MANCHESTER, NH —Police are iinvestigating the “suspicious” death of a woman Saturday night in the area of Old Granite Street.
The investigation is headed by the NH Attorney General’s Office under the direction of Senior Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley.
Investigators issued a news release at 3 a.m. on March 3. It gave few details about the circumstances or the location of the death.
Kim Balles, one of the owners of Club Manch Vegas on Old Granite Street, said the incident happened about 11:30 p.m. in the parking lot across from her establishment.
A man drove off in a Jeep with the woman, she said.
Balles said police would only let five people out of the club at a time because it was an active crime scene.
“At no time did it happen inside our building,” she said. No weapon is allowed inside the establishment, she said, and every person is scanned with a security wand. When a weapon is found, the person has the option of leaving and returning without the weapon or putting the weapon in the club’s gun safe.
“We run a tight ship,” she said. “It’s unfortunate it happened. We can’t control what happens outside the building.”
The woman’s identity is being withheld until an autopsy is complete and her family is notified. An autopsy by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office was scheduled for Sunday.
There is no evidence to suggest that there is a threat to the general public, police said.
More information will be released as it becomes available. Anyone with information about the incident is asked the call the Manchester Police Department Detective Unit at 603-668-8711.
