Crime & Safety

Roommate of Missing NH Woman Found Dead in Tewksbury

Police: Stephen Andrade, the roommate of Sue Hutchinson, a woman reported missing last month, took his own life yesterday.

The Manchester Police Department is reporting another twist is the missing persons case of Sue Hutchinson, 57, who has been missing since Sept. 20, 2015.

Her roommate, Stephen Andrade, who was reported missing last week and is believed to be the last person to see Hutchinson, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Oct. 6, 2015, at the Motel 6 in Tewksbury, MA, according to an alert.

According to police, Andrade was reported missing by his family on recently with investigators stating that the family said it was out of character for both Andrade and Hutchinson to be out of contact for such a long period of time. Hutchinson and Andrade lived together at 169A Calef Road in Manchester.

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Hutchinson was reported missing on Sept. 20. Andrade was in Boston on that day and last seen on Sept. 21, 2015, at the Game Stop location in Bedford, according to police.

Two days later, police found Hutchinson’s 1992 Buick Century on Wyoming Avenue just a few blocks from her home. They believe that it was driven to the area by someone other than Hutchinson and Andrade and have asked that person to come forward.

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Investigators found Hutchinson’s missing BMW 5-series in Merrimack and the Gold’s Gym parking lot on Oct. 5. Andrade was found dead yesterday.

Hutchinson is still missing, according to police. She is described as an Asian female approximately 5-feet, 2-inches tall weighing approximately 200 lbs., with black hair, brown eyes, glasses, a dragon tattoo on her neck, a guitar tattoo on one of her wrists, a scar on unknown knee, a scar on her chest and a possible tattoo of sun/moon/stars on her shoulders.

The police are requesting that anyone with information as to Hutchinson’s possible whereabouts, or anyone who has had recent contact with Andrade, to contact the Manchester Police Detective unit at 603-668-8711 or Manchester Police Crimeline at 603-642-4040.

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