6-Year-Old NH Boy And Father Found Dead In Likely Murder-Suicide

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DERRY, N.H. (CBS) – A father and his son were found dead inside a New Hampshire mobile home Monday afternoon in what law enforcement sources say was a likely murder-suicide.

Derry Police were called to a mobile home community on Kendal Pond Road for a well-being check around 12:30 p.m.

A crime scene truck at the New Hampshire home where a 6-year-old boy and his father died. (WBZ-TV)

When officers knocked on the door, they did not receive an answer.

After making entry, police found 39-year-old Matthew Edmunds and 6-year-old Preston Connor Edmunds dead inside a bedroom.

Investigators remain on scene at a Derry home where a man and his son were found dead. (WBZ-TV)

Autopsies on both bodies are scheduled for Tuesday.

The New Hampshire attorney general said there is "no known risk of harm to the general public."

Ken MacLeod