JEANNE, CREWS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING UP AND DOWN 93 ALL MORNING. TRAFFIC HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SEARCH AND CREWS ARE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. AND BEHIND US, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME STATE POLICE AND FISH AND GAME K-9 UNITS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK’S TRIPLE HOMICIDE IN NORTHFIELD. CREWS ARE FOCUSING ON THE AREA BETWEEN EXITS 17 AND 20 IN CONCORD, CANTERBURY, IN TILTON. IT WAS ONE WEEK AGO TODAY THAT THE BODIES OF 25 YEAR OLD CASSANDRA, FOUR YEAR OLD BENJAMIN AND ONE YEAR OLD MASON SWEENEY WERE FOUND INSIDE THEIR HOME ON THE DRIVE. ALL THREE HAD BEEN SHOT. CREWS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING SEVERAL AREAS SINCE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE. LAST WEEKEND THEY WERE SEARCHING NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND. AND NEWS 9 HAS LEARNED THAT A STATE POLICE HELICOPTER HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED. BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAS BEEN RECOVERED. AND AS OF TODAY, THERE STILL HAVEN’T BEEN ANY ARRESTS IN THIS CASE. HOPEFULLY, TODAY’S SEARCH WILL BRING US SOME ANSWERS. FOR NOW, WE’
Investigators conducting new search for physical evidence in Northfield triple-homicide case
Mother, two young sons killed in home
Updated: 12:54 PM EDT Aug 10, 2022
A new search is being conducted Wednesday in connection with the killings of a mother and her two young children in Northfield. The search in the area of Interstate 93 between Exits 17 and 20 in Concord, Canterbury and Tilton is for physical evidence in connection with the investigation into the shooting deaths of Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two sons, Benjamin Sweeney, 4, and Mason Sweeney, 1. Their bodies were discovered one week ago at their home on Wethersfield Drive in Northfield. Investigators said each died of a single gunshot wound.>> GoFundMe launched for funeral expenses Officials with the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said the search is not the result of new information in the case. Drivers are asked to follow all road signage in the area and give investigators the “appropriate space to complete their work.” A WMUR crew at the scene noticed that traffic was not being impacted by the search. New Hampshire State Police and New Hampshire Fish and Game K-9 units assisted in the search Wednesday. Another search was conducted over the weekend in the neighborhood near where the bodies were found. WMUR has also learned a state police helicopter has been involved in the ongoing evidence search. Investigators have not commented on what, if anything, has been recovered. In the wake of the killings, officials said there was no danger to the public, but they have not made an arrest in the case. They have only said that all parties involved have been accounted for. Previous coverage of this case: Father, husband of Northfield shooting victims speaks out on social media Authorities searching for evidence in connection to Northfield triple homicide investigation Officials say they believe they know everyone involved in Northfield homicides Crisis help offered to first responders called to scene of Northfield deaths Woman, 2 sons found shot, killed in Northfield home, attorney general says
A new search is being conducted Wednesday in connection with the killings of a mother and her two young children in Northfield.
The search in the area of Interstate 93 between Exits 17 and 20 in Concord, Canterbury and Tilton is for physical evidence in connection with the investigation into the shooting deaths of Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two sons, Benjamin Sweeney, 4, and Mason Sweney, 1.
Their bodies were discovered one week ago at their home on Wethersfield Drive in Northfield. Investigators said each died of a single gunshot wound.
>> GoFundMe launched for funeral expenses
Officials with the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said the search is not the result of new information in the case.
Drivers are asked to follow all road signage in the area and give investigators the “appropriate space to complete their work.” A WMUR crew at the scene noticed that traffic was not being impacted by the search.
New Hampshire State Police and New Hampshire Fish and Game K-9 units assisted in the search Wednesday.
Another search was conducted over the weekend in the neighborhood near where the bodies were found. WMUR has also learned a state police helicopter has been involved in the ongoing evidence search.
Investigators have not commented on what, if anything, has been recovered.
In the wake of the killings, officials said there was no danger to the public, but they have not made an arrest in the case. They have only said that all parties involved have been accounted for.
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