff attempted lifesaving measures for approximately an hour, but Jones ultimately died from his injuries at the scene of the crash, officials said.
The crash remains under investigation, but conservation officers are considering speed for the existing trail conditions to have been a primary factor in this deadly incident.
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