A grisly find behind a New Hampshire shopping center has left local authorities searching for answers after a man was found dead Saturday afternoon. According to NBC Boston, the Plaistow Police Department was alerted to a body in a wooded area behind 58 Plaistow Road at around 3:38 p.m., the discovery made by friends of the deceased who described him as missing since Thursday.
The site, close to the Pentucket Shopping Center which hosts large retailers such as Walmart and Home Depot, became a sudden locus of a grim tableau; officers and paramedics pronounced the man, said to be in his early forties, dead upon their arrival as reported by Seacoast Current.
While the man's identity has been withheld pending family notification, authorities are assuring the public of no immediate threat relating to the incident. As the cause of death remains unclear, an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office is forthcoming to provide clarity on the circumstances that led to this sobering episode.
As the Plaistow community reckons with the unnerving event, an active investigation takes its course, further details, possibly waiting in the hands of those who know something, the police have implored any individuals with information to step forward, reach out, helping to piece together this tragedy and contact Officer Stephen Dehullu at 603-382-1200, as a gesture not just to law enforcement but perhaps, to the collective conscience of a shaken town.
