N.H. man arrested after woman is found dead
Authorities in New Hampshire have charged a Weare, N.H., man with murder in the death of a 35-year-old Manchester woman early yesterday.
Associate Attorney General Ann Rice said Todd Peters, 35, was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Edith Riley, 35, who was found in her apartment on Valley Street around 4 a.m. Timothy King, 21, who also lived in the apartment, was seriously injured.
King was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was in critical condition, a hospital official said.
Peters, who was arrested in his home, was being held at the Manchester police station and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday, according to Rice.
She said the victims were found after police responded to a 911 call from someone in the building. She would not say how Riley was killed. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.
Rice declined to say whether a weapon was found or whether the suspect and victims knew one another.
BEN PAULIN 