Crime & Safety

Suspect In New Hampshire Double-Homicide Arrested In Massachusetts

Craig Keville was arrested in Arlington Friday; he faces 2 charges connected to the April deaths of Holly Banks and Keith Labelle in Gorham.

The Major Crime Unit of the New Hampshire State Police worked the scene on Main Street in Gorham in April after a double homicide.
The Major Crime Unit of the New Hampshire State Police worked the scene on Main Street in Gorham in April after a double homicide. (InfoNH)

CONCORD, NH — A former New Hampshire resident, wanted on double murder charges out of Gorham from April, was arrested in Arlington, Massachusetts, on Friday.

Craig Keville, 33, formerly of Berlin, was arrested after the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, state police, and Berlin police issued a warrant against him on two first-degree murder charges on Thursday, connected to the killings of Holly Banks, 28, and Keith Labelle, 42.

Police on April 27 were sent to Main Street in Gorham at around 3:15 a.m. for a report of two suspicious deaths. According to a report on Patch, Banks and Labelle knew each other and were not related. They both died of gunshot wounds. Their deaths were declared homicides after autopsies.

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One person was detained at the scene, according to reports, but not charged.

Keville is being held as a fugitive from justice and is expected to be arraigned next week, Michael Garrity, the director of communications for the attorney general’s office, said.

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“New Hampshire authorities wish to express their appreciation to the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section,” he said, “which located and apprehended Mr. Keville in Massachusetts.”

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