New Hampshire Child Faces Charges After Shooting Dead Woman, 2 Sons, Falsifying Physical Evidence

Officials said that a child has been charged with killing a mother and her two children last week in New Hampshire.

Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two sons were killed, and the youngster, whose identity and age were concealed, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of manipulating physical evidence.

Juvenile Shoots New Hampshire Woman, 2 Sons

According to state law, the alleged murderer will be prosecuted as a juvenile, the New Hampshire Department of Justice said in a statement on Thursday. Just after 11:30 a.m., Sweeney and her children, Mason, one, and Benjamin, four, were found shot to death in their Northfield home on August 3.

According to NY Post, their deaths were deemed homicides by the medical examiner. There was no early news on a potential motivation, and neither the police nor state prosecutors specified what relationship, if any, the young suspect had to the victims.

Everyone who knew Kass Sweeney knew she was born to be a wife and mother, according to her obituary, and she is survived by her husband, Sean Sweeney, who addressed the tragedy for the first time in a Facebook post on Sunday. Sweeney's cousin referred to the young mother in a GoFundMe campaign as "one of the most genuine and beautiful people you could ever meet."

Attorney General John Formella of New Hampshire claimed there is no threat to the general public and that all parties involved have been identified in a statement to The Independent on Tuesday morning.

On Saturday in Concord, a funeral service for Kassandra Sweeney and her children was scheduled. In response to rumors linking him to the murder, Kassandra Sweeney's husband, Sean Sweeney, said on Facebook that he was tired of having his "name dragged through the mud."

GoFundMe Page Created To Help With Victims' Memorial Service

His wife was described as "beautiful" and "the most amazing, caring, sweetest, and all-around good person that anyone could ever meet," noting how much she cherished their sons. The woman's cousin started a GoFundMe to assist with memorial services. By Friday morning, it had increased to be nearly $47,000.

Formella or the police withheld more information on the suspect according to juvenile law. As previously stated, the investigation has shown that on August 3, 2022, at around 11:33 am, police officers responded to a 911 request for assistance and traveled to 56 Wethersfield Drive in Northfield, New Hampshire.

The three dead people were discovered inside the house when the police arrived, according to a statement from the Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General. Per Meaww, the legislation prohibits the publishing of any more information since the suspected culprit is a minor, the statement continued. The juvenile is accused, but these are only accusations; he is assumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

He is "clearly beyond saddened as a result of these crimes," senior assistant attorney general Geoff Ward said of Sweeney's husband and the father of the children, Sean Sweeney, who has been praised by authorities for being "very cooperative and helpful in this investigation."