Reports: Body Found at Concord Walmart was a Bedford Woman

The body of a person found in the Concord Walmart parking lot on Feb. 20, 2015, has been identified as Maura Laughlin of Bedford, according to a report in the Concord Monitor and her obituary published in the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Laughlin was 29 and was born in Manchester. She attended Manchester West High School and previously worked for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, according to her family.

She previously lived in Bedford, Laconia, Manchester, and an apartment on Garvins Falls Road in Concord with her child’s father, according to a Concord Police arrest report.

According to online reports, Laughlin had a number of run-ins with the law including a theft charge at the Nike shop in Tilton in March 2013, a willful concealment and theft arrest in Salem in May 2013, and at theft charge at the Concord Cumberland Farms on North Main Street in December 2013.

In her obituary, her family wrote that she liked to sketch and loved animals. The Monitor is reporting that results from an autopsy performed yesterday are not yet know.

Laughlin left behind a son, a brother, parents, and other relatives. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, and the Saint Elizabeth Seton Church, Meetinghouse Road in Bedford.

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