Derry, NH: Senior Couple Found Dead In Derry Home

AG: Man, 76, Woman, 73, Die In Apparent Murder-Suicide

POSTED: 5:36 pm EST November 15, 2009
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EST November 15, 2009


DERRY, N.H. -- Authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Derry reported early Sunday morning after police discovered a couple in their 70s dead.
A statement released by the attorney general's office Sunday evening indicated that Derry police officers found the bodies of Claude Roberts, 76, and Judith Roberts, 73, in their Derry home on Shilah Drive shortly before 5:30 a.m.
The statement indicated Claude Roberts died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and Judith Roberts suffered a gunshot wound to her head. She was taken to a Massachusetts hospital, where she was pronounced dead by the afternoon.
Autopsies were scheduled as the investigation continues.