Crime
Autopsy results released on Wednesday confirm Eileen Shevelin, 78, was killed by her son Thomas Wallace, 57, in a murder-suicide,
The son involved in a New Hampshire murder-suicide appears to have killed his mother before turning a gun on himself, officials said.
Autopsy results released on Wednesday confirm Eileen Shevelin, 78, was killed by her son Thomas Wallace, 57, in a murder-suicide, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Dover Police Chief David Terlemezian said in a joint press release Wednesday.
The two lived together on Dover Point Road in Dover, New Hampshire, officials said previously.
Results indicate that, at some point on either May 25 or May 26, Wallace killed his mother in their shared home before dying by suicide, officials said.
Shevelin died by asphyxiation, and her manner of death was ruled a homicide, police said.
Wallace’s death was determined to be suicide by a gunshot wound to the head, officials said.
Police discovered their bodies on Tuesday during a follow-up welfare check, officials said Tuesday.
Officials do not expect to release further information, and the family of those involved is asking for privacy at this time, Formella’s office said.
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