A lead investigator in the case involving three homicide victims in Northfield said Friday that officials believe they know everyone involved in the incident. At a press conference Friday, Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey Ward answered questions about the shooting death of a 25-year-old woman and her two children. Officials said Kassandra Sweeney and her two sons, Benjamin Sweeney, 4, and Mason Sweeney, 1, each died from a single gunshot wound. Autopsies by the chief medical examiner revealed that the manner of each death was a homicide.>> GoFundMe launched for funeral expenses Ward stressed that officials believe there is no danger to the public and that the killings are not they were the result of a random event. Ward said that while officials believe all parties in the case have been identified, “I’m not saying we know who did it.” He said no arrests have been made in the case and no one has been charged. Ward said investigators have been contacted about the case. father of the children, and added that he has been helpful and very cooperative. “Our victim witness advocate is working with him and his family to provide services, and he’s obviously beyond devastated as a result of these crimes,” Ward said. The bodies of Sweeney and her children were discovered Wednesday at their home on Wethersfield Drive. City officials said the slayings have shocked the community “For something like this to happen in this community, it has shaken the whole community,” said City Administrator Ken Robichaud. Robichaud said there has been an outpouring of support from the communities surrounding Northfield. , and mental health assistance is being offered to first responders to the house Wednesday. Sources told News 9 Northfield and state police were called to the address shortly before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after someone reported that several people may have been injured. . When officers arrived, they found the bodies of Sweeney and her two children. A silver Ford F-150 was taken away by a truck Thursday morning, but it was not known why it was pulled away. K-9 units were also seen. going in and out of the home, and officers began searching a wooded area near the home later in the day. Ward said the investigation is active and ongoing. A GoFundMe was launched for the family to help with funeral expenses. Full video: Officials answer questions about Northfield homicide investigation
NORTHFIELD, NH —
A lead investigator in the case involving three homicide victims in Northfield said Friday that officials believe they know everyone involved in the incident.
At a news conference Friday, Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey Ward answered questions about the shooting death of a 25-year-old woman and her two children.
Officials said Kassandra Sweeney and her two sons, Benjamin Sweeney, 4, and Mason Sweeney, 1, each died of a single gunshot wound. Autopsies by the chief medical examiner revealed that the manner of each death was a homicide.
>> GoFundMe was launched for funeral expenses
Ward stressed that officials believe there is no danger to the public and that the killings were not the result of a random event.
Ward said that while officials believe all parties in the case have been identified, “I’m not saying we know who did it.”
He said no arrests have been made in the case and no one has been charged.
Ward said investigators have contacted the children’s father, adding that he has been helpful and very cooperative.
“Our victim witness advocate is working with him and his family in providing services, and he’s obviously beyond devastated as a result of these crimes,” Ward said.
The bodies of Sweeney and her children were discovered Wednesday at their home on Wethersfield Drive.
City officials said the killings have shocked the community.
“For something like this to happen in this community, it has shaken the whole community,” said City Manager Ken Robichaud.
Robichaud said there has been an outpouring of support from the communities surrounding Northfield, and mental health assistance is being offered to first responders who were called home Wednesday.
Sources told News 9 Northfield and state police were called to the address shortly before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after someone reported that several people may have been injured. When officers arrived, they found the bodies of Sweeney and her two children.
A silver Ford F-150 was taken in a flatbed truck Thursday morning, but it was not known why it was pulled away.
K-9 units were also seen going in and out of the home, and officers began searching a wooded area near the home later in the day.
Ward said the investigation is active and ongoing.
A GoFundMe was set up for the family to help with funeral expenses.
Full video: Officials answer questions about Northfield homicide investigation
