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VOL. 14 NO. 88
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Meredith firm was called in to investigate event(s) that led to Gilford police suspensions By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILFORD — The Daily Sun has learned that an independent company was hired to do an investigation into the Police Department after Chief Kevin Keenan was placed on paid administrative leave. An official who did not wish to be identified said yesterday that Municipal Resources Inc. of Meredith has interviewed both Keenan and School Resource Officer Holly Harris, who is also on a paid administrative leave. The official said other members of the Gilford Police Department have been interviewed as well and that MRI will be issuing a report of its findings sometime in the near future. MRI’s role is to offer an unbiased view of the as yet unspecified reasons for both to be on paid leave. Keenan has been on leave since August 29 and Harris has been on leave since the middle see GPd page 8
About 100 men, women and children gathered on the Belmont Village Green last night for a prayer vigil for 2-year-old Havana O’Flarherty. The little girl was gravely injured in a fall at her home on Wednesday and was removed from a life support device at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Lebanon last evening. Seen here addressing the gathering is Rev. James F. Smith of the First Baptist Church. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Little girl who fell down stairs removed from life support By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — The 2-year-old girl who fell down a flight of stairs at her Concord Street home Wednesday morning is in grave condition at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Lebanon. At a candle-light vigil in Belmont Village last night, family and friends told the nearly 100 people who had gathered to pray for Havana O’Flarherty, for she has been removed from a life-support device. First Baptist Church Pastor James F.
Smith asked the many friends and supporters who had joined the family to help them get through this terrible time. Smith said this Sunday’s service at the First Baptist Church at 49 Church Street will be dedicated to Havana. The service begins at 10 a.m. Smith said Havana attended the Heavenly Sonshine Pre-School at the church and that her mother was a church member. Police stood a respectful distance away from last night candle service on the village green.
Lt. Richard Mann has confirmed that police are investigating the circumstances surrounding Havana’s death but declined any further comment. In a previous media release, Mann said that Belmont Police investigate all instances where a person has died or suffered a serious injury. He said the police wish to extend their sincerest sympathy and prayers to the family. Crystal O’Flarherty is the little girl’s mother.
Shawn Carter now facing 2 charges of first-degree murder By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The man who allegedly chopped his mother and brother to death in the Belmont home on Sunset Drive that they all shared has been indicted by a Belknap County grand jury for two counts of
first-degree homicide. Shawn Carter, 32, was also indicted for two counts of second-degree homicide for the deaths of Priscilla Carter, 59, and Timothy Carter, 39. Each count offers a different theory of each death with first-degree homicide charging
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that Carter “purposely” caused the death of his mother and brother. Second-degree homicide means he allegedly recklessly cause their deaths. Priscilla Carter and Timothy Carter were found chopped to death by a Belmont Police officer who went to the house around
11 a.m. on May 24, after one of Priscilla’s co-workers called police and reported she was concerned because the woman had not shown up at work. After searching the house, the officer made his startling discovery. see CartEr page
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