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New Hampshire has taken a beating from two days of flooding rains.
We've got a roundup.
The weather is hampering a life and death search in the North Country.
A live report is just ahead.
And for the second weekend in a row, a suspicious death in Concord, we've got the very latest.
Live from the WMUR Broadcast Center, this is New Hampshire's News 9 at 6.
Good evening.
I'm Jennifer Crompton.
Scenes across the state like in Salem tonight, an indication of the havoc wreaked by two
days of heavy rain, a trailer park on South Broadway.
Literally, afloat, the problem.
Too much water, too fast, for too long.
Welcome to this expanded edition of News 9 at 6.
I'm Jennifer Crompton.
The severity of our weather and its impact is dominating the New Hampshire landscape
tonight, bringing with it flood-like conditions and lots of problems.
We begin our team coverage in the North Country, where the heavy rain is hampering rescue
efforts.
Searchers are looking for two teenage girls who were separated from their school group
yesterday in the White Mountain National Forest.
WMUR's Karen Anderson has been there all day.
She joins us via Skylink 9 from the search team's base camp in Chatham.
Karen?
Jen, these two girls were last seen at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
They were hiking up a trail nearby this Appalachian Mountain Club Lodge here in North Chatham.
Now, Fish and Game rescue crews have been out searching all night.
They continue to scour the mountain, and they're working right behind me to continue to look
at the charts and chart their path to find these two girls.
Meanwhile, parents and friends here aren't giving up hope.
I just appreciate everything they're doing, and I'm sure they're going to find her, and
they're going to be OK.
Armed with life jackets, ropes and harnesses, Fish and Game officers and volunteer search
and rescue crews combed the trails of Evans Notch looking for two 15-year-old girls trapped
in a mountain by overflowing brooks and powerful streams.
Emma Rowe and Ann Laramay were part of a school hiking trip from Vermont.
The school group started here on Friday for their six-day outing.
It was on Saturday as they were hiking to a shelter where they planned to stay the night
that the two girls ran ahead to stay warm.
The rest of the party, the two adult counselors and the four other kids, came down to a junction
in the trail, and they took a wrong turn, went in the wrong direction from what the
itinerary had been planned for, and of course never saw the other two girls again for the
rest of the evening.
One of the teachers went down for help.
She was caught in the rushing water and swept downstream, but eventually made it to the
base.
Rescue crews used lines and life jackets to help the rest of the group cross the wild
waters to safety Sunday morning.
We simply put the harness on each person as they get ready to go across in a life jacket
and a helmet, and we rigged a tether from the harness to the taut line, and they simply
walked across the log.
The group was warned about the conditions this weekend.
Parents of the missing girls say for now all they can do is pray.
Somebody tries to cross a brook and doesn't realize the amount of current and the strength
that a small stream can have and then get swept down, you know, that could be, that
could have dire consequences.
I just did a lot of praying, and that's, that's what it's gonna get me through.
The rising waters got so bad today that the Fish and Game officers had to send in rescuers
for their own rescuers.
Everyone was able to get out.
Of course there still are people out on the mountain searching for these two girls.
They do have one shelter left to look at this area.
They've covered about a 20 square mile area.
They say the two girls had enough food to last them three or four days.
Live in, live in North Chatham via Skylink 9, I'm Karen Anderson, WMUR's News 9.
Karen, is it clear to you whether or not they're gonna keep that base camp open for days until
this search is over?
Yes, the, you know, crews plan to stay here.
They're gonna be on the mountain until dark, and they'll be starting again tomorrow morning
at dawn.
They'll be gathering here out on the mountain at 8 o'clock to continue looking for these
two girls.
Thank you very much, Karen.
It's a story we'll be covering.
Karen Anderson live via Skylink 9 from Chatham tonight.
Thank you, Karen.
Over half a foot of rain has pounded parts of the state.
For some it's brought on nuisances like leaking roofs and filled basements, but in some spots
flood conditions have actually washed out roads and chased people from their homes altogether.
WMUR's David Donahue continues our coverage.
He's outside in the elements with a look at some of the damage that's been done.
David?
Good evening, Jennifer.
The skies are quiet now, but don't let that fool you, the rain will be back again.
Already a lot of homes across the state have had to be evacuated, and just a little while
ago emergency management told us that some summer homes and campgrounds in the Ossipie
area had to be evacuated, and that affected about 300 people.
All around the state the floodwaters are wreaking havoc.
