Authorities seize items in Vermont woods connected to ‘person of interest’ in murder of N.H. couple

Police in South Burlington, Vermont final week seized objects whereas looking in a wooded space following the arrest of a “individual of curiosity” within the homicides of a Harmony, New Hampshire couple earlier this yr.

Authorities arrested Logan Clegg, 26, on Wednesday as a fugitive from justice after he allegedly violated his probation for a case involving felony possession of stolen property in Utah.

Clegg was ordered held with out bail in a Vermont courtroom final week, in response to The Boston Globe.

However regulation enforcement officers in New Hampshire confirmed Clegg can be an individual of curiosity within the double murders of Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende “Wendy” Reid, 66, who have been killed on a strolling path in Harmony in April.

In an e mail, South Burlington police Lieutenant Chris Bataille, a division spokesperson, confirmed to the Globe on Monday South Burlington and Harmony, New Hampshire police searched a wooded space off Patchen Highway in South Burlington in connection to the murder investigation.

“Objects have been seized through the execution of the warrant, all of which have been turned over to Harmony Police,” Bataille mentioned.

Bataille directed additional inquiries to New Hampshire authorities.

Bradley Osgood, chief of Harmony police, didn’t reply to a request for remark from the newspaper on Monday.

In accordance with the Globe, courtroom filings present Clegg, who police described as homeless, is a Washington state native. The fees in opposition to him in Utah stem from a case by which authorities allege Clegg broke right into a Logan Metropolis retailer, smashed show circumstances, and stole two handguns two years in the past.

Clegg was additionally the topic of an investigation for the 2018 deadly stabbing of 28-year-old Corey Ward in Spokane, Washington, the newspaper reviews.

Clegg, who advised officers he stabbed Ward in self-defense, was not charged with a criminal offense.

The 2 males apparently didn’t know one another earlier than the altercation.

The pair met exterior Ward’s residence on the night time of Could 17, 2018.

Clegg, who was 22 on the time, advised police that Ward “referred to as me an a–gap.”

Clegg mentioned he then flipped his center finger at Ward and advised “him he was mentally retarded,” in response to the outlet.

In accordance with police, Clegg, who weighed 145 kilos, advised investigators Ward, who weighed 233 kilos, chased him and punched him, knocking him to the bottom.

Clegg then “grabbed a small knife he was carrying in his pocket and held it in his hand. He determined that the one manner he was not going to be severely harm was to begin defending himself. This was when he began stabbing [Ward] with the knife,” reviews compiled by the first investigator, Spokane Police Detective Brian Cestnik, present.

Clegg, who was additionally homeless at the moment, advised police he carried a knife for cover.

“Clegg described the knife as black-handled with a chrome steel blade, with a black sheath,” a police report mentioned. “He suggested that he carries it for self-defense as he’s homeless. He has beforehand been jumped by a gaggle of highschool seniors as a result of he’s homeless. Since that point he has carried a knife.”

Clegg had been working as a janitor at an area McDonald’s on the time of the encounter with Ward.

A supervisor on the restaurant described Clegg as “a wonderful worker who’s at all times on time.”

“She mentioned he will be requested to do something at work and at all times will get the job achieved accurately,” a police report mentioned.