Overview
- Police responding to a welfare check just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday found a 70-year-old woman and her 72-year-old husband dead inside their Hurricane Road home with apparent gunshot wounds.
- Autopsies conducted Wednesday in Concord identified the victims as Donna Fairbanks, 70, and Chandler Fairbanks, 72, ruled Donna’s death a homicide and Chandler’s death a suicide by gunshot.
- The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is leading the investigation and has described the case as a possible murder-suicide while forensic work continues.
- Officials have said there is no known threat to the public and have released few additional details as they complete scene processing and evidence review.
- Local neighbors reported a prolonged police presence at the house, and the Attorney General’s Office noted that scheduling autopsies in Concord and limited early disclosures are standard in suspicious-death probes.