SALEM, N.H. (WHDH) - The deaths of two people in Salem, New Hampshire that prompted officials to launch a suspicious death investigation were the result of a murder-suicide, officials announced Monday.
Officers responding to a single-family home on Bodwell Road around 1:45 p.m. Saturday found Jennifer L. Barrett, 47, and Charles W. Molinari, 41, dead inside, according to a joint statement issued by Attorney General John M. Formella and Salem, New Hampshire Police Chief Joel Dolan.
The autopsies were conducted by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jennie Duval. Dr. Duval determined that the cause of Ms. Barrett’s death was a gunshot wound to the head, and that the manner of her death was homicide. Dr. Duval determined that the cause of Mr. Molinari’s death was a single self-inflicted gunshot wound and that the manner of his death was suicide.
No additional information was immediately available.
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