Zoe Desmarais, 21, a recent college graduate from Concord, New Hampshire, was killed outside the Steeplegate Mall on the evening of September 25, 2019, in what officials described as a murder-suicide. Desmarais, who had just started her first job after college, was shot in the head by her longtime boyfriend, 22-year-old Alexander Thorne; Thorne then died by a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene. Emergency responders transported Desmarais to Concord Hospital, where she later died.

Authorities concluded Thorne was responsible for Desmarais’s death, but the exact motive has not been publicly stated. Family and friends remembered Desmarais for her kind spirit and promising future that was cut short.

If anyone witnessed the events outside Steeplegate Mall that evening or has information that could shed light on what happened, please share what you know.