Concord Police Investigating Death On South Spring Street: Watch

CONCORD, NH — State and local officials are investigating a death on South Spring Street on Friday.

Limited official information is available but, according to police and fire dispatch, at just before 1:45 p.m., police and firefighters were sent to a single-family home between Thorndike and Clinton streets for a report of a distraught woman who came home and found her mother dead in a bedroom. The woman said her father, who had medical issues, admitted to the killing of his wife, assaulting and strangling her with a belt. He then barricaded himself inside a room, dispatch said.

The first responding officer arrived, met with the man, and said he was covered in blood.

"Can you start fire?," he asked.

Firefighters and a number of officers were sent to the home and blocked off both ends of the street. Officers went inside and confirmed finding the woman's body. They then secured the home and sent firefighters inside. They declared the woman dead moments later.

More officers arrived to block off both sides of the street to traffic and covered the area in yellow tape.

According to fire dispatch, one person was taken to Concord Hospital for evaluation.

An email and phone call to Concord police seeking comment about the investigation were not returned.

Later, New Hampshire State Police were called to the scene assisting with the investigation, and Kate Giaquinto, the director of communications for the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, confirmed a suspicious death investigation was underway.

"Based on information currently known to investigators, it does not appear at this time that there is any ongoing threat to the public," she said.

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