On the night of October 30, 2018, two houses on Bliss Road in Woodbury, Vermont, were set on fire. Firefighters found 48-year-old David Thompson dead inside one of the homes; an autopsy later showed he had died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide. In the neighboring house, 29-year-old Carol Fradette was found dead of blunt force trauma and a gunshot wound. Investigators concluded the fires had been intentionally started to conceal the double homicide. Thompson’s two dogs were also found shot to death at the scene.

The Vermont State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives handled the investigation. Digital evidence indicated a man from Hartford, Connecticut, had traveled to Woodbury the evening of the killings and arrived shortly before a neighbor reported the fires; investigators later focused on that individual and in November 2021 an arrest warrant was issued for him on aggravated murder and first-degree arson charges.

Does anyone have information about Thompson’s life in Woodbury or about movements on Bliss Road the night of October 30, 2018?