Additional Information Regarding Two Deaths in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire

Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall, and Tuftonboro Police Chief James C. Hathcock announce additional information regarding the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of two deceased adults this past weekend.

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on May 2, 2026, the Tuftonboro Police Department responded to a single-family summer residence located at 40 Governor Wentworth Highway, in Tuftonboro. The police responded after receiving a call from a neighbor who had discovered two deceased adults outside and behind a camp on the 40 Governor Wentworth Highway property. The two deceased adults have been identified as a married couple, David Warren (79) and Rae Lynn Warren (78) of Tuftonboro. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are the owners of the 40 Governor Wentworth Highway property.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted autopsies on Mr. and Mrs. Warren today. The Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the cause of Mr. and Mrs. Warren's deaths was environmental hypothermia, and the manner of both deaths was suicide.

No further release of information is expected.