Skeletal Remains Found On Concord Parcel Near New Hampshire State Prison For Men

CONCORD, NH — Concord police are investigating a dead body found on a parcel near the New Hampshire State Prison for Men on Monday.

Around 12:45 p.m., police dispatch received a call from a man who requested officers on North State Street because he had found “something.” Limited information about the call was given over the air. The dispatcher told the officer to look at the notes in the call. Police went to the site and found skeletal remains.

“I’m going to be tied up here for an extended period of time,” an officer told dispatch.

The officer received consent to search the parcel and more officers arrived around 1:45 p.m.

A detective and other officers were at the site for several hours.

The parcel, 282-284 N. State St., is the former location of a duplex destroyed due to arson in December 2005. Robert McMillan, 84, the owner of the building, died of complications from injuries he received during the fire, after firefighters pulled him to safety and took him to the hospital.

The death of McMillan was a cold case for many years.

Richard Ellison was later found guilty of second-degree murder in July 2022, during a second trial. The first trial was declared a mistrial after a jury was deadlocked.

According to press reports, McMillan had a live-in caretaker who lived in one of the duplex’s units. Eillson and his girlfriend, Robin Theriault, lived with the caretaker but were asked to move out. Eillson set the building on fire months later.

Theriault, a trial witness, later died of complications due to coronavirus in October 2021.

According to the city’s assessor database, the property was sold in April.

Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.

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