An Auburn, N.H. man has been charged with murder after his wife and son were found dead in their home earlier this week.
Christopher Smeltzer, 37, was charged with second-degree murder after police said he killed his wife, Mara Pappalardo, 39 either Sunday or Monday.
Their 4-year-old son, whose name was not released, was also found dead.
Police had been quiet for more than a day after the bodies were found.
Autopsies revealed that Pappalardo died of blunt force trauma to the head and ligature strangulation and that the son was also strangled. Both deaths were ruled homicides.
But Smeltzer was not charged with his son’s death.
Smeltzer and the couple’s 7-year-old daughter, whose name was not released either, were treated at a Manchester hospital yesterday for non-life threatening injuries. Police did not say if they think Smeltzer killed his son, hurt his daughter, and/or hurt himself.
Smeltzer is expected to be arraigned in the Candia District Court tomorrow.
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