Authorities identify husband, wife who died in murder-suicide in New Hampshire

ALSTEAD, N.H. — Authorities have identified a husband and wife who died in an apparent murder-suicide in New Hampshire on Thursday.

State troopers responding to a report of a shooting at a home on Bonnie Brae Drive in Alstead just before 7:20 p.m. found 56-year-old Steven Lawlor and 42-year-old Alicia Lawlor dead at the scene, Attorney General John M. Formella, State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes, and Alstead Police Chief Stephen Murrell announced in a joint news release.

Subsequent autopsies revealed that Alicia Lawlor’s cause of death was a single gunshot wound and her manner of death was homicide. Steven Lawlor’s cause of death was also a single gunshot wound and his manner of death was suicide.

In a statement, officials said, “Based on evidence gathered to date it has been determined that Steven Lawlor shot and killed Alicia Lawlor, and then shot and killed himself.”

An investigation remains ongoing.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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