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Zoe Desmarais

Case from Concord, NH dated Sep 25, 2019

Victim Details

Zoe Desmarais

Female

White / Caucasian

Concord

NH

2019-09-25

21

Zoe

Desmarais

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/09/2026

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Zoe Desmarais, a 21-year-old recent college graduate from Concord, New Hampshire, was tragically killed in a murder-suicide outside the Steeplegate Mall on the evening of September 25, 2019. 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 turned the gun on himself, taking his own life at the scene. Emergency responders rushed Desmarais to Concord Hospital, but she succumbed to her injuri ...
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  • Officials identify victims of apparent murder-suicide that occurred outside Concord, NH mall
  • UnionLeader.com: Murder-suicide outside Steeplegate Mall in Concord
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