Monday, December 26, 2011

Dover, NH: Woman Accused Of Shooting, Killing Boyfriend On Christmas

Investigators in Dover spent the bulk of their Christmas day looking into a homicide where they said a woman is accused of shooting and killing her boyfriend.
Police said it happened at the couple’s apartment on Knox Marsh Road, near the Dover-Madbury town line.
Sunday night, investigators were still tight-lipped about the case, saying their investigation was in its early stages and was ongoing.
Meantime, 24-year-old Jessica Rivera Padilla of Dover has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Her arrest comes after 2:30 a.m. Sunday when Dover Police received a 911 call and were dispatched to an apartment at a residence in the 200 block of Knox Marsh Road.
Officers said they arrived to find Padilla, who they said lives at the apartment, and was the person who called 911.
“When they searched the apartment they found her boyfriend, an adult 25-year-old male, Shaheen Michaels, dead in the apartment from an apparent gunshot wound," said Senior Assistant New Hampshire Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin Sunday.
Strelzin is the Chief of the Attorney General’s Homicide Unit.
Investigators said Michaels also lived at the apartment.
They said Padilla shot and killed Michaels and has been charged with manslaughter, but they're not saying why, or what appears to have led to the shooting.
“We do have a working theory of what happened, but because it’s been such a short period of time it’s not something we're prepared to release yet,” said Strelzin.
Investigators spent most of their Sunday searching for evidence and processing the crime scene, as well as interviewing "a variety of different people," trying to learn as much as possible about what happened.
“You know these cases are always difficult for everyone involved. Obviously the holidays don't make it any easier, but certainly everybody who is out there is thinking about the victim's family and how difficult it is for his family on this day, so everyone's keeping that in mind as they work hard on this case," said Strelzin.
We asked whether it appeared the couple had been arguing or fighting.
“Well police are talking to people in the area, but I can tell you that based on the location of this apartment, it’s unlikely that neighbors would have been able to hear anything," said Strelzin.
An autopsy on the victim is set for Monday.
Padilla is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Dover.

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