Concord Couple Homicide Case Update: FBI, Detectives Expand East Concord Area Canvass

CONCORD, NH — Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Concord police canvassed East Concord on Monday, speaking to residents and asking about security cameras to gather more evidence in the Stephen and Djeswende Reid homicide investigation.

The couple, who moved a few years ago from Burlington, Vermont, to Concord to retire, was killed in a double-shooting on the Marsh Loop Trail on April 18. Their bodies were discovered three days later. Since that time, investigators have been analyzing dozens of tips and leads an effort to solve the crimes.

On Monday, investigators visited homes to the west of the trail — expanding the canvass area to East Side Drive, Portsmouth Street, Curtisville Road, and other areas of the city, as much as two miles from the area where the couple was killed.

Concord police dispatch, after receiving an alarm activation on Profile Avenue, told the officers that plainclothes detectives were in the area canvassing. The avenue is not far from the trail — the Profile Avenue Connector (white) trail leads from the end of the street toward the area just north of where the Marsh Loop (orange) and Pond Loop Trail (yellow) meet on the Broken Ground trail system.

But others confirmed the search was further than the neighborhoods around the trail.

Brenda Perkins, a local real estate agent, who lives in East Concord about two miles from the homicide scene, said FBI agents visited her asking about security cameras at her home and questions about the investigation. In a note on Facebook, she said the two men did not show badges.

Perkins said she took a picture of their vehicle — a silver Ford Taurus with Massachusetts plates, and called the police, who confirmed agents were scouting for tips. The vehicle was also seen on Portsmouth Street, where two men spoke with a resident not far from the trailhead. One of the agents had a laptop on the car's hood during the conversation.

“I can confirm that it’s part of the ongoing investigation,” Michael Garrity, the director of communications for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, said without getting into specifics.

SAU 8 Says Broken Ground School Is Safe

In a “welcome back from school vacation” email on Sunday, School Superintendent Kathleen Murphy called the deaths of the Reids a “tragedy” and offered sympathies to the families.

She told the parents of Broken Ground Elementary School and Mill Brook Primary School students returning to class that the school was safe and the district was working with police to ensure protocols were in place.

“If your child is experiencing any anxieties regarding this tragic event, please reach out to your school staff and discuss ways to address their worries,” she said. “School Administration, counselors and psychologists are available to assist you with any concerns you or your child may have.”

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The Concord Police Department can be reached at 603-225-8600, or tips can be submitted anonymously by contacting the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100. Tips can also be submitted online through the Crimeline website at concordregionalcrimeline.com, or text message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637).

Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information directly leads to information concerning the Reid's murders. All tips remain anonymous.

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