After days of rain, water has flooded streets and forced the evacuation of homes.
If you come to a flooded road, you might drive in, but there's a good chance you won't drive
out.
It was just a small puddle at first when I went through it, and as soon as you hit the
middle it just didn't go any further.
So a couple of ladies just stopped and helped me get it out.
We've been going since yesterday.
We've been going out here, roads all around town washing out, people stopping by and telling
me, oh, this road here is washed out, this road here, just got to keep going.
The rain has stopped for now, but the water keeps on rushing by, eroding everything in
its path.
A big chunk of this road has been torn away, and look here, the road is still there, but
there's nothing underneath.
Pumps and this wall of sand are all that's saving Mike Vallancourt's basement from flooding.
A normally quiet stream has already burst through the doors once.
We had a lot of wood that was set off to the side, you know, we would do different projects
with what happened was when the water finally reached over it, it grabbed the wood pile
and took it right through the doors and brought it into the cellar.
For now, all he can do is wait for the water to go down and hope that the next storm isn't
another big one.
We're a little shell shocked after this one, you know, we don't mind a little rain, but
to this extreme, I guess, is pretty wild.
So if you live near a stream or a river, keep a very close eye on the level and see how
close the water is coming up to your house.
It gets too high or too close, gets a higher ground.
And if you come to an area where there's a flooded road, be very aware that what may
only look like about a foot of water could be much deeper, up to or even higher than
four feet deep.
And now we want to turn it over to Chris Thomas in the WNUR Weather Center to see just what
we have in store for us.
Chris.
Thanks a lot, David.
Thanks for your reports today.
Yeah, we are looking at a bit of a lull in the rain right now and it looks like this
batch of moisture that we dealt with all weekend is pretty much all said and done.
That's not going to be the case for the rest of the week, but the damage has been done
as we have a flood warning in effect until midnight.
And that is for Carroll, Belknap, Merrimack, Southeast Grafton, Stratford and Rockingham
counties.
And as David had mentioned, if you do live near a small stream, river or pond that could
rise very quickly, be prepared on short notice to move to higher ground because even though
the rain has fallen, now the rivers are going to swell.
And some of the rivers that we're keeping our eyes on, the Mad River as it joins the
Pemma-Jawasset up in Plymouth is near flood stage and the Socko near Center Conway is
already two feet above flood stage.
Needless to say, even though the rains are done, the damage that the rains have caused
are yet to be felt across much of the Granite State.
We're going to have a lot more on the weather and we're also going to talk about what weather
may be coming up for the tail end of the weekend for some of the larger rivers.
That may be very bad news indeed.
Jennifer?
Alright, thanks Chris.
I'll see you in a few minutes.
In other news tonight, police in Concord are investigating what they're calling a suspicious
death after the body of an elderly woman was found in her home.
WMUR's Scott Spragling has been covering this story.
He joins us now from the Concord Police Department with the latest there.
Scott?
Good evening Jennifer.
A long and tedious day, a long investigation for Concord Police, State Police and the Attorney
General's Office.
Moments ago they labeled this incident a homicide.
Last night at about 9.30, authorities were called to this home on 53 Fisherville Road
to the home of 91-year-old Rose Yetton.
Yetton's body was found inside the home upon police's arrival.
They then campaigned, canvassed the neighborhood for any information they could get.
Neighbors say the 91-year-old had a hard time getting around, had to move around with a
walker and employed home health care workers to help her from day to day.
She did live alone, otherwise the neighbors say that there was really nothing out of the
ordinary.
Now one family friend has stepped forward this afternoon to say that there were a number
of valuable things in Rose's home and that burglary might have been some sort of motive
and that they also point out that Rose was unfortunately robbed about a year ago this
week.
Now in terms of the investigation, the state medical examiner had to go and check out the
autopsy.
Those details were released.
Dr. Andrew did an autopsy this afternoon.
He concluded that Ms. Yetton died of multiple blunt force trauma, basically that she was
beaten to death.
But he has ruled that the manner of her death was a homicide.
Details of this homicide were only released about five or ten minutes ago.
It's been a long day of investigating, nearly 24 hours.
Mr. Putnam says that they will be headed into the night checking out this investigation
and they could use the public's help.
They are asking anyone with any information or the last person to have contacted Rose
because they say that no one has heard from her in a while to please call Concord police.
That's 225-8600.
225-8600 with any information on exactly what might have happened in the Yetton home in
Concord.
