In what the police are calling a murder, a 25-year-old mother and her two young sons, ages 4 and 1, were found shot to death in their New Hampshire home.
Kassandra Sweeney and her two sons, Mason Sweeney, 1, and Benjamin Sweeney, 4, have been named as the victims, according to authorities.
On Wednesday night around 11:30 pm, Sweeney and her two kids were discovered inside a house on Wethersfield Drive in Northfield, New Hampshire.
Unknown person called 911 to inform authorities that there might be injured people inside the house.
When the police arrived, they discovered the horrific finding.
According to NBC Boston, an autopsy revealed that Sweeney and her two sons all died from a single gunshot wound, and their deaths were classified as homicides.
Sean, her husband, has debunked online rumours that he was involved but refuses to reveal all the details. Police said there is no risk to the public and that no arrests have been made.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office has merely said that “We do not think this was a random incident,” without providing any additional information, and has not yet indicated whether the triple homicide may have been a murder-suicide.
According to a police spokesman, Sean had been seeking support from a victim witness advocate as he dealt with the tragedy.
While things will never be “normal” again, he wrote: “I wanted to thank everyone for the outreach and support.
Last night, my body finally shut down and allowed me to get some sleep, and I woke up feeling as “normal” as possible.
Thank you to everyone who has worked hard over the last several days to enlighten the internet trolls.
The rest of the world needs to know that my beautiful wife was the most amazing, caring, sweetest, and all-around good person that anyone could ever meet and how much she loved our boys, even though I’m still unable to confirm what happened or who is to blame.
I’m beyond words grateful to those who just know better and are keeping my name out of the mud. It is now our responsibility to preserve their memory.
Kassandra Rae Sweeney, Mason Lee Sweeney, and Benjamin Michael Sweeney
“They will always be loved and missed, and I hope that goes for everyone else who reads my musings. They will also always be in my heart.”
“Thanks again to everyone. I know I haven’t responded to many of you, but I am seeing it and I am very grateful. The love and support I have had from you has honestly been what has kept me going.”
Their murders were originally deemed “suspect” by the attorney general’s office, but on Saturday it was decided that there was “no danger to the wider public.”
According to a joint statement from the Northfield Police Department, the State Police, and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office, “investigators repeated that they have identified “all implicated persons.”
According to assistant attorney general Geoffrey W.R. Ward, Sweeney’s husband and the father of the two sons, Sean M. Sweeney, has been working with authorities.
The father is a person we have spoken to and has been quite helpful and cooperative in our inquiry, according to Ward.
“Our victim/witness advocate is assisting him and his family and provide assistance,” the advocate said. Because of these atrocities, he is plainly beyond distraught.
It was said of the young mother that she was “lovely and sincere.”
A family member has started a GoFundMe to assist Sean with living bills and memorial arrangements.
The fundraiser’s organiser, Alizabeth Dawson, said, “Our family is beyond saddened.”
In order to reach their $50,000 objective as of Monday, more than $41,000 had been raised.
A little town, Northfield has less than 5,000 people.
It is situated in Merrimack County, between Concord to the north and the Lakes Region to the southwest.