A quiet Maple Street home in Newport, New Hampshire, became the scene of a fatal shooting on May 7, 2019. Responding officers found 75-year-old Margaret Peggy Clarke inside the house; an autopsy confirmed she died of a gunshot wound to the chest and authorities ruled her death a homicide. Neighbors described the Clarkes as nice, friendly people who had lived in the home for decades.

Investigators quickly determined there was no ongoing threat to the public and that all individuals involved were accounted for. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office identified Margaret’s husband, 77-year-old George Graham Clarke, as the person responsible for the shooting. Officials later announced no criminal charges would be filed because George Clarke was suffering from dementia and other terminal cognitive and physical ailments and was residing in a medical facility, raising concerns about his legal competency.

Friends and neighbors remembered Peggy as intelligent, kind, active in a bowling league, and skilled in crafts. Does anyone who knew Peggy or the Clarke family have information that could shed more light on what happened that afternoon?