NH AG: Bedford Death Investigation 'Ongoing'

Update, 5:44 p.m. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has issued a press statement saying that while they have identified the victims in the Bedford suspicious death case, they are not revealing their identities yet or information about the autopsy results at this time, according to a report, and are not currently searching for any suspects or persons of interest at this time and do not believe that the public is in danger as a result of the incident. Read the full update here.

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While not officially commenting on a suspicious death investigation of three people on McAfee Farm Road in Bedford yesterday, a past domestic violence arrest and missing BMW have led police to issue alerts for Alexey Obukhov as a person of interest in the case.

Bedford Police and Fire and Rescue teams were called to the home at around 1 p.m. on March 28, and quickly sealed off the area.

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office issued an alert at just before 8 p.m., saying it was investigating three suspicious deaths at the home but releasing no other information. The names of the deceased are expected to be released after the next of kin has been found. Investigators and police have been tight lipped about the case.

A “BOLO,” short for “be-on-the-lookout,” was alerted for Obukhov and his vehicle, a maroon BMW coupe with New Hampshire plates, at around 5 p.m. on March 28, 2015, and again at just before midnight, according to the National Emergency Alerts system for New England. The alerts stated that he was wanted “in regards to (the) investigation.” A “murder-suicide” case was how the audio BOLO was described at the time.

Listen to audio of the BOLO here

Obukhov was previously arrested for domestic violence assault in August 2013 although the charges were dismissed after his wife invoked her 5th Amendment right not to testify in the case. In October 2013, Obukov applied for a conceal carry permit that was later denied by the Bedford Chief of Police. He sued and the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the decision in November 2014.

According to his online records, Obukhov is the owner of a company called New Vector Corporation and also 619 DW Guns and Ammo in Merrimack. The store in Merrimack made national headlines in 2013 after hanging posters of President Barack Obama with Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, and calling him “firearm salesman of the year.”

On March 29, police and investigators were still at the home, combing over evidence, taking pictures, and analyzing the scene.

Caption: New Hampshire State Police investigators are at the scene of a suspicious death investigation in Bedford on March 29, 2015. Credit: Jeffrey Hastings/Frame of Mind Photography. frameofmindphoto.com.

Bedford NH Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.