Murder, Suicide Attempt Investigated in Londonderry

CONCORD, NH - The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office has released some preliminary information about a standoff incident in Londonderry on May 24, 2016, that appears to be a murder-attempted suicide investigation, according to a press statement.

On May 24, 2016, Londonderry Police were sent to 2 Currier Road in Londonderry to check on the welfare of the resident, Richard R. Verville, 69. During a search of the home, police reportedly discovered an adult male identified as Daniel Rabideau, 59), who was dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

During a further search of the home, police discovered Verville, who was critically injured but alive, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Verville is in a hospital in Massachusetts and is stable but unresponsive, according to the statement.

The State’s Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Thomas A. Andrew, completed an autopsy today on Rabideau and deemed the cause of death to be a single gunshot wound to the head and his manner of death is homicide.

Based on the investigation to date, it appears that Rabideau, a City Fuel employee, went to Verville’s home to service Verville’s heating system. As Rabideau was working on the heating system, Verville shot him and then turned the gun on himself.

Verville was apparently suffering from significant mental health issues at the time of the incident, according to the alert, and the investigation is still ongoing.