Laurie Margaret Hawthorne, 62, was found dead at her home at 184 Campbell Hill Road in Tioga Center, New York, on June 19, 2022. Investigators determined she had sustained two gunshot wounds and that her death occurred sometime between June 1 and June 19.

A neighbor living at 162-b Campbell Hill Road, 40-year-old John R. Prentice, Jr., was arrested on June 23, 2022, and charged with second-degree murder. He was taken to the Tioga County Jail to await arraignment in C.A.P. Court. The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with assistance from New York State Police Troop C Major Crimes, the Forensic Identification Unit, the Tioga County District Attorney’s Office, and the Tioga County Coroner’s Office.

Hawthorne was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, graduated from Vestal High School, and had worked as a seamstress for Eureka Tent, at IBM, and most recently as a home health aide for Homestead Senior Care. She was remembered for enjoying nature and caring for her pets.

If anyone has information about Laurie Hawthorne or the events at Campbell Hill Road in early June 2022, please come forward.