Live from the police department in Concord, Scott Spradling, WMUR's News 9.
Scott, have they given you any indication at all as to whether or not this elderly woman
was actually targeted?
In other words, might this have been an acquaintance or might this have been a random killing?
Right now it seems like most, if not all, options are wide open.
I did ask Charlie whether or not the home health aides were potentially suspects because
they were there on a regular basis if burglary was any sort of motive.
He told me that right now all options are open.
They're looking and tracking down all leads possible.
It seems like right now they just have far more questions than they have answers.
Alright, thank you Scott.
Spradling Live in Concord will be following this story as well.
Thank you Scott.
As always for the very latest on all of the day's news and weather, you can log on to
our website at WMUR.com.
There's still much more to come on this expanded edition of News 9 tonight at 6 o'clock.
Police on the seacoaster on the lookout for some armed robbers will tell you what happened.
Plus, plans for a tall ship's visit to Portsmouth Harbor are shaping up.
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You can only see nice dry sunny weather like that that we saw in the footage.
Boy, crazy stuff.
And I don't think there's any community that didn't get some effect.
Something, no.
I mean this has been a tropical situation from the get go.
We've had tropical pouring rains.
Fortunately those have let up but the damage has been done.
I mean you can't just take six inches of water, dump it in the ground and expect it
to just go into the ground.
The rivers are going to start to swell and more flooding problems are on the way.
Yeah, some homes just have you rain but others.
So many flooded basements, flooded roads.
Real mess.
Not just here in New Hampshire either.
Well, Chris will be next for the full forecast.
And still ahead in sports, Winston Cup drivers.
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Now the forecast for New Hampshire, New England and beyond.
Meteorologist Chris Thomas with Earth Vision Weather.
Well, good evening to everyone between four and six inches of rain and a little bit more
than that in some areas have fallen across the state.
What a mess it has caused but look at the motorcycles pouring into Wears Beach where
it is dry for once.
Although areas in Wears Beach did receive quite a bit of rain anywhere between four
and six inches.
Manchester as well picking up quite a bit of rain even more off to the south and east
especially along the seacoast and down into Massachusetts.
Right now a bit of a lull with some low clouds.
That will change though as some more showers will be moving in from the west not only tonight
but into tomorrow and then another batch of rain comes in for the middle of the week.
Now because of the rain that has fallen not so much what is coming but what has already
fallen is going to start to swell the rivers.
There's a little bit of a lag between when the rain falls and the rivers actually rise.
So the smaller rivers, the streams, the ponds, if you live near any of those and they are
prone to rise very quickly you might want to be ready to move to higher ground and as
a result we do have a flood warning from Carroll County, Southeast Grafton County, Belknap,
Merrimack, Stratford and Rockingham counties and that is until midnight.
The flood watch that we did have in the western part of the state has been dropped because
the heavy rain that we expected during the afternoon did not develop.
Meanwhile we do have the Pemma-Jawasset.
We're keeping an eye on that to flood near Plymouth and near the Mad River.
That comes sometime during the day tomorrow as well as the Socko River just to the north
of Centre Conway is already two feet above flood stage.
Now we're going to pan out into the country for a while and yes we are talking about this
mess across our region but we are also looking at a storm system that is wrapping up through
the midsection of the country and this is the next batch of moisture that is ready to
come in here late on Tuesday and into early in the day on Wednesday.
We take a closer batch at what we're looking at right now and you can see where the center
of the low pressure is.
Everything moving in a clockwise fashion right around it.
Now this low pressure, normally they move very quickly from west-east across the country.
This one very slowly lifting off to the north but the good news is that we've reached a
little bit of a dry slot here.
So the heaviest of the rain is now pouring into Maine moving up way up and over into
Canada and coming down back across New York State.
So we're going to be in the clear for a little while but some of these showers still have
to move through for overnight tonight and tomorrow.
Some of them could be briefly heavy in certain areas, maybe another inch possible in some
isolated regions.
Here's your latest satellite and radar picture showing somewhat of a clearing slot, even
a little bit of sunshine reported for some of our weather watchers this afternoon.
Your Doppler radar showing the piece of rain moving into Maine and the piece of rain moving
down the backside of the low pressure system into New York State.
It is very humid, a very tropical storm situation with temperatures in the upper 60s to near
70 even with the cloud cover extremely humid and as we pan in a bit closer you can see
temperatures in the lower to mid 60s in the central and northern part of the state, upper
60s south.
