Nashua Murder-Suicide Victims ID'd

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and the Nashua Police Department have released the names and a short synopsis of the Baldwin Street Bridge/Hutchinson Street murder-suicide case during the weekend.

The female homicide victim was identified as Meg Halley, 55, of Hutchinson Street in Nashua, who was killed as a result of multiple stab wounds.

The man, Allen Redicker, Halley’s long-time boyfriend, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, as a result of a suicide.

Jeffery A. Strelzin, senior assistant Attorney General, says the couple got into some sort of altercation on Saturday night.

“Based on the investigation to date, it appears that Meg Halley and Allen Rediker were out with friends, socializing and drinking alcohol, in the downtown area of Nashua on the evening of November 29, 2014,” he wrote in a statement. “Sometime after 10 p.m., Halley and Rediker left their friends behind and started walking home. An argument ensued during their walk home and Rediker pulled out a knife and stabbed Halley to death on the Baldwin Street Bridge. Afterward, Rediker walked to his home, armed himself with a handgun, and then engaged in a standoff with the police before eventually taking his own life.”

Strelzin said that details would be forthcoming after the completion of the investigation.

Photo caption: Police outside of 1 Hutchinson St. in Nashua. Credit: WMUR-TV screenshot.