NH man’s Death: Authorities say an 83-year-old man who was found dead in his Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, home on Wednesday died from a blunt force head injury, not from having been shot as police originally believed.
On Friday, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes, and Lyndeborough Police Chief Rainsford Deware announced that an autopsy had been conducted on Robert Prest, whose body was discovered around 9:30 a.m. inside his Center Road residence.
The AG’s office referred to Prest’s death as a shooting death on Wednesday, but the autopsy on Friday revealed that he died from blunt impact head injuries, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide, according to officials.
The investigation into the connection between Prest’s death and Carlos Quintong’s shooting in Brookline, which occurred several hours earlier on Wednesday, continues.
Three hours prior to the discovery of Prest’s body, police responded to a Brookline residence on Townsend Hill Road where they discovered Quintong, 44, suffering from gunshot wounds. His injuries were treated at a hospital after he was transported there. Friday, Robert Gagnon was arraigned on a charge of attempted murder stemming from the shooting. Officials stated that he was held in preventative detention without bail and that he retains the right to request a bail hearing at a later date. A future court date and information about an attorney were not immediately accessible.
Authorities said Wednesday they believed the two incidents were related but did not elaborate on the connection at all. Friday, authorities said investigators are continuing their inquiries throughout the weekend.
Anyone with information regarding the events of November 23 is encouraged to contact the New Hampshire State Police major crime unit at (603) 628-8448. The approximately 1,700-person town of Lyndeborough is situated in southern New Hampshire, west of Manchester and Nashua.
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