Here's your forecast and it shapes up this way.
The flood watches and warnings in effect, raining will be ending but could be briefly heavy.
Upper 50s and lower 60s for tomorrow.
Morning fog and showers, afternoon clouds and perhaps a few scattered showers in the
north country during the afternoon.
Middle 60s still a very sultry day and for tomorrow night thick fog, scattered showers,
drizzle and missed upper 50s, lower 60s.
Let's take a look at the next five days.
Very important forecast because I think it's going to pour again here on Wednesday morning,
late Tuesday, early Wednesday morning.
We could see some sunshine before that next batch gets in here.
That would be for Tuesday afternoon and then Thursday and Friday.
It's not going to be an all day rain event but there will be isolated thunderstorms in
which we could get another inch or two out of those in a very short period of time.
So no significant clearing coming up at least until probably a week from tomorrow.
Oh my gosh and motorcycle week.
Oh yeah, perfect timing.
Yeah, hopefully the skies will be clear enough so that they can come in, have a good time.
Yeah.
Stay dry.
Maybe race.
Stay out of close quarters.
Yeah, exactly.
Carry a tent over here all week long.
Did you get any water in your basement Charlie?
No, knock on wood.
No, thank goodness because I don't have one.
No, no we do.
We do.
No, we're pretty fortunate.
We're on a hill so.
Oh good.
I learned my lesson years ago.
Always buy on a hill at the top not the bottom.
So I may not be as dumb as I look sometimes.
The rain obviously has done a number of, how come everybody's laughing?
Rain has done a number on as you can well imagine most sporting events in the area.
There are a few that have gone on.
As a matter of fact the Red Sox are even playing right now.
Oh they are.
They are indeed.
They'll have that and update and a whole lot more in a moment so don't go away.
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Now sports with more than just the scores.
Charlie Sherman with News 9 Sports.
Yes indeed the rain has certainly had an effect on athletics in the Granite State.
The Boys and Girls Class L, I and M Baseball and Softball Championships originally set
to be played yesterday and rescheduled for today were postponed again because of the
weather.
Now the NHIAA still has not announced where or when these games will be played because
there are a number of graduations and awards day ceremonies to take into consideration
so they will be added tomorrow morning trying to determine.
The only finals that are still set are the Class S Baseball Championships.
That's tomorrow at Plymouth State, weather permitting of course, at 4 o'clock and in
girls softball the Class S girls championship game is also set for tomorrow, weather permitting
at 6 o'clock also at Plymouth State College.
In an effort to get in today's game with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Red Sox move the
start time up from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
And it was a pretty good move.
Steve Avery got the start for the Red Sox while Andy Saunders is on the mound for the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
It is cold and raw and damp down at Fenway Park.
Red Sox picking up the only runner of the game Ross Farr, Nomar Garciaparro with a sacrifice
fly to center field.
That allows the run to score.
The Red Sox take a one to nothing lead.
They are in the fifth inning right now.
Avery pitching well.
Red Sox are leading it one to nothing in the top of the fifth.
Today's Nashville Pride Atlantic City Surf game at Holman Stadium was also a victim of
the weather.
No make-up date has been announced for that one.
The Pride who were also washed out yesterday have a day off tomorrow.
And then they open a three game series at Holman Stadium with the Somerset Patriots
on Tuesday night.
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to wall.
That would be the only record of the day.
Lap 150 Gordon controlled the first three quarters of the race but Mark Martin would
make the pass and he made it good.
Martin would go virtually unchallenged.
He crosses the line for his 26th career.
Winston Cup victory.
Dale Jarrett was second.
Jeff Gordon third.
Jeff Burton fourth.
Jeremy Mayfield was fifth.
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That was a great run for us.
I didn't think we had the car for a long part of the way but after we got that caution it
seemed like the 24 lost a little bit and we came on strong.
We were good just not quite good enough again.
Mark's car seemed to go on the bottom a little bit better than I could especially on the
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I was a little bit too loose and kept trying to tighten it up and never got it to that
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Bush Grand National driver is on the track today in Colorado.
The Pikes Peak 250 first time ever.
This one almost over.
They are the final dozen laps or so out in Colorado and Matt Kenseth is in the lead.
There have been six cautions in that race but Matt Kenseth is clinging to the lead as
they are trying to wrap that one up in Colorado.
We'll of course have complete highlights of that one coming up tonight at 11.
