The suspicious death was at a home on Hanover Street in Manchester, AG John Formella and Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg announced in a news release just before 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Officials with the AG’s office were said to be responding.
A man has been arrested in the deadly stabbing of a woman found early Thursday morning at a home in Manchester, New Hampshire, authorities said.
Laurie MacLellan, 59, was found fatally stabbed in the face and abdomen at a home on Hanover Street near Beech Street just before 2 a.m. Thursday, after police were called to the residence for a welfare check, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and Manchester police.
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Investigators obtained a warrant for the arrest of Robert Eastman, a 54-year-old from Manchester, and took him into custody later in the day, officials said.
Eastman faces a count of second-degree murder. He was set to face a judge Friday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. Friday afternoon, prosecutors said he had waived the arraignment and agreed to be held without bail on the condition he has the right to request a bail hearing in the future.
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It wasn't immediately clear if Eastman had an attorney who could speak to the charges.
Earlier Thursday morning, authorities announced the death as suspicious, without releasing more details.
