A Week Later, Police Chip Away At Concord Double Homicide Leads: Video

CONCORD, NH — It has been exactly a week since the bodies of a retired Concord couple were found in the eastern part of the city but investigators do not appear close to an arrest in the case.

Stephen and Djeswende Reid were found on the Broken Ground Trail system, not far from their Alton Woods apartment, around 5:30 p.m. on April 21.

The couple had been last seen by family members on Easter Sunday. But when Stephen Reid missed an appointment on Tuesday, family members became concerned. They were reported missing on Wednesday. Police, SWAT, sheriff’s deputies, and state troopers began searching the neighborhoods around their homes on Thursday and later in the day, found the bodies on the Marsh Loop Trail.

Investigators spent about 48 hours searching the trail system with K-9s, fish and game conservation officers, and others, gathering evidence and looking for clues. The couple’s deaths were ruled homicides due to “multiple gunshot wounds,” and police began to request the public assist with the case.

While officials have heard a mix of emotions from city residents, including those who live in and around the areas where the Reids lived, and where their bodies were found, investigators are still pressing the public for help.

Jeffrey Strelzin, an associate attorney general, said, as with all homicide investigations in New Hampshire, the Reids’ case was “a very active investigation,” with a lot of resources being expended to find who was responsible for the killings. He said the public would need to be prepared for the case taking “as long as it takes” — maybe weeks, months, or even years, to solve. Like some cases in the Granite State, it might not ever be solved.

“What we do is we follow the evidence in every case knowing that we, as the state, have the burden to prove any charge we bring, beyond a reasonable doubt,” he said. “We understand that’s an incredibly high burden. We know what it takes to do that, and we know we’ve only got one chance to make it right.”

Strelzin said that is why cases can sometimes take a lot of time to resolve. He said he and other investigators appreciated the public’s patience, too.

Michael Garrity, the director of communications for the department, said residents and witnesses had submitted “dozens and dozens of tips” to the Concord police about the case. The public can expect to see investigators back in the area, continuing to search for evidence and clues, in the coming days, he said.

See the full interview with Strelzin as well as scenes from the Broken Ground Trail system on Thursday below:

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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 convictions in homicide cases. All tips remain anonymous.

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