The NBA Finals are back in Salt Lake City for tonight's sixth game and once again the
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The Bulls lead the finals three games to two over the Utah Jazz.
Another event that has been affected by the rain this week's state am qualifiers.
The downpours of the past couple of days have pushed back qualifying play at two of the
three sites where the qualifying will be held.
Now if you are set to play at the Wyndham Country Club on June 16th that is still the
same that will not change.
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Country Club, Kingswood and Wolfboro, White Mountain up in North Conway, those two qualifying
rounds have been rescheduled for June the 22nd.
Your tee time remains unchanged.
Well one event that hasn't been affected by the weather, the World Cup, because those
games are being played in France and it's not raining and even if it is they'll probably
play anyway.
Earlier today Argentina and Japan 28th minute of the first half and Argentina free kick
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That's the only goal of that game.
Argentina shuts out Japan by a score of 1-0.
Yugoslavia and Iran no score in the 73rd minute.
Yugoslavia free kick.
Sinisa Mihilovic bends it around the wall and into the net.
That's all the scoring there would be.
Yugoslavia blanks Iran 1-0.
To the scoreboard forum today Argentina.
You see it again.
Yugoslavia wins and the third game Croatia a 3-1 victory over Jamaica.
New England Revolution in action.
Closer to home at Foxborough Stadium taking on the Chicago Fire.
Revolution trying to end a five game losing streak.
They would be trailing 2-1 in the second half when Jersey Podbunsny lost one.
The Rebs fall again.
They have now lost six in a row Chicago defeating the New England Revolution by a final score
of 3-1.
And of course we will continue to keep you posted on any changes with the NHAA boys and
girls baseball and softball championships but as of now the word we get is that the
committee will sit down sometime probably tomorrow morning and try and hash out and
you know really raises havoc because you have so many schools graduating and everybody was
planning on getting these games done.
It really is going to be a wild week for a high school championship team.
And it's supposed to rain all week.
You've got kids going to camp to jobs to college or whatever.
I'm glad we have a roof here at News 9.
Although we could hear the rain earlier.
That's true.
Coming down.
Anyway thank you Charlie.
Well News 9 at 6 continues its expanded coverage next.
We'll have more on the flood ravaged areas of New Hampshire and update you on the forecast.
Also search and rescue teams are still looking for two teams missing since yesterday.
That story is straight ahead.
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I'm Jennifer Crompton.
Our top story tonight, one affecting nearly everyone in the state.
It's in many basements and indeed has driven some from their homes.
We're talking about flood waters, conditions brought on by two days of very heavy rain.
WMUR's David Donnie, who has been out with his waiters on today, checking on its impact.
He joins us with some insights.
David?
Good evening, Jennifer.
Well right now Mother Nature is playing a game with us.
I was going to start off by saying first it rains and then it stops, but it's raining now.
And as soon as we're done with this it'll probably stop.
But for some people who live near little streams, it's becoming quite evident to them that this
little stream is a much larger headache.
For people who live near these streams, over a half a foot of rain has fallen in some areas
and there's more on the way.
A sail on a trailer park had to be evacuated when water overtook everything and roads all
over the place have been flooded or wiped out.
What used to be some people's backyards has now become waterfront property.
And for those foolish souls who think they can zip their car across a flooded road, take
some advice from someone who knows better.
We call them dead soldiers.
They thought they could make it through when there wasn't that much water there, but obviously
they didn't.
The water can be very deceiving.
We came upon one road that looked like it had only about a foot of water covering it,
but what you didn't see was the road actually dipped down and that foot of water was actually
well over four feet deep.
So when you're coming to these roads be very careful and very cautious.
And now for more on the days of rain that lie ahead of us, we turn it over to Chris
Thomas in the News 9 Weather Center.
Chris?
Thanks a lot David and thank you very much for braving the elements and giving us that
latest weather report.
Yeah, some light rains are now starting to fall in Manchester and well down to Merrimack
and Nashua, but for the most part these are very light rains.
The heaviest of the rains are just about done with, but the damage that they have done is
not and because of that we have a flood warning in effect for Southeast Grafton County, Belknap,
Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford and Rockingham counties and that is until midnight.
And that's because the rain that has already fallen is starting to swell rivers, streams
and also some small ponds, especially the rivers up to the north in Southeast Grafton
County, the Pemma-Jawasset where it meets the Mad River is nearing flood stage in May
Crest during the day tomorrow or overnight tonight.
And the Socko near Centre Conway is already two feet above flood stage.
