NH AG: Hutchinson was Strangled

Attorney General Joseph A. Foster and Manchester Police Chief Enoch F. Willard released more information about Sue Hutchinson, the missing woman who was discovered deceased on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015.

According to a press statement, the body was believed to be that of Sue Hutchinson of Manchester, who had been missing since Sept. 20, 2015.

The State’s Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Thomas A. Andrew, has completed an autopsy on the female’s body and has positively identified her as Hutchinson, who was 57. Andrew has also determined that Hutchinson’s cause of death was ligature strangulation and the manner of death is homicide.

The investigation into Hutchinson’s murder continues to focus on her roommate, Stephen Andrade, who killed himself in a motel in Massachusetts on Oct. 6, 2015. The investigation into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding Hutchinson’s murder and Andrade’s suicide remains ongoing.

Further details will be released once the investigation has concluded, according to officials.