An underage juvenile has been charged with the murders of a New Hampshire mother and her two young sons.
On Thursday, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes and Northfield Police Chief John Raffaelly announced in a joint statement that an arrest was made in connection with the triple homicide.
“A juvenile has been arrested and charged under the juvenile laws with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of falsifying physical evidence in connection with the murders of 25-year-old Kassandra Sweeney, and her two sons 4-year-old Benjamin Sweeney, and 1-year-old Mason Sweeney in Northfield on August 3, 2022,” the release reads.
A medical examiner determined that all three victims died from single gunshot wounds, ruling the manner of deaths to be homicides, according to the statement.
Authorities explained that since the arrested suspect is a juvenile, “the law precludes any further information from being released,” regarding the person’s name, age and other identifying information at this time.
On Thursday, New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey Ward said investigators believe they’ve identified all parties involved in the murders, and declined to share any further details.
Last Friday, the New Hampshire state Department of Justice confirmed that police found Kassandra Sweeney and her young sons dead in their Northfield home on August 3.
All three bodies were discovered by officers who’d been summoned to the home at approximately 11:33 a.m, according to previous reporting and the Department of Justice.
Police conducted searches for evidence in Northfield and neighboring Tilton, as well as other towns in the area, multiple times this week. It was not clear whether they found evidence related to the case during these searches.
Sean Sweeney, the father of the two children and Kassandra’s husband, shared a statement on Facebook Sunday, thanking the public for their support.
“While things will never be ‘normal’ again my body finally shut down and let me get some sleep last night and I woke up feeling as ‘normal’ as possible,” Sean wrote Sunday morning. “Thank you to everyone who has spent the last few days ensuring that the random idiots online are properly informed… and for making sure the rest of the world knows that my beautiful wife was the most amazing, caring, sweetest all around good person that anyone could ever meet and just how much she loved our boys.”
“It is our job now to keep their memories alive,” he added.
Funeral services are planned for Kassandra, Benjamin and Mason on Saturday, according to obituaries posted to a website for Bennett Funeral Home in Concord, New Hampshire.
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