New HampshireDepartment of JusticeOffice of the Attorney General

News Release

For Immediate Release
June 6, 2022

Contact:
Michael S. Garrity, Director of Communications
michael.s.garrity@doj.nh.gov | (603) 931-9375

Joshua L. Speicher, Assistant Attorney General
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Bethany J. Durand, Assistant Attorney General
Bethany.J.Durand@doj.nh.gov | (603) 271-3671

Identification of Victim in Windham, New Hampshire

Concord, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella, State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes, and Windham Police Chief Michael Caron announce that the victim of the homicide currently under investigation in Windham, New Hampshire has been identified as Edward Johnson (age 37), of Brooklyn, New York.

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on June 2, 2022, Mr. Johnson was found deceased near the intersection of West Shore and Woodvue Roads.

On June 3, 2022, an autopsy was completed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jennie Duval. Dr. Duval determined that Mr. Johnson's cause of death was gunshot wounds to the head, and that the manner of death was homicide.

The circumstances surrounding this death are being actively investigated.

New Hampshire Department of Justice
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