Shooting deaths of couple in New Hampshire woods still a mystery 5 days later: “They can’t tell us the motive”

Police nonetheless haven’t any new data to launch within the case Monday of a Harmony, New Hampshire couple discovered shot to demise on the strolling trails close to their condominium complicated, CBS Boston stories.

Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende (Wendy) Reid, 66 went out for a stroll on Monday, April 18 and had been reported lacking by their household two days later. They had been discovered shot to demise on a strolling path close to the Alton Woods Condominium Advanced in Harmony on Thursday, April 21. Their deaths had been dominated homicides.

“We’ve got no new particular data to supply presently,” New Hampshire Senior Assistant Legal professional Normal Geoffrey Ward informed reporters after regulation enforcement spent the weekend combing the Damaged Floor Trails.

On Monday, police in vests walked the paths whereas speaking with residents. Investigators had no replace on whether or not the act was random or focused.

“We haven’t any particular data that will lead us to consider that the general public, basically, is at risk, however folks must be vigilant,” Ward stated.

The dearth of latest data is little consolation to the individuals who reside close by the paths and the complicated.

“It is regarding that they are saying, oh, do not be afraid. Go about your small business. But, they cannot inform us the motive behind this tragedy,” a good friend of the Reid household who didn’t wish to establish herself stated.

Ward continued to ask for the general public’s assist in fixing the case.

“Anybody who was climbing within the damaged floor trails on Monday afternoon, specifically, on the Marsh Loop path however on any of the paths in that space to contact the Harmony police division.”

Anybody with data on the case can contact Harmony Police at (603) 225-8600, or suggestions will be submitted anonymously by contacting the Harmony Regional Crimeline at (603) 226-3100. Ideas may also be submitted on-line by means of the Crimeline web site at www.concordregionalcrimeline.com, or textual content message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637)

Stephen and Djeswende Reid’s household additionally launched an announcement thanking regulation enforcement for his or her arduous work and calling the couple “soulmates.”

The kids and prolonged household of Steve and Djeswende (Wendy) Reid want to specific our honest gratitude to the members of the Harmony Police Division, the NH State Police, the Merrimack County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Workplace of the Legal professional Normal, and NH Fish and Recreation for his or her extraordinary efforts during the last week within the investigation of the deaths of our family members.

Steve served 4 years within the Peace Corps in West Africa proper after school. He met his future spouse and soulmate Wendy, who was from West Africa, whereas she was finding out in Washington D.C. on an athletic scholarship. They bonded over their mutual love of journey and health.

Steve and Wendy had returned three years in the past to his hometown of Harmony to take pleasure in a well-deserved retirement. Steve’s thirty-plus yr profession as a world improvement specialist in service to the world’s most susceptible by means of USAID humanitarian tasks couldn’t have been made doable with out the love, care and assist of Wendy, who additionally helped recently-resettled refugees acclimate and thrive in the USA.

As requested by the police, we ask on your assist by offering any data that will be useful to the continued investigation.

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