So needless to say if you live near any of these smaller rivers, streams or ponds, they
are very likely to rise very quickly.
So you want to be prepared to move to higher ground as soon as you can.
So be prepared in the flood warning areas.
A lot more on the forecast as well as what's yet to come this week.
That comes up in a few moments.
Jen?
Thanks Chris.
Meantime the weather is hampering search efforts in the north country where two teenagers
from Vermont have been missing since yesterday, last seen at about one o'clock in the afternoon
after getting separated from their school group.
Search and rescue personnel have been combing the White Mountain National Forest in the
area around Chatham that's about an hour north of North Conway since late last night.
As WMUR's Karen Anderson reports, the girls' parents aren't giving up hope.
I just appreciate everything they're doing and I'm sure they're going to find her and
they're going to be okay.
Armed with life jackets, ropes and harnesses, fish and game officers and volunteer search
and rescue crews combed the trails of Evans Notch looking for two 15-year-old girls trapped
in the mountain by overflowing brooks and powerful streams.
Emma Rowe and Ann Laramay were part of a school hiking trip from Vermont.
The school group started here on Friday for their six-day outing.
It was on Saturday as they were hiking to a shelter where they planned to stay the night
that the two girls ran ahead to stay warm.
The rest of the party, the two adult counselors and the four other kids came down to a junction
in the trail and they took a wrong turn, went in the wrong direction from what the itinerary
had been planned for and of course never saw the other two girls again for the rest of
the evening.
One of the teachers went down for help.
She was caught in the rushing water and swept downstream but eventually made it to the base.
Rescue crews used lines and life jackets to help the rest of the group cross the wild
waters to safety Sunday morning.
We simply put the harness on each person as they get ready to go across in a life jacket
and a helmet and we rigged a tether from the harness to the taut line and they simply walked
across the log.
The group was warned about the conditions this weekend.
Parents of the missing girls say for now all they can do is pray.
Somebody tries to cross a brook and doesn't realize the amount of current and the strength
that a small stream can have and then get swept down, you know, that could have dire
consequences.
I just did a lot of praying and that's what's going to get me through.
That was WMUR's Carrie Nandersen.
We'll have the latest on search efforts that still continue at this hour.
We'll have it tonight at 11.
We'll be right back with more of this expanded edition of News 9 at 6.
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For the second Sunday in a row, authorities in Concord are investigating the discovery
of a body in a death that they deemed suspicious.
In this case, the victim is an elderly woman who lived alone.
WMUR's Scott Spradling has been following the story.
He joins us from the Concord Police Department with the very latest.
Scott, police have been very tight-lipped about this case.
What do we know?
Definitely tight-lipped and I need to compare last week's murder to this one.
It is now a homicide here in Concord.
Two Sundays in a row.
Last week, things were tied up very quickly, this time around quite a few questions as
mystery surrounds the murder of 91-year-old Rose Yetton.
Now police and major crimes investigators have been at the scene since 9.30 Saturday
night.
Yetton, who lives alone, was found dead in her home.
The medical examiner performed an autopsy this afternoon and says she died of blunt
force trauma from repeated blows to the head.
Now police fanned out all morning knocking on doors asking if anyone had seen or heard
anything suspicious at the home at 53 Fisherville Road.
Now we spoke to some of those neighbors who told us that Yetton did need assistance from
home health aides who visited regularly, but otherwise they saw nothing out of the ordinary.
One family friend says Yetton had a number of valuables inside her house.
I asked the state's lead investigator about burglary as a possible motive.
At this stage of the investigation, all of the agencies that are working on this matter
are following up all the leads that are open to them and it's too early to comment on any
of the evidence.
Now Yetton was allegedly the target of a failed robbery attempt about one year ago, so it
is definitely a possible motive.
Otherwise, Concord police, the state investigators and the Attorney General's office say that
they need some help.
They have a lot of gaps in this investigation to fill in and they want anyone with any information
or anyone who has seen or had seen Rose over the last week to call in to Concord police.
That's 225-8600.
Call Concord police and share any information that might help them out.
It's clear that they are running into a brick wall with this investigation.
They have a lot of leads to follow and they say this investigation will continue late
into tonight.
Jennifer?
Alright, thank you very much.
Scott Spradling live in Concord will be following that story throughout the evening.
When News 9 continues, Chris will be back with the full forecast.
And New England isn't the only region getting pounded by Mother Nature.
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We'll be